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Colditz Kreistreffen 1933 - Metal

Early Stahlhelm Badge -  Nürnberg 1926 - Metal

Kriegsopfertag - NSKOV -1.Westdeutscher - Dortmund - Köln - Juli 1933 - Metal

Metal - Beamter-Gautagung N.S.D.A.P. Tinnie - Stuttgart 11.2.34.

My cupboard is bare, well I've no new ones, I don't want to post already shown tinnies - switch now to the other tinnie groups. Maybe meet you there.

Small Metal Badge - Tag der Nationalen Arbeit 1 Mai 1933

My turn - Metal - Tag der Deutschen Arbeit 1933 - not in the thread

Metal - 32mm diameter - Often used motif, this time - Kundgebung der Arbeit /Front Stuttgart 1933

Tag der Arbeit - 1 Mai 33   N.S.B.O.   Gau Pfalz NSDAP  -  Metal

Don,

 Nice membership book, these memberships books from various organizations go for a couple of euro's and are often disparately looked on by collectors . But they are nevertheless terrifically hard to come across.

The German Spring Offensive - Operation Michael had been running the past eight days with much success, by 29/3/18 overrunning the allied fronts and taking bounty - storage camps, munition trains and POWs. However it did knock their morale realizing how well the allied soldiers were fed against their poor, meagre rations. Here's a press photos showing German troops inspecting captured English lines between Bullecourt - Croisilles.

Schubert's Signature on Sturm Citation dated 25/11/41

Nice cards, well worth having. Here's a Gautag Tinnie June 1936 Limburg - interestingly the top left has a profile motif of a WW1 German and British soldier together, There were visits in the 1930's of groups of British Legion WW1 veterans to Germany, marked by accompanying tinnies, think this Gautag Tinnie maybe such an occasion. The key maybe the three letters in the triangle below.

Hitler Jugend - Bann-B21 - Banntreffen - 7/8 Juli 1934

Metal - 3,7cm x 3,7 cm

Generalmajor Hermann von Wedel

Born: 27th August 1893 - Magdeburg

Died 02nd February 1944 - in Dorpat (Feldlazarett 510) Estonia

Oberst & Kommandeur Infanterie Regiment 208

Oberst & Kommandeur Genadier Regiment 590

Ritterkreuz - 06th June 1943, Deutsches Kreuz in Gold - 10th October 1941,

Citation: Schutzwall = Ehrenzeichen 20th March 1940

Generalleutnant Walter Stettner, Ritter von Grabenhofen

Born: 19th March 1895 - München

K.I.A.: 18th October 1944 - Near Belgrad on Mount Avala by partisans

Kommandeur of the 1st Gebirgs-Division

Ritterkreuz - 23rd April 1943, Deutsches Kreuz in Gold - 2nd Jan 1941, EK1 & EK2 Repeat Spange

image: KVK II - 11th October 1942

Thanks "The Prussian" for taking the time to lay out the structures of the Landwehr, Reservists, Landsturm - I've have some reading to do. Regards

6 hours ago, The Prussian said:

Hello!

Photo 2:

That´s no leather, it´s oilcloth.

The 3 upon the collars means 3rd infantry brigade, so the boys came from around Rastenburg (East-Prussia)

Thanks for the 3rd infantry brigade info, in England oilcloth used as cheap floor covering, didn't know it was also used in military cap manufacture. Can't help thinking surely these men aren't active soldiers, they look far to old, not one looks under forty. Veterans maybe ? what do you think ? any ideas on the pom-pom pairs in photo 3 ? Cheers

Gentlemen, The Prussian, Bayern, - that's tremendous info to read. I did have another look at the photos, this time under the magnifying glass. Photo 1 doesn't have any unit number on the shoulder broads or collar points. However, Photo 2 the soldiers have the no.3 in both collar points,their caps appear to be made from leather with a distinctive Balkan Cross at the front. Photo 3 I take it the the men are in their no.1 dress, what exactly is the significance of the pom-poms on their fronts. Photo 4 looking closer at the helmets, they have to my eyes a stylised letter L on the front, perhaps for Ludwig no idea which one. Again much obliged for your help, if there's any-more information to come; I will be glad to hear it. Cheers

Picked up these four old portrait, group photos. Think they well be different units of Bavaria Army (bought in Bavaria & first photo, photographer based in Bavaria). First two pictures show soldiers well into their middle age - maybe they were reservists. Can members tell me which units are pictured and if possible their era. Cheers    

20th Anniversary Badge of the Battle of Jutland, named by the Germans as Skagerrak Schlacht - Skagerrak 1916 - Kiel Laboe1935 (plastic). The motif on the badge shows the memorial to the German Naval War dead.

Citation - KVK 1st Class with Swords

French Soldiers picking their way through the Somme Battlefield

KVK 2 with Swords citation - 2 May 1942  (Expensive, sought after signature, Weitze has one on offer €500)