Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 und eine kleine totenkopfhusar..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 During WW1, many different German troops wore the death's head, including the flamethrowers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 And stormtroops, here chalked on a defensive trench shield..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Heavens only knows who this chap is....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Many Wehrmacht forces also used the TK during WW2....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 From panzers....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 To Luftwaffe..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 But in the public's mind today, the totenkopf is always associated with the SS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 And with the camps..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Most people don't appreciate that, to the Germans, it was an elite badge..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 And it still is.....as shown by this picture of a Bundeswehr tanker from Brunswick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Well, that's the 50-post hurdle crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted May 11, 2005 Author Share Posted May 11, 2005 Not just a German thing mind. British 17th/21st Lancers Badge. Now called the Queens Royal Lancers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 And not forgetting the Yanks......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Or the Danish contingent in Kosovo........how did they get away with this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Robin, fantastic collection by the wayYour post 24 the steel helmet is this for a specific Friekorps unit? Im sure I've seen a photo of Goering wearing a similar helmet was it from his unit?Foo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Robin, fantastic collection by the wayYour post 24 the steel helmet is this for a specific Friekorps unit? Im sure I've seen a photo of Goering wearing a similar helmet was it from his unit?Foo←I have never been able to associate this helmet with a particular unit. In fact, it may not be Freikorps at all, but a helmet of the Brunswick Inf. Rgt. 92, with the company number on the back. All three battalions of this regiment wore the skull throughout WW1. Initially, it had been only the third battalion. It was common for unit emblems to be painted on these steel helmets. What it probably is not, is a helmet of the Hacketau Freikorps, which is usually associated with this TK due to Baer's book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bds Bill Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Robin,I was fortunate enough to acquire a helmet some years ago with hand-painted insignia of the MWH and thought I would supplement your sleeve badge by posting it here.Bds BillBarbados, WI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Welcome Bill, Nice helmet. Can you make a close up please ? Thanks for sharingRegardsChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bds Bill Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 (edited) Hello Christophe,Many thanks for the welcome and the nice comments. We moved to Barbados last spring and our house here is not finished . . . thus, my FK helmets are still packed away in a box somewhere. The photos I have were taken before we moved. Here's a closer look at the insignia . . its the best I can do at this time as I didn't take a closer shot before I packed them up. Thanks again for the comments and post!Best,Bill Edited January 23, 2007 by Bds Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Thanks Bill Don't hesitate to show your collection when you will have the time. I know what you mean concerning your collection. i'm in my new house since 4 months and I have only put some items in my room. The others parts of my collection is now in my bank. RegardsChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 It was common for unit emblems to be painted on these steel helmets.Robin,Are you saying it was common for unit emblems to be painted on helmets during WWI?Here's a style of skull that I had not seen before. This cap came out of the woodwork in Kansas. It is marked inside "St.B.XIV" and "B.A.XIII 1916" I've wondered if it is a wartime storm battalion thing or just a postwar Freikorps insignia. Either way the cap was barely worn. Have you seen this style?Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Both nice looking items.........there were countless 'unofficial' skull variations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bds Bill Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Both nice looking items.........there were countless 'unofficial' skull variations.Hi guys,Found another photo of a skull-emblazened helmet in my collection that I thought I would share. As noted above, I can't do any closeups of these until they are unpacked, which is going to be at least several months. This example does not have the large number painted on the rear that Robin's example displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukasz Gaszewski Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Not exactly Freikorps, but related. Stahlhelm rank nisignia:http://www.uniforminsignia.net/index.php?p...100&sid=572 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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