Thomas W Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 That makes sense. Thanks, Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Yet another sleeve totenkopf oddity............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 ...........a metal TK on a DIAMOND !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) Looks like it's on a von Epp raute............... Edited November 25, 2009 by Robin Lumsden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) Looks like it's on a von Epp raute............... I have seen it! Did you notice? I looks similar like this skull, with gaps between the bones... Edited November 26, 2009 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) Here is my unusual skull item of the week. A Danziger Leibhusaren badge with oak leave and a number for 25 years (very rare!). But with an added golden lettering for 15 years? I have never seen it before! Edited November 26, 2009 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 (edited) Leibhusaren badges are very popular. Here is another expensive badge, but that type is easier to get... Edited November 30, 2009 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Since we seem to be on the topic, here is a very rare document that was recently shown on the German SDA website/forum. Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Here's Dietrich's 1st Pattern tank badge (left), with the design taken from the illustration at the top of the award document. Totally different from the normal 2nd pattern badge (right). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) This thread's now had 8411 views and 392 posts .............. and the black skull is STILL a mystery! :lol: Edited December 3, 2009 by Robin Lumsden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 This thread's now had 8411 views and 392 posts .............. and the black skull is STILL a mystery! Its like religion, either you believe... or you do not ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Its like religion, either you believe... or you do not ;-) :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 :lol: :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) I'm a believer too... Edited December 3, 2009 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Chris. Believers? Atheists? Maybe we can meet half way................... :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Funny pic! :-) It must be ripped off from the ancient philosophical question "If I say something in the forest, and my wife is not there to hear it...am I still wrong?" :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 (edited) One mystery solved... I posted a photo of this guy somewhere in this massive thread. Turns out he was a 1920s circus performer named Gabdin Brons, who had a "Game of Death" and performed "death jumps" (high dives). That's why he wore Totenkopfen on his flying helmet and chest: http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item58825219b9 The guy who sold me the photo said it depicted some kind military man. Oh well... Let the buyer beware. Edited December 6, 2009 by Thomas W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 One mystery solved... I posted a photo of this guy somewhere in this massive thread. Turns out he was a 1920s circus performer named Gabdin Brons, who had a "Game of Death" and performed "death jumps" (high dives). That's why he wore Totenkopfen on his flying helmet and chest: http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item58825219b9 The guy who sold me the photo said it depicted some kind military man. Oh well... Let the buyer beware. Sometimes it takes a little bit of time. But it shows us, that there is always a chance to find a final answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 The guy who sold me the photo said it depicted some kind military man. Probably an easy mistake for the seller to make.........the skulls look like authentic war surplus badges. Very interesting. No doubt Brons was also a member of Sicher wie Jold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Something I've never seen before... This flamethrower pioneer's Totenkopf is at a cockeyed angle on the cloth oval on his sleeve! The cloth oval is in the proper vertical orientation, but the Totenkopf is skewed. Maybe it was in the process of falling off when the photo was taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Yes..........another oddity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) Merry Christmas to all members! PS: Next year I hope we will find the final answer about the thread starter black skull! Edited December 24, 2009 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Interesting postcard that illustrates the Minenwerfer-Totenkopf connection that keeps popping up. This was put out by Minenwerfer-Ersatz-Bataillon Nr. 8; it's apparently an "official" card, meaning it was sold in the battalion commissary or in the barracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 The back of the card has a printed legend identifying the battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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