Norstrom Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 (edited) Hi out there! I recently came across this document of an unteroffizier in the Dirlewanger Brigade. (The 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS) I was surprised to find items from that Brigade who all wants to hide and forget. The Division were composed of criminals expected to die fighting in the front-line. The unit was led by Oskar Dirlewanger, a known sadist and condemned rapist. In may 1945 Dirlewanger´s men were taken into Sovjet captivity but he fled westwards and was arrested in Altshausen. Dirlewanger died on 7 june 1945, killed either by soldiers or former concentration camp inmates, the exact details are unknown. Rumours says that Dirlewanger was found slowly grilled on a fire. Edited May 5, 2016 by hucks216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 (edited) I'm afraid that this is a fantasy piece and is not a genuine item. It - and others like it - are flooding the market from Eastern Europe. Here are just some of the many other versions of these fake pieces... Some more... Edited May 5, 2016 by hucks216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Hello Kevin and Norstrom. Thank you for showing these most amusing examples of imagination run wild. I had a good chuckle or two. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I had seen 2-3 variations, but never thought they would be that inventive!!! What a selection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 There are plenty of others - almost a collecting theme in their own right! Here are some others including another Dirlewanger variant and two Luftwaffe versions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norstrom Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Well, it was to good to be true! If you look at my Dirlewanger piece and compare it to Reischsicherheithaupamt, the written letters are very similar to each other. Maybe the same forger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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