David's Collection

[dphillipsd]

As you will probably be able to tell from the photos of my collection, I primarily collection Wehrpasses and in particular Wehrpass Groupings. However, I do have a number of medals as well as British militaria that I have been given or purchased.

Otherwise, I have been collecting since 2002 or thereabouts and have come to enjoy it thoroughly, even though finances can sometimes be tight be at university! I can't exactly recall how I came to begin collecting, probably due to a military show I attended, but I have always had a keen interest in both World Wars and all subsequent such events!

I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the poor photos, but the lighting today is rather gloomy! First up is my EK and KVK collection with award citations from various groupings I have. The EKI is MM L/11, the one of the right 65 and the left 03. The KVKI wo X is MM1 and the one with swords 43.

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The photo depicts Koln in 1945 and was taken by my grandparents parents before they immigrated to South Africa. The gold wound badge is MM103 and the Silver 100.

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2 of the wehrpasses in this display belong to Crimean veterans and come with the relevant award documents etc which are filed away!

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This is my panzer WP collection. The Ost Medaille is MM76, the West Wall Medal is Tombak and the coin was from my Gran and dates to 1913.

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Last of my German Collection. This is a mismatch of Wehrpasses. The soldbuch forms part of a WWI and WWII grouping with the militapass and WWI soldbuch to the same person.

[dphillipsd]

These items belonged to my Granddad, who saw service as an airman with the SAAF in North Africa and the Middle East. Unfortunately, his actual medals were stolen during a buglary and these are replacements that I purchased. Bar his documents, the ribbon bar is his and was sown by my mom, although as you can tell the medals are in the wrong order. This is because one of the ribbons was sown the wrong way around and it displays better this way as a result.

[dphillipsd]

This is my British militaria....the medals in the top left are a father son grouping and and were given to me by a friend of my gran. They include the QSA Medal with Cape Colony Bar, 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal and War Medal. The RAF wings belonged to my granddads uncle who saw service during WWII.

[Richarddwh]

Hi David,

Nicely presented, particularly like the two KVKIs and the Ek award documents, very nice!

[Chris Boonzaier]

What is the 1ere R.E. badge doing in there?

Best

Chris

[dphillipsd]

Don't mean to sound daft, but which badge do you mean Chris?

[Bob Hunter]

He refers to the middle row, exteme right (the badge mounted on the pocket button attachment).

Edited May 22, 2006 by Bob Hunter

[dphillipsd]

My Dad conducted some business with the Foreign Legion and was given that, which he in turn gave to me! In addition, he was also given a copy of some 'rules' worn under the guys cap!

Sorry, but thats all I know!

[Guest Rick Research]

Have you done research on the German award documents? I note Leutnant Wolpert of Pio Baon 267 got his EK a week into the invasion of Russia. His division (267th Infantry) had extremely heavy casualties in the drive on Moscow, being forced to abandon all the divisional artillery in the retreat of December 1941 because the animals were all dead and there were not enough men left to drag the field guns back. Commander Generalmajor Friedrich-Karl von Wachter was probably relieved as a result, getting a seniority promotion afterwards but going on to dead end jobs as Inspector of Army Psychological Services and the Mannheim District Replacement Inspectorate.

Every piece of paper has a story!

[hankmeister]

Very nice collection! And well displayed.

Hank

[dphillipsd]

Hey Rick,

Thats one of the reasons I enjoy collecting documents; they always tell a story! More often than not the research and end project is the most enjoyable part of collecting, hence the reason why I like as complete groups as possible.......yet, you always seem to know more than everyone else