Hello,

These two French FT17 tanks were photographed on May 15 or 16 1940 by a member of Pi bat 225 of the 225th Infantry Division.
The picture was taken in the Stationsstraat in Essen (North of Antwerp - Belgium), the building you see in the background is the railway station of Essen.
Personally I have seen more period pictures of FT17's in the streets of Essen.
So their is evidence that the French 7th army unloaded several FT17 tanks in Essen.
The mystery is that according to all organization lists that I have seen from the French 7th army, the French 7th army had no FT17 tanks in it arsenal.
Is there anyone that knows to which unit these FT17 tanks belonged?

Cheers,
Peter

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I own 4 field telephones from 1950 something.. Two of them Were from a police station in Munich, Germany. I use 2 D 1.3 volt battery's to power them. But id like to know how to hook one up the a Land Line phone..Eg a house phone.. I did some studying and found out I need a switch board to be able to get that done... So is there any was i can get one for cheap or maybe make one of my own??

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Hi,

The hand writing on the top of this ausweis is hard to make out, anyone has an idea?

Thanks and Happy New Year!



Neil.

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These were the first medals I aquired and got me into collecting military collecting.

Hi all


The first Panzerkampfabzeichen I owned, a nice Bronze PKA by Juncker:


Greetz

Nick VR

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Hi all


A very nice PKA in Bronze made by AS, the maker mark has almost disappeared:


Greetz

Nick VR

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:) gott MIT uns

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:)

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Hi all


Another one of my favorite Panzerkampfabzeichen, a silber PKA made by Hobacher:


Greetz

Nick VR

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Mind you made this buckle ?

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