Another one for the aeronautical experts.

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WW2 M43 ANTI-PERSONNEL GLASS MINE

just listed this on ebay, if anybody fancies a look!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200303221154&ssPa geName=STRK:MESE:IT

thanks

max

Enjoy this quite scarce US Post Office Revolver Manual for Postal Inspectors...The weapons shown are all Colt Revolvers...BILL

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hello there folks.....

Does anybody know a good website for prussian buttons?

I have looked thro all the books i have on uniforms etc and they dont seem to be documented very well!

I have some buttons with the crown on along with some belt supports, but also quite a few with numbers on......its these i am having trouble with!

thanks in advance,

max

Hi fellow hobbyists,

INTRODUCTION
I have spent some 30 years collecting original documents and newspapers from WW2, most of the documents and official diaries have never been translated into English. I am going through the war day by day exactly on the 67th anniv. using original newspapers and moving pins on a huge map of Europe. Anyway, I have discovered lots of information that would otherwise have been lost in time.

The fate of Eupatoria (Crimea 1942)

I have done a google search for Eupatoria and have found nothing about WW2, I have not found any reference to the village in Manstein´s "Lost Victories" or indeed in any other book in my collection. But I have found the following in the 8 volume KRIEGSTAGEBUCH des OKW, dated 12th January 1942.

A soviet landing on the coast at Eupatoria has been pushed back into the sea. Houses have been blown up or burned down in a three day battle. 203 Red Army POWs were taken and 600 lay dead. A further 1300 partisans were shot. Original text "1300 Partisanen wurden erschossen".

In the German news broadcast 12th January 1942 ( a 3 volume work, listing the news day by day). The news states: 1300 partisans fell battlefield. Original text "1300 Partisanen auf dem Kampffeld".

We will never know exactly what happened, they may have fought side by side with the Red Army after they landed on the coast? They may have been forced to take part by a polit.commissar? Or they may have been caught up in the fighting, was it the best way to explain so many civilian deaths by calling them partisans?

Whatever the reason, lost in the dust of time, let us now give a moments thought for the villagers of Eupatoria.

Cheers, Bill.

This jacket was the property of a Sturmhaiptfuhrer in Totenkopf Standarte 3, stationed at Weimar Buchenwald. The star shaped arm badge indicates that this officer was in Camp Administration. The lack of loops for even a single ribbon bar would point to an officer to young to have served in the
1st World War. This tunic was found at a Las Vegas area flea market in the very early 1970's and purchased for $125.00. In remained in the buyer's collection for over thirty years until I obtained it. It is my hope to eventual;ly research officer's of this rank and discover the name of the original owner.

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I was recently at the house of an inlaw, who's grandfather followed the US army through europe establishing interim governments in various cities, and he had a lot of items he brought back. I didn't get a chance to take pictures of very much, but he has a 'Gott mit uns' beltbuckle with c.t.d. or ctd stamped on the metal below the catch. There is a paper number taped over the leather so I couldn't see the maker on there. His notes indicate it was a "firemans belt". Can anyone enlighten me on the maker?

Thanks

Would somebody be kind enough to translate this patch for me? And tell me what it was for? Thanks

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Hey Ade,

I was wondering, along with others im sure, where do you get all that knowledge you spread so wonderfully around the board. You sure do know a thing or two about a thing or two. If you would, can you give us some back story?

Thanks kindly,
jess