Hi!
I thought I should show you a picture with a couple of FN 1900.
One blued and one nickeled.
Caliber is 7,65 mm Auto(32ACP), the magazine takes 7 rounds.
A robust gun that wont let you down.
They have a bit of that historic feel to them.

Anyone else here collecting FN?
I would be very interested in buying some early examples of grips for this model.

Best regards
Laplander

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Here's an interesting Document of Award Set to a Jaeger. It came with newspaper clippings from his actions. He was attached to Jager Btl 1 as part of Infantry Rgt 206 and later Grenadier Rgt 461, part of Inf Div 252.

Inf Rgt 206 has an interesting history:

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/206th_I...ision_(Germany) :

The 206th Infantry Division was raised on 17 August 1939 in Insterburg, East Prussia. It served during the Invasion of Poland in 1939 as a reserve division for Army Group North.

The 206th Infantry Division participated in Operation Typhoon as part of the XXIII Corps under the Ninth Army. At this time, the division was under the command of Lieutenant General Hugo Höfl.

At the time of the soviet Rzhev-Vyazma strategic offensive operation (08.01-20.04.42), Operation Mars, the division now lead by Lieutenant General Alfons Hitter (signed the EK document in the grouping) was again serving in XXIII Corps under the Ninth Army in the Molodoi Tud sector of the Rzhev salient. Here it came under attack by the Soviet 39th army of the Kalinin Front.

The division is known to have used Marder Is from January 1943 to December 1943.

In mid-1944, the division, still under the command of Lieutenant General Hitter, was one of those defending the Vitebsk salient as part of 3rd Panzer Army's LIII Corps. The Soviet offensive, Operation Bagration, which commenced on 22 June, saw the entire corps encircled within a matter of days, after Soviet breakthroughs around the city.

While the Oberkommando des Heeres, after realising the situation was hopeless, reluctantly authorised a breakout operation by the other three divisions involved, the 206th was ordered to stay in Vitebsk and fight to the last man.

By 26 June Soviet forces had fought their way into the city. LIII corps commander General Gollwitzer ordered the 206th to withdraw in defiance of the OKH orders. It was too late, however, and the division was almost entirely killed or taken prisoner. The division's commander Hitter and Gollwitzer surrendered to Soviet forces.

Lt-Gen Hitter, went on to join the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland, or National Committee for a Free Germany (NKFD) in Soviet captivity

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Hi Guys - Longshot this...
I have a REISEPASS for a Werner Bachem
He travelled to some strange places as listed, any idea what he was doing in these destinations during this period!? who is he!?
Cheers. Dan.

Born Berlin 17.7.1913
Kufstein 3 march 1937
Deutches Grenzkommissariat 5 march 1937
Dublin 21st April 1937 - Granted Shore leave
NewYork 1938
Niagra Falls April 30 1939 (1 day leave)

Any ideas gratefully recieved.
Dan

Found this page about a abandoned tank on a village green in the south of England,i think it's a type of churchill,it's been there since the war and was used for PIAT practice.
There is some women and her dogs posing on it which make it abit random,but still....:D

THIS IS FINDON - The Last Tank

am looking at purchasing a hat. I have some experience collecting but am asking to authenticate.

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A few pictures of our resent visit to the Hurtegen Forest Germany, with our guide Klaus Schulz veteran of the battle.

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Hi Guys.

I need som help with this one. I recently got this Plith Eagle . And im a bit woried cause it seems that the metal is VERY soft? i can bend it easily.

does this mean its a fake?

Sory about these over exposed pics. they were the best i could do with my phone at the time.

Any help in this regard will be much apreciated.

thanks
Nick

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Hi Guys.

I need som help with this one. I recently got this Plith Eagle . And im a bit woried cause it seems that the metal is VERY soft? i can bend it easily.

does this mean its a fake?

Sory about these over exposed pics. they were the best i could do with my phone at the time.

Any help in this regard will be much apreciated.

thanks
Nick

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BAH !

The snow had melted where i live so i thought i'd scoot off down to the aircrew barracks of the airfield i have been searching and give them another go. I get there only to find 6 inches of snow still on the ground !

I gave up after an hour but.............I didn't come away empty handed and may have just solved a mystery !

I also found a bunker....intact. Here it is.......





So onto the finds then. Not many this time around due to conditions but some interesting stuff none the less.

First before cleaning and sorting....



Then after cleaning and disposal of pieces of junk....



So....what mystery is it that i have solved ?

Well, i found another cut through casing. 50cal this time. 1942 dated. I also found a bullet with plier 'grip' marks on it.



I then found a 30cal cartridge with what appeared to be something stuck to the bottom of it. When i got it home and cleaned it up it turned out to be a BOLT ! Someone has drilled through the bottom of the casing and threaded a bolt through the base. There has also been a notch cut in the top. Could this be a homemade lighter ?

So, the mystery is the cut through cartridges. I can say almost for certain now that they are being used in trench art !!!



I then found a spoon. Not enough marks on it to attribute it to WW2 but it was at the same depth as other relics.





Lord only knows what this is.......found at same depth as other items i can attribute to WW2. 4inches square.



Some iron work. Possibly off the barrack buildings. A bit of detail around the top of a drainpipe ?? 4.5inches wide by 3 inches tall.



The remains of a small metal torch. This is about 3 inches high.



A damaged 30calibre M1 carbine cartridge case. 1942 dated.



And lastly my best find of the day. A GOLD RING !! (only 9 carat though unfortunately).



Can anyone make out what the scroll on the front says ? I think i can see a capital 'B' but nothing else looks like anything in particular. The hallmark reads.....

PPLD 9 375 *anchor sign* L (capital L in what i can best describe as times new roman).

The PPLD is the maker, 9 & 375 refers to the carat, the anchor sign is the Birmingham assey office, and the L is the year. It is either 1860 or 1935.....difficult to make out which.

Could it have belonged to an aircrew member ? It is a big ring....easily slipping over my middle finger so almost certainly a man's ring.


Anyways, let me have your thoughts. I'll go back again in a few weeks when the snow has DEFINITELY gone !

Steve T

This is an extremely good condition uniform! It belonged to a Doctor in the SA Sudmark, who was also a member of Organization Todt. The pants are approx. size 34, and are the "horse riding pants" type, and they match the tunic perfectly. The tunic has a RZM label in the breast pocket. The 3 medals/pins do NOT go with the tunic. The armbands do. The fabric appears to be summer weight wool. I don't think you will ever see a finer shape uniform that was worn. I have 6 other OT tunics, and an over coat, plus approx. 100 OT items in my website.