This is a rare piece, I am sure. It is an award given to tank crews for taking good care of their T34/85. It has a plaque in Russian, telling what and who it was awarded to & for. It is HEAVY! It weighs 25 pounds! It is solid Bronze on the base. I was told the tank is solid Brass. The base is 15" long. The price is very reasonable for such a rare and desirable item!
Might I ask if anyone could share some information about SS doctors ranks. What was the highest rank issued ? What uniform insignia, patches and such would be congruent for that rank? I do costume work but militaria is not my field of expertise and I am a bit overwhelmed with so much data on German uniforms without knowing what things go together for the less common seen uniforms. Was there such a thing as an Oberstgruppenfurher doctor??? If so I need to understand what shoulder board, cuff titles, collar tabs etc should be correct . Did any of the doctors use the Algemeine style black uniform? If anyone might be so kind if they have some pictures or advise to offer I would really appreciate it.
This site is amazing with all the data and pictures I have not seen in the books I have had available to me. Some of the uniform pictures in here are incredible . Especially those showing the garment construct. Generally pictures I have stumbled across so nowhere near some of the detail I have seen in here.
regards Eva
I hope nobody minds me posting this "heads-up" here about an ebay scam artist but-if anyone here like myself collect WWII German photos-I feel it's my duty to warn you guys about ebay seller/scam artist Kiev43.
I'll start from the beginning.
The last time I ever looked and or bought anything on ebay was about 9 years ago. Back in Feb-I decided to give the place another try and have indeed gained several nice and some are rare-items for good prices. Well, as you gents here will sometime in the future see some of my WWII pix collection-including some nice new acquisitions I recently got.
OK, back in Feb, I restarted buying original photos from a dealer I used to buy from but hadn't in years and he is SILL a great guy to buy from--ebay name is Gamsdivision. This guy is a Gentleman and great to deal with.
However, since this thread is not about GamsDiv/ but is about a scoundrel by the name of Kiev43.
I decided to try for several of Kiev43s auctions winning some great images. Notice I did not say they were original-which to my chagrin-I just found out today after waiting almost two months for the pics to arrive-still minus several images.
Tha seller gives lousy descriptions of the photos he sells and also claims they are original when they certainly are NOT originals. This seller also seems to have a VERY bad time at replying to peoples questions and concerns. This guy also lies about when and how a persons purchases are sent-to which I still have every PM and email I ever got from this guy as proof to the matter.
Well, im also posting his here to serve as a warning to you guys to watch out for dealers (especially in the Kiev area) who are supposed to be selling what is claimed as """"original WWII German Photographs"""" when they clearly are not originals as I just found out this afternoon.
I am chalking this lesson up as a "lesson learned" as well as a loss of close to $400.00-which I cannot make up the loss of-anytime soon.
This loss I incurred will be less painful-if I can save others from making the mistake I made-in buying from this guy.
Also, I must say that a photo he had placed for sale about a month or so ago-that I won and paid for-well, he listed it for sale again-to which I again purposedly bid high on so that another bidder does NOT get shafted like I did. I then yesterday and today both, sent him PMs and emails which went unanswered (as usual) that I was concerned for the fact that he was reselling a photo I already paid for but never recieved. Well, I will give him exactly one week, before I rip him a new one publicly and legally according to ebays rules.
I hope this posting is Ok and allowed to stay here to serve as a continual reminder to anybody here who collects photos-to stay as far away from this scoundrel as you can.
If anyone is interested in more-just let me know?
Cheers-H.B-1944.
Do you know if this is General Ludendorf with Hitler? The foto is dated 1931.
This was found in a second locker. 1970's carrier pilot flight gear.
These items were found in a storage locker that came up for auction because of non-payment of rental fees. These were found in the first locker.
