Not all of the Great War's casualties were claimed by the enemy...
I just wanted to share a photo of the resting place of Don W. Greer, 286th Aero Sqdn. in a local cemetery. He is buried not far from my home, and only about 10 minutes away from Ellington Field where he died. I am currently trying to locate his descendants who probably still live here, I just have to make the right connection.
What an unfitting end for such a young man with so many possibilities unrealized.
Hi,
I have for sale three SS Sword.
Very Good Condition.
SS Senior NCO Sword and Portepee by /Robert Klaas - Solingen/
SS Police Officer Sword by /Herm Rath - Solingen SS/
SS Early SS Sword by /Alcoso -Solingen/
I sale only all three Sword,not separately.
I have more item/badge,medal,cigarette case,lighter,etc./
/germanwaffen@yahoo.com/
Thanks,Jack
Hi all
I would like to recommend two books to you all.
The first I am sure many of you will have heard about and will probably already own, but just in case you haven't, 'D-Day' by Antony Beevor is a superb account of D-day and the subsequent battle for Normandy. I found it to be very informative and un-biased, going places where many books before had not gone, (i.e. the real reason Montgomery failed to take Caen, the battle the Americans faced in the 'real' bocage fighting), and covering the whole breadth of the battle from both allied and Axis perspectives.
I would also like to recommend 'World War II. The Definitive Visual Guide' (Editorial consultant Richard Holmes, DK books). Now I would normally never recommend a 'general' book about WW2, preferring instead the books written about specific battles in greater depth. However, I found this book to be well researched, and an excellent resource for military collectors, having many 'obscure' items pictured and documented. It is not on the scale of 'Military Collectables' but is, none the less, a very good book.
Steve T
Hello
Can anybody have picture or photo of " 250 mm schwere minenwerfer granate", from his own collection or museum-so from this time, not from war period.
Best regards, Peter
BTW: Sorry for my english.
my father found this buckle in the ground .
Hi Lad`s , i haven`t seen any of these shown so i thought i`d put these up ! An Imperial Japanese Army Saki bottle , two cups and a tray . The writing on the cup to the left reads KAITAI KINEN ( disbandment commemoration ) and KISHIMOTO ( the soldiers name ). The cup to the right reads MANKI KINEN (expiration commemoration - hence the lowered rising sun flag ) and the writing to the underside reads HO38 NO12 (38th-12th infantry ) and HAYASHI ( the soldiers name )
cheers Al
I was just wondering...did any of Heinrich Himmler's visor caps survive the war?
is this a gennum us ww2 helmet ?
What is it worth?
