A friend in Austria has acquired a collection of items all attributed to SS-Gruppenführer Odilo Globocnik. The collection consists of documents, personal desk items and bladed items. Here are some images, first of the documents.
Woske.
Hi Guys, here is a medal from my collection. It is not a rare version being a Type 2 Variation 2 and is the final version awarded. But it is made of silver. The first versions, the type one, which came in two variants, was suspended from a red triangular ribbon secured with a screwback.
The medal was initially established December 27th 1938. Awarded to all workers who distinguished themselves by high production figures or for developments in the fields of science, manufacturing or culture. All Soviet citizens, as well as foreigners, could be awarded this medal. Approximately 3,000,000 were issued.
Cheers, Ade.
Gentlemen, i dont usually post in this section of the forum, as a (usually) dedicated Imperial collector i am usually in that section. But i have an Iron Cross collection spanning the years between 1870 to 1957, some 30 ish crosses in all, the Imperial EK is well documented in the Imperial section and its 39' version in this part of the forum, however as a EK collector i have a modest collection of the 57' award (which IMO should be part of any serious EK collection), which under Federal law (West German) was permitted to be re struck and worn by veterans both in civilian life (reunions etc) and in the newly formed Bundeswehr (which many veterans rejoined). Most former medals,combat badges, arm shields and cufftitles were re made (no political badges/awards were sanctioned/allowed)albeit without the swastika symbol which under Federal law was a banned symbol.
So gentlemen if you have any of these awards/medals or photos/paperwork please post here for us all to see and discuss, thanks for your time.
These are my friends iron cross and Infanterie Sturmabzeichen. I like the cross but I have concernes about the Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, the pin and the overall details are bothering me. What do you think, are they good? If more pictures needed, let me know :)
greetz
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I'd like to get US Woodland BDU (Real gov decom) shirts (Over shirt) and/or Pants.
Both in Large/regular.
or
Pants in large/long..
The Shirt with the side tabs would be nice but not necessary.
web sites are a welcome as well...
P.S. I wear Some form of BDU every day w/ Vietnam boots. so collectors are not what I'm going/looking for. I like to save History, not wear it to that respect.
Here's an interesting and quite rare disc:
15. Pionier-Kompanie Infanterie-Regiment 367
Why if it's just a regular Infanterie-Regiment is the disc a rare one? Because only a very, very few Regimenter had a 15. Kompanie- virtually all had only 14. The three regular Bataillone of an Infanterie-type Regiment each had 4 Kompanien, 3 Schützen (rifle) and 1 MG, which totals 12- the 13. Kompanie was the Infanterie-Geschütz Kompanie, and the 14. the Panzer-Abwehr/Panzerjäger Kompanie. But a small number had their own organic 15. Pionier Kompanie as well.
Note that one dumb mistake fakers make is to use numbers higher than 15 and that's an easy way to recognize a fake disc. There's no such thing as a 17. Kompanie ;)
While attending the funeral of my wife's grandfather last weekend, I strolled the old cemetery after the service. I noticed this very large stone measuring nearly 6 ft. from afar and was surprised at what I saw. He was in the 4th. Div - my division as well. Notice the 4th. Division Ivy symbol in the upper left and right areas of the stone. Normally, there is not this much information on grave stones. I thought I would share some photos of the soldier's final resting place in his remembrance.
Here are some of my french made fightingknives, used by the german soldiers in the ww2
