2012 January | Sõja ajaloo portaal. Militaria.ee

USN SEABEES Wooden Box

Our most recent pickup, we stumbled on this wooden box while strolling through an antique store on our way home from Arizona this past weekend. Its the size of a small suitcase and appears to be handmade but does not appear to be for a specific purpose. Assuming the maker was a USN SeaBee in WWII, from the decals on the front, his name clearly written Verlin P (Paul) Hamors. Found Mr. Hamors listed on an ancestry web site indicating he was born Jan 14, 1914 and died on Oct 14, 1985, in Las Vegas. His wife passed in 2007 and lived in Bullhead City, AZ which coincidently is the town I met and married my wife as well as where we found this box. Another coincidence, Mr. Hamors is buried in Riverside, CA which is where we have lived since 1988. Ive got his great nieces email address, if it is still good, and will try and contact her to get more information on Mr. Hamors, maybe even visit him and put some flowers on his grave.

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Russ & Son

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Soldat mit Stahlhelm vor Panzer Spähwagen

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My mp44

My mp44 hope you like it:)

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Wilhelm Hobacher Kriegsabzeichen für Minesuch - Sicherungsverbände.

The first new addition of the year arrived today, an unmarked Wilhelm Hobacher Minesweeper badge. This one is a zinc badge as all Minesweepers from this maker are. The finish is quite well preserved due to the manufacturing process. The badge was covered in a copper coating before the final finish was applied. Therefore there is a barrier between the zinc base metal and the silver and gilt finish which prevents the zinc swallowing the colours over time. You can see this copper showing through on the wear to the waterspout.
The noticable feature of this badge is the hinge, set into an outline moulded into the badge as is the catch. This feature is useful to note when identifying this maker. Also worthy of note are the striations on the reverse of the badge on the right hand side of the eagle’s wings. This again is a peculiar feature of Hobacher Minesweepers.
You can also find them marked with WH within an oval on the pin. You may also find a mirror image of the mark on the reverse of the pin.
Overall the badge is surprisingly solid for a zincer and there is quite a thickness of material compared to other Minesweepers.

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The willhelm Gustloff

1938 THE "Wilhelm Gustloff" IN PORTUGAL - YouTube
A very nice 1938 period video of the ship docking in Lisbon and then in Madeira.
It was sunk in 1945 by 3 soviet torpedoes.
It had over 9.000 refugees and wounded soldiers on board.
Cheers.
Nuno

Photo translation help please?

Guys, can anyone help with translating the following please? Written on the back of some photos I would appreciate any assistance. I apologise that one has photo album residue over it but I can’t remove anymore without damaging the integrity of the actual photo. cool militaria

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New to Forum, brought by buckle

Hello everyone, I’m new… couldn’t find an introduction section so I guess this will be my first post. I found the forum because I’ve been trying to ID this buckle I have for awhile and was just able to thanks to one of the stickied threads above.

Looks like a darn near match to the one at the top of the page:
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/belt-b…stika-10818-3/

Can anyone give me an idea of what this buckle is worth and is anyone interested in making an offer? I’m not a collector at all, so having this buckle lying around is pretty out of place for me.