EUR 9,99 (0 Gebote)
Enddatum: Sonntag Apr-15-2012 18:19:02 CEST
Jetzt bieten | Zur Liste der beobachteten Artikel hinzufügen

More…

I’ve managed to find some documents from Dad’s service days, but don’t read a word of Polish and would really appreciate any help with translating the little I have. Google works with the printed text, but the handwriting has me stumped.

From the help of A.J.Zawadzki (thanks Tony) I know he was in the 66th Pomorski Infantry Battalion. I’ve since found a service history extract from the Ministry of Defence that confirms that, and shows he joined up 13-April-1945 in Paris, and transferred to Italy 12-May-1945.

Prior to that he had a pretty rough time of it. He was 15 when the war started, born in a tiny farming village, near Zamosc. Conscripted into forced labour on railway works as a youth, escaped that and served in the A.K. in 1942/43, Majdanek in 1943, slave-labour in Germany in ‘43/44, and escaped while being force-marched towards France (presumably to work on defence works) to be picked up by the American forces near Trier in the winter of ‘44/45. Transported to Paris to be fed back up and then joined up when able. All before he was as old as my own son….

I believe he had just completed training and was actually on a transport to the front when the war ended - but it would be great to know the movements of the 66th Pomorski in 1945, and particularly where they were in May ‘45. Also - does anyone know where their training/reserve camps were located?

Stayed in Italy as part of the occupation forces until being demobilised in England in 1947.

Paybook’s not in the best condition….
Attachment 332577

Attachment 332576

Attachment 332578

Training page - can anyone translate please??
Attachment 332571

I’ll attach some more images in another post.

Thanks
Ian

Click to enlarge the picture

 

 

 

 

EUR 20,00 (0 Gebote)
Enddatum: Sonntag Apr-15-2012 17:29:57 CEST
Jetzt bieten | Zur Liste der beobachteten Artikel hinzufügen

More…

G’day all,
I saw this visor cap at a militaria fair today and wondered what you fellas thought. I think the insignia is bad, the eagle and particularly the skull appear to lack detail and to my untrained eye both appear to be cast. The cap itself seems to display some signs of age, a few moth nips here and there, a bit of dust and dirt in joins etc.. but the sweatband displays no sign of ageing and the celluloid diamond is soft, supple and crystal clear. The visor itself has some damage, it almost looks as though something hot has melted it! What do you gents think? Please excuse the quality of the pics, I only had my phone to take photos with.
Cheers, Dave.

Attached Images

       

$95.29 (0 Bids)
End Date: Monday Apr-16-2012 10:07:21 PDT
Bid now | Add to watch list

More…

EUR 40,50 (14 Gebote)
Enddatum: Sonntag Apr-15-2012 18:55:00 CEST
Jetzt bieten | Zur Liste der beobachteten Artikel hinzufügen

Click to view the auction article

$49.99 (1 Bid)
End Date: Monday Apr-16-2012 8:43:28 PDT
Bid now | Add to watch list

More…

I bought this alooong time ago when steel pots were starting to go up in price I think I oaid 20 dollars. It had a woodland camo cover, and a late ’80s liner. I found it in the basement a couple days ago.

I’m guessing by the blue it was probably used by the Navy? It has a rear seam. So with the anchor on the chin strap, would it have been made by north&judd MFG? I’m not sure yet if I want to put it back to rights, but if I did, would it need a liner with a tie in the crown, or the later vietnam style?

Sorry about all the questions, I started out just wanting 1 helmet, and now I have a little bit of knowledge, and I keep noticing things lol

Attachment 332504Attachment 332505Attachment 332506Attachment 332507Attachment 332508Attachment 332509Attachment 332510

Click to enlarge the picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was watching a doco about the V2 rockets last night and it got me thinking..?

Why did the Germans only use them on London and Antwerp???

Surely a few well placed V2’s directed towards Rusian cities, and maybe a few behind allied lines in the west, would have caused confusion snd fear…

I mean it’s something that I would do in that situation, why saturate your supply on one or two cities??? I’d have them going off in all directions, if only to disrupt and confuse….they had mobile launches, why not deploy a few eastward???

Any thought ladies and gents???

Hello everyone;

I’m watching this doc on H2 about the "Nazi Titanic" and they talked about how he loved King Kong and Dr. Goebbels was a Gone with the Wind fan. Anyway they said Goebbels needed every word translated of all English films but Hitler apparently did not.

So, did Hitler know enough english to make it through the half a century long Gone with The Wind, sitting with Goebbels??

Or did I have a few toooooo many before watching tonight….

Thanks