RADwJ badge w/ pinback
I just got this for a good deal from a Rumanien friend of mine. Says RADwJ on the front and have never seen this before. Any info is appreciated.
Archive for June, 2012
What’s your ‘Big Fish that Got Away” story…?
I thought I would start a thread, with not much to do with pictures…just, what is your story on something you just missed out on. I know we all have stories like this, and I love hearing them. Mainly because I have two stories that will blow your socks off.
The best part, is my stories actually happened, I sh*t you not…
The best part, is my stories actually happened, I sh*t you not…
I was about 20, and I was just getting going at the military thing. I was digging around in antique shops mostly: but, I soon tired glass shelves that held Nana’s teacups and napkin rings under little pot lights. So I started getting into the real junk shops. You know the place,… piles of crap, in once wet card board boxes piled way over your head. You have to turn sideways hold your breath when walking through the tight aisles for fear of your ass bumping one of the precariously balanced towers, and it all coming down in a rain of magazines, dishes and car parts.
I’m in that place, and it’s an old airplane hangar, so there’s miles of junk to go through. I’m digging around for whatever, and, I’m coming up empty. The person working the counter snaps their newspaper and looks at me between page turns, and was almost obligated to ask me what I collect, so I say, "military". She says from behind the paper, the only thing they have military wise, is a canteen and a painting.
"Well, lets have a look at the painting" says I.
Turns out its a really badly painted landscape. It’s very dark, and hard to make out the details. I’m not impressed. I’m holding it out at arms length and squinting at the thing and I still get bupkis. It looks like a dark blue mess. If I had to say what it was, it looked like it was laying on the floor under another bigger painting while it was being painted…like, that bad of a mess.
"So, what’s the military angle on this bad boy", I ask the newspaper.
"There’s a swastika on the back".
So, I flip it over, and sure enough there burned into the wooden frame is a little political eagle. It looked like the mark that is on handguns, and about that size.
Well…big deal…a little eagle on the back…"So, how much?"
"45 bucks, and that’s just for the fancy frame, you can throw out the picture if you want".
I’m looking at this LP sized painting, and I’m thinking to myself, Jeez, 45 clams, that’s everything in my pocket. So I pass.
Fast forward about 2 years, and I’m reading the paper. I catch a headline and read along. Some college boy digging around in that same place bought that crappy landscape and let a professional look at it…probably Ade. Apparently when the Third Reich appropriated artwork from conquered city museums, there was a little eagle burned into the frame. Turns out …its a stolen Rembrandt from Holland, from their National Collection. There’s a picture of the guy in the paper, holding the painting, out at arms length squinting at it, trying to make it out what the hell it’s a painting of. The article says it’s been missing since the end of the war. The writer speculated it probably came home with some troop, hung it on the wall, and didn’t tell anyone what it was all about. Troop dies, and grand kids clear out the house and it winds up on the junk heap in some crappy airplane hangar in Southern Ontario. The article in the paper was saying the Dutch were pressing the new owner to give it back, and the guy wanted his millions for it.
I never did find out how it all washed out in the end.
The other story I’ll save for a bit…
Nazi ring silver marks?
I am looking at a ring for sale, It has an 825 silver stamp on the band, I’m used to seeing 800, 835, and 900. Anybody have any comments?
Also, If it does not have a stamp, could it still be a WW2 era ring? Or does this mean that it’s siver plated brass? or maybe nickel?
It’s so tough to find info on Nazi rings!
Allways tring to learn, THANKS!
Thoughts on shoes welcome
Here is a pair of walking out shoes with interesting tags and stamps. Has anyone seen this before, do these stand a chance? The tag is actual letterpress printing and not laser or a xerox.
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Lettland Lettische Soldat mit Stahlhelm c. 1930 - A
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Luftwaffe photo album (France 1940)
This album belonged to a man in the Luftwaffe who fought on the Western Front. It is 22-pages with four of those pages being double-sided with photos. There are no captions in this album but it is circa 1940 and has over 140 photos. About 80-90% of the photos are mounted and not glued-in.
I just bought this album and I want to share the interesting pictures with you guys! I think there is a lot of interesting and funny pictures showing the soldiers every day life. Left click on the photos to see them closer. (Please do not copy them). Also, if anyone could give me some additional information about any of the photos it would be much appreciated.
Bets regards,
Monuir
for sale 2 -Adolf Hitler signed letters while @ Landsberg Prison personal
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by: Finnys
Description: 2 - Adolf Hitler signed personal letters, sent to the same woman, months apart, while he was in Landsberg Prison.
Comes with both original envelopes and a postal receipt from Landsberg Prison.
One has the cancelled postmark from “LANDSBERG” Prison, dated nd the postal receipt with “A. Hitler” and “Landsberg” on it as the FROM, dated 9/24/1924
A second thank you letter was sent to her again after his release Jan 14, 1925 which was sent from Hitler in Munich postmarked and dated ” Munich- 14 1 25″
The letter content is a thank you note for sending him a pillow while in prison.
Rare personal letters from Hitler. Most of his signed paperwork are official documents, rarely are they insights into his personal life.
These documents have been authenticated by Alexander Historical Auctions and were in the Dec 2011 auction.
Both letters are typed, and hand signed in ink “Adolf Hitler”.
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(the red pen lines are NOT on the actual envelope. that is only on the digital image NOT on the real item)
here is the translation as I got them:
Landsberg/L. 8.10.24
Very honoured Miss!
Please take for the for me made and as gift transferred pillow my most cordial thanks.
With german salvation-greeting
Their very devoted
Adolf Hitler (hand Signature)
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In 1925 the same Miss Jung wrote again to A. H. and congratulated to him to the release from the fortress detention. Thereupon she received again a letter from A. H. from Munich, in which this thanks her for it.
Munich 14. January 25.
Very honoured Miss!
For the friendly attention on the occasion of my release and for the friendly congratulations. I thank you in the best way.
With faithful-german “Heigruss” (mistake in writing for salvation-greeting)
Adolf Hitler (hand Signature)
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