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For those of you who don’t know, I have stepped away from teaching for the moment in order to take up a Resident Director position at a local college. This could eventually lead into a part-time professor role… but as of right now, I work sudent affairs in the office of Housing and Residential Life. The college is only 10mins from home and the recycling facility… so I will still be helping out there and you guys can keep an eye on the things we find in my garbage thread.

Anyway, because of my new position, the college has given me an 8person townhouse… TO MYSELF! :shok_yikes: and I’m required to live on campus. I try to live simply… so as you can imagine, there is A LOT of empty space. I’ve decided to bring part of my collection into my apartment to make it feel a little more like home. Making things easier, each "bedroom" in the townhouse has built in closets which to me just screams out as a display area for my collection.

I’ve decided to put together a small uniform display of what I think a US soldier would wear on a combat patrol. As of right now, the display consists of a front seam, fixed bale helmet, a USGI wool shirt, M36 suspenders, Garand cartridge belt (including a first aid kit, bayonet and canteen) and Garand bandolier. I’ve added pieces of cardboard that are roughly the same size as a Garand enbloc clip to the bandolier to make it look fully loaded.

I am adding an M43 field jacket today. I’d like to clip a grenade or two to the D-Rings on the suspenders…. Is there anything else you folks think I should add?

I think I’d also like to acquire a torso mannequin just to make the display in general look beter. As of right now, I think it looks sort of…. floppy and sloppy. :confused:

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Questions, concerns, comments, etc. would be greatly appreciated!

Mutterkreuz in Gold in box. is it original?

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As you can see, there is his soldbuch, a wehrstammbuch ( sort of a combined wehrpass + soldbuch ), a military drivers licence, sign-up papers, discharge papers, birth certificate, service summary, character assessment and on and on…..

Josef Rauch was only 26yrs old when he lost one foot and several toes to frostbite in early 1942 and the war that he was involved in through Poland, France and Russia war came to an end. His war service is laid out for all to see and I am quite excited to show you all of it ( and of course ask for assistance as we go ) there are many documents to scan and show.

Josef won an EK2, a GA badge, a black wound badge and an ostmedaille.
I hope you will indulge me a bit as we learn of the young Josef and his war….

Cheers, Dan

Hey everyone. I am now the owner of this badge and the others I posted two weeks ago. While inspecting it, I saw it had engraving on the back. Was wondering if anyone knew anything about it. It’s SS which scares me, but looks to have been there a while. It reads as follows, (something I cant see) Heinrich Mathias 3? SS flak?- Abt. Das Reich Fpi Nr. 39858

Anything would be amazing. Would love to find out who he was. Also, does anyone know what the Fpi. Nr. is for?
Thanks in advance,
C.S

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Note: The nine is done like the period nine, meaning looking like a g. Thanks agian!

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