2016 April | Sõja ajaloo portaal. Militaria.ee

SS-Dienstauszeichnung 2.Stufe (12 Jahre)

Hi folks,

does this medal stands any chance? Thanks for your opinions.

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German 20mm (2cm) Panzergranate 40

Here’s something ordinance collectors know you don’t find every day, a Pzgr 40 tungsten core armour piercing composite rigid round/shell. These projectiles were used in the 2 cm KwK 30 and 2 cm KwK 38:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_cm_KwK_30

From wiki

This turret was found on vehicles like the Panzer II and SdKfz 223, and was capable of piercing 40mm of armor at 100 meters. They were typically loaded in magazines of 10 rounds.

The next two photos are of the tracer cartridge (emptied out on mine):

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Need help! Mystery Swastika & Eagle pendant found in my Dad’s home, origin unknown.

My father passed away last week, and while we were cleaning up his home this weekend we found a large bejeweled swastika pendant that I remember seeing once as a small child. I know nothing about it, except for the fact that he owned it for over forty years. My father was not a military man, and I would be shocked to learn that he had any ties to hate groups. I have been doing google image searches with all the keyword combinations I can think of, but I can’t find a single picture of a similar item on the internet. This might not be the appropriate place to post since I have no idea if this item has military significance or not, but I figured some of the experts around here might be able to help me pin down the origin of such a unique item. I’m just very curious why my father had this mysterious item.

Anybody seen anything like this before?

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