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Hi.
Just found this in a old household.
Have never seen a WWII Russian examples. Could this be one? I presume 42 is the date? Shade of the glass is same that you can see on some glass field bottles.

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K.

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Picked up this nice photo item on the Fea market , it has some interesting Early US Airplane photos in it

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Hello. This is my 1st post…so please be gentle…lol. I have found myself in possession of 2 - 14kt gold (mass spectrometer tested) ww2 German pins. I was told by a local(Delaware, U.S.) ww2 collector that they were early Nazi eagle S A party pins by Assman 1933-37….most likely worn by a party higher up or leader since they are gold.

Personally, I don’t have 1/2 a clue, let alone a clue… I have not been able to find any real definitive answers about these pins…other than than the collectors summary from 35 years of collecting and educating. This source came to me from a reputable personal business contact. Any help is greatly appreciated as I am beyond stumped.

Thank you well in advance….

Brian

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Hitler’s birthplace should be seized, torn down, Austrian politician says
Government plans to take control of neo-Nazi ‘cult site’ after owner refuses to sell
Thomson Reuters Posted: Jul 12, 2016 9:55 AM ET Last Updated: Jul 12, 2016 9:55 AM ET

The house in which Adolf Hitler was born is seen through a fence in the northern Austrian city of Braunau on the Inn in September 2012. Hitler’s family lived in the house for only three years around his birth in 1889; but its fate has long been the subject of controversy.
The house in which Adolf Hitler was born is seen through a fence in the northern Austrian city of Braunau on the Inn in September 2012. Hitler’s family lived in the house for only three years around his birth in 1889; but its fate has long been the subject of controversy. (Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters)

Austria’s government moved on Tuesday to seize the house where Adolf Hitler was born to prevent it becoming a site of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis, and the country’s interior minister said he wanted to tear it down.

Hitler’s family lived in the house in Braunau on the Inn for only three years around his birth on April 20, 1889; but the fate of the three-story building coated in pale yellow paint has long been the subject of controversy.

A spokesman for the interior ministry said the government had agreed on a law to take ownership after the building’s landlord, a local woman, had refused to sell it to the state. The bill would now go before parliament.

"The decision is necessary because the republic would like to prevent this house from becoming a ‘cult site’ for neo-Nazis in any way, which it has been repeatedly in the past, when people gathered there to shout slogans," Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka told reporters before the cabinet meeting.

"It is my vision to tear down the house," he added. A commission consisting of 12 members from the fields of politics, administration, academia and civic society will ultimately decide the fate of the building.

Hitler giving speech
Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Debate still smolders over whether Austrians were willing accomplices, many having cheered Hitler’s return to his country of birth at the time, or the first victims of his dictatorship. (Getty Images)

No right to appeal
A retired local woman owns the property, which Austria’s interior ministry has been renting since 1972 and has sublet to Braunau. The ministry pays around 4,800 euros ($6,926 Cdn) a month in rent.

The building has housed workshops for disabled people, but has been empty since 2011, because the owner repeatedly rejected ideas for the future use of the house and purchase offers from the state, according to the interior ministry spokesman.

Once the law has passed parliament, the owner has no right to appeal the decision or negotiate her compensation, which will be in line with the sum paid to home owners evicted in the course of railway line construction, he said.

Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Debate still smolders over whether Austrians were willing accomplices, many having cheered his return to his country of birth at the time, or the first victims of a dictatorship that ultimately reduced much of Europe to ruins and cost tens of millions of lives.

Just got this one in and I do believe it is a nice original. Maker mark is AS in triangle. Has this maker been identified?
All opinions welcomed.

Thanks
Steve

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Hi Guys

My Dad passed away a few years ago and has had this reed "9" Luger since the war. What is it and what is it worth?

thx

bob

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