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Just got this awesome grouping of a BDM member, Roxanne Mahler. Came with her original identity documents from when she was a BDM member and some other photos of when she was older. From my limited understanding of the German language (and Google Translate) I was able to glean that she was born in Marburg Germany on November 1, 1929. I was also able to see the date of what I believe is to be the time of when she joined, April 20,1939. Literally only months before the start of WW2! A letter from the DRK was also included in this grouping. It even came with a medal from the flooding of Hamburg 1962 and the award book that recipients received with her name inscribed on the cover page. Now where it gets extremely interesting is the fact that the grouping also has a British registration card stamped with the year of 51 which I believe is a year before this type of registration card became obsolete. Which leaves me wondering why she ended up in Britain. Ah if only papers could talk! Perhaps she went to university in Britain during the 50s. I was wondering out of curiosity if there are any databases for former HJ/BDM members? (Note: I only included the medal in the posting because it is part of the grouping.)

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I am a relatively new collector and whilst in Spain was allowed to cherry pick these two items from a private collection. I am wondering about the authenticity of these items and for general information and opinions.
I may also be willing to part with them.

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What do you think about this knife? My understanding is that there usually should be a motto on the blade when the maker name is used on the ricasso. Is this correct?

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Picked this up today, the helmet has seen better days , the liner is fragile and missing a couple of tongues. I thought the decal was decent and I liked the overall look of the lid.

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I recently acquired this piece. ‘Reden und Aufsätze’ from 1938. It doesnt say which ‘auflage’ it is. Does this mean it is the first ‘auflage’? I don’t really know how to translate it in English, first copie?

For me it is a special item because, even though the back cover has been discolored by the sun, it fits very well with my other book ‘Werk und Mensch’ also by Hermann Göring.

I heard some people say that it is rare because they can’t find any 1938 first ‘auflages’ on the internet. But I tend not to believe that because if it would’ve been so i would’ve had to pay more for the book (I had to pay 20 euros). What is your opinion?

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