I picked this visor up quite awhile back for next to nothing, but have never been sure if it’s real or a fake. Either way, I won’t get hurt, so that’s nice for a change! It does have a name tag in it, and the guy checked out. Admin officer who didn’t do much, mostly non-combat assignments in Admin. Paid more for the research on the name, then the hat!

Click to enlarge the picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picked up this NSKK helmet at a local flea market awhile back, but never been 100% sure about it. What do my fellow collectors think? Any input would be appreciated very much, good or bad!

Click to enlarge the picture

 

 

 

 

 

Click to view the auction article

Hello,

When I was in the 10th grade I went to Berlin, Germany with Opa and Oma. Since I got pulled out of school for 2 weeks I had to pick a historical place I visited and do a speech and report when I returned. It was "Prinz Eugen Straße” so my report was on Prinz Eugen the Great. That was really the start of collecting and getting the WWII History juices flowing, Shortly after returning my Opa gave me his capture pistol with Oma’s picture in the handle and 5 other items he brought home from WWII. My Oma started opening up to me at age 15 about her views of what happened with the Nazi’s and telling me about her life. The good stuff and not so good stuff. Her book was written in 2010 and some of you I sent copies to. Memoirs of German War Bride - Feisty Lydia. The rest was history.

Recently I obtained a book that Glenn66 referred me to and got it last week. I was able to find a signed copy from Prinz Eugen veteran (former Unterscharfuhrer Fred Umbrich). Albeit made out to Maureen it is also signed by the Author. A picture of Fred Signing Glenn’s book is pictured here (Glenno ) Hope that is okay to include in here. Thanks for the info on his book. I am about ready to start the read. I thought I would make a thread showing my SS Prinz Eugen Related Items from my collection:

Book: Balkan Nightmare - Biography of Fred Umbrich - Pictures here
Porcelain Street Sign: Prinz Eugen Straße "rare and cool"
SS Sleeve Patch: SS Mountain Troops Sleeve Edelweiss
SS Prinz Eugen Collar Tab: 7th SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division (SS-Volunteer Mountain Division)
Prinz Eugen Sword: Carl Eickhorn
Opa’s Capture Pistol: Not related to SS Prinz Eugen but thought I would show as it was my first official piece
Book: Feisty Lydia: My Oma’s Story - Not SS related is a part of me & WWII history

I will hopefully in time add more Prinz Eugen Related Items as they kind of take me back to the special time and place it all started for me. Thought I would catalog and photograph together this week and store them all in one spot.

Hope you enjoy! Rossi

Click to enlarge the picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attached Images

 

One I owned some years back and managed to get it back again recently.

Helmet is a Luftwaffe SE 64, it has a dome stamp, although it is fairly faint now, the batch number
is #4283, and a 1938 dated chin strap.

Some photos…..

Regards

Bob

Click to enlarge the picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View full article…

Hello folks.

Have had this one for quite some time, but would be interested to know the finer details of who this gent was and where he served. On my own, I’ve been able to discern that he served in the First World War from 1916, and that at some point during his service he was awarded the EKII. It’s also to my understanding that he served for the entire duration of World War 2, with the latest entry I can find being June 1945.
Translating the rest of it has been problematic. Not because of my German, which I’ve been trying to learn for the past year, but because of the style of handwriting commonly used in these documents.
I’ve photographed every page that has been filled out. Any not included are entirely blank. Also included is a piece of paper glued to the back of the final page, under the back cover.

Would be very, very appreciative of any help with this one.

Thank you in advance, and best regards!

B.B.

Click to enlarge the picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View full article…

View full article…

View full auction article…