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A splash of Luftwaffe colour, some caps with a little extra for the photos….:p

(if anyone is interested in tunics, I just posted a separate thread on the Ogef. tunic in the
appropriate section).

-Bob

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Not too many Other Ranks Luftwaffe tunics that are unit marked kicking about, so I thought I would show this one,
marked to III (K)./LG 1 ( III./Lehrgeschwader ), which was a bomber unit that was heavily involved in the war in
the Mediterranean theatre, and flew predominantly Ju 88’s. They flew ops against Malta, Crete and also in north
Africa (based at Derna for a while).

This one is piped for flight personnel, and has the rank of Obergefreiter, with ‘Kreta’ and ‘Afrika’ cuff titles, and was
a reasonably recent pick up via the daughter of the US veteran who brought it back to the ‘States as his memento
of his service in Europe. The Marksman’s lanyard is original to the tunic, I have added the ribbon bar and the SA
sports badge only (and of course the cap and the belt). I tried a smaller ribbon bar and a DRL sports badge but that
didn’t look quite right to me, so changed the badge and ribbon bar to what is now on it. (the cloth Radio Op/Air Gunner
badge is also wartime applied to the tunic). My guess is that this was probably the airman’s best walking out jacket and
was kept at home for special occasions, and was hardly worn.

Hope you like the photos

Cheers

Bob

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A new pick up today.

Finally!!! A nice clean US WWI 1917 L.F.& C. Trench Knife with the 7 knuckle Pyramids on guard and triangular 9" blade and wooden finger grooved handle.

Guard marked "US 1917 L.F.& C." manufacture.

Around 75% of blueing remains. The knife is solid and tight. It is not sharpened but truth be told…it doesn’t need to be…

Missing the scabbard but there is hope that this can be found so keeping my fingers crossed.

Been looking for one to go with my 1918 Au Lion trench knife!

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Hello,

I have looked everywhere, pretty much exhausted the online search available. This tag supposedly was picked up in the 90’s around the Kalliningrad, St.Petersberg, Estonia area. The seller cannot specify as it was her late husband’s.

Anyway, it reads: 6. N. E. A. 2
AB 425
I think this means 6th division ____? Artillery Unit 2nd Regiment, blood type AB, soldier number 425.
The tag, I believe, is zinc, which would make it mid-late war?

Anyone know which unit this came from? Training unit?
I can’t imagine this was a blank stamped after the war. I mean who would create a fake tag of a unit that is impossible to find? It wouldn’t be worth anything.

Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks for any help, Kristoffer Suutari

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A Victorian other ranks review order czapka for the 9th ( Queen’s Royal ) Lancers, a regiment probably most famous for it’s Indian Mutiny service, and with Lord Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War.
Thanks much to KarlS for the photos.

BobS

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Wanted to Drop these Pictures here for Collectors to check out…..This was found in a thrift store tucked inside that envelope in a 1950’s era Sewing Box……Autographs are in Gold Paint Pen…..Take a look and let me know what you think…….Signed and Dated 1946…Nuremburg…..Signatures are Albert speer, Rosenburg, Seyss-Inquart, Donitz, Julius Streicher, A Jodl, Hermann Goering and Joachim Von Ribbentrop…Hankerchief still has the Period Swiss Stickers Affixed to it…..Beautiful….Michael

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