My cousin, a retired Police officer was a unofficial care taker for a nieghbour and th eold fella is not battling cancer ~

He was greatly appreciative of the efforts made to assist in cleaning up his residency ~ and gave his blessing to acquire" what ever they wanted ~.

My cousin found this ~ which he believes belonged the old man’s brother who has long since departed, was a service man who served in WWII~

The challenge here is What is the Swastika badge ?

Is it a civilian good luck charm ~ or a Dutch or even Finnish ~ medallion ~

My theory was that the Swastika on Charms was reversed ~ or did the Nazis reverse the Swastika in the Theory that their heraldry of good Germanic Blood lines cames form the East and the Himalayas ~ and the rotation carried that heraldry to the heart of Germany / Austria!?

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Gentleman this I imagine will be a challenge! Especially since I can’t figure out how to turn the pics around! Rory bout that. Thanks for looking & trying.

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Should be good depending on where/how I got it but I don’t think so.
Opinions please.
Thanks.
Joe

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I see this visor is in the upcoming HH auction. The auction description notes it is for ‘party formations’. This looks like a Form 2 to me, but with white piping would be used later on the Kreis level visors. The eagle button also doesn’t fit the regulations. I didn’t see anything like it Mr. Saris’ Volume 3, or other reference. Does anyone have an opinion? Thank you for any responses.

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I am a retired classical historian, particularly interested in military affairs. I am fascinated by Stalin and Hitler and have been collecting autographs from their regimes (e.g., Himmler) and weapons from the last couple of centuries (e.g., a 1920s Soviet Maxim on the cart). I have come to this forum to get an opinion on a German dog tag, but I can see this is an otherwise interesting site.

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Hi All -

I have a question - these German concrete (cement beton) objects were found here in Hungary (Vértes, mountain range in north-western Hungary).
All 3 of them has what it looks like a 2 or 3-color camo paint (2 shades of greens & maybe some yellow?).
Can you guys inform me what were these exactly? I sometimes see these kind of objects at ebay, but usually they were never painted.

Cheers,
Fabe

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Hello Friends,

I was digging through some of my stuff and found these two photos that i thought you might find interesting. I believe the writing on the wall of the building translates to, "The German political prisoners welcome you American friends". As always , i look forward to your input.

Take care,

Mart

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Anyone else still has any of these from the seventies?

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