My first foray into the world of Soldbuchs and this one caught my eye as it is for a Gendamerie who served in the first war and saw action at Tannenburg and The Somme to name but a few.
However, the Soldbuch doesn’t look like the other TR era books I have seen. I thought it might be a document that he had for a while ie WW1 / Weimar period and kept it throughout his service but there are only Third Reich era markings/stamps in it.
I would very much appreciate any help you could give as on the face of it, this is quite an interesting piece to me.
i have been looking at this old ss helmet it is FOUNDED IN COURLAND POCKET.Digged some time ago.do you think it is a good one as i am thinking of buying it.i like the has been there in the war look..thank you..
I have been looking for an M34 Edelstahl double decal SS SD helmet in good shape for years - no - decades. My buddy is liquidating his extensive collection and offered this gem to me with, as Michael Corleone said, an offer I couldn’t refuse. I actually was holding out over the years for a reverse decal example as I real go crazy over reverse decal helmets, but I also really dig helmets with set back decals. I picked it up earlier today. This one is an 4 rivet (far more common than the 3 rivet examples) Edelstahl (improved steel) M34 shell with bulged vents, complete with the expected civil style leather liner, initialed 3 times by the soldat, a rough but complete carbine clip chinstrap, and really well preserved Pocher SS and Party Shield decals, set back behind the vents rather than beneath them. The paint is better than 95% intact, as are the decals. I have a few SS helmets, but none in as good shape as this one. For me this one was worth the wait. Hope you like it. Jim G.
I love this hobby and I also love dogs so naturally I fell into the groove of collecting photos of Japanese war dogs. Here are some I’ve come up with but my "holy grail" in this area of collecting is to find an original message collar. I did find a US war dog message collar but I’m still looking for a Japanese example. I only have the photos at the end of this to go by on what they look like.
I am sharing an American National Defense medal. It looks to have been made in May of 2016. I recently bought a new one and it had two clutch pins for attachment. This has a normal style pin clasp. Not sure why the difference, but this one was sent by the Army.
Why it is special, to my family, is that my wife’s father enlisted in the Army in 1964 and served until receiving an honorable discharge in 1966. He served during Vietnam, but not in Vietnam.
He passed away last March.
I had gotten his DD-214 from the Veterans Administration because we wanted to see if he was eligible for military honors. He was proud of his service and we wanted it to be a part of his ceremony.
I noticed that under his awards and citations, there was nothing listed other than his marksmanship award.
I filed to have his record corrected to get him the National Defense medal he deserved, unfortunately posthumously and 51 years late.
It arrived a couple days ago and this is it. It is in it’s wrapper where it will remain, untouched.
Thank you for reading, and looking.
