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Courtesy of our own Bob C, we have these rare photos of the Reichslager uniforms in wear:

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Found this "beauty" some fool had sent me many a moon ago in a box of junk I was clearing out of my storeroom. It was So Bad, I had to keep it just for the amusement. I have no clue what it’s made out of, but it’s Marked inside with "830S" ! I Think I have a skillet that’s made of the same material this glorious relic is…I particularly like the awesome phony aging they gave it..It even has "wear" to the teeth and has the "bone joint" on the shaft in the back. IF the maker would have at Least made it from actual Silver, he might have had a chance at fooling some naive collector, but stainless steel/alloy/?? Uhh..nope…sorry,cheapskate! You blew it! But, at least we know what the fakers think of Westerner’s intelligence…Anybody want a fine piece of bling? Drop me a line!

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Hello everyone,

Sorry if this is the wrong section for this.

Long story short.

I inherited a few bits some years back and I’d forgotten about them until recently.

I never had the chance to ask my grandfather about his time in the army as he passed away many years ago and so did my grandmother.

All I really know is that when he came back from Germany to the UK, he brought some bits with him. According to my mother, he also brought back a German officers coat but my grandmother mistakenly through it out.

I’d be very happy if someone could tell me what I’ve got here as my knowledge on this stuff is pretty much non-existent.

Thanks,
Rob

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Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

I thought fitting to share this story and piece of history. I got this piece for my Birthday recently. My Friend James has a knife he picked up also as well from the same entity as well.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn Fork in my collection was procured from Goring’s Car #243 – Salon / Back Up Dining Car. The Soldier Sgt. Conrad (Dale) Ours who was a member of F Company, 506 P.I.R. of the 101 Airborne Division. In a letter I show pictured with him below and the fork “Dale” (Conrad) Ours states: “I was in World War II-101st airborne-506th Battalion Paratrooper-My platoon was 1st on Hitler’s private train in tunnel at Berchtesgaden.” He goes on to talk about several pieces of silverware & other items that he removed from the train. He had reached out to Mr. Wilson about value and sold the pieces to a well respected collector. Dale “Conrad” Ours was actually on Goring’s Train Car 10-243. He was mistaken and it was not Hitler’s Train. He didn’t know at the time but Goring’s Train was also in the tunnel.

I believe that in my studies Göring had two trains (Sonderzug- special train) at first they were called Asien I and II.

Wagon # Description Which Train
10 # 241 primary dining car Göring’s Train
10 # 242 primary dining car Hitler’s Train
10 # 243 salon car / back up dining car Göring’s Train
10 # 244 salon car/back up dining car Hitler’s Train

I have spent awhile doing research and making many calls to Brookfield, MO. Brookfield, MO residents knew him and collaborate who he was and his stories. Confirmed his address and his life. I hope to make a trip to his grave site this summer and salute him for his service and thank his memory for a little piece of history I have from him.

The book signed by author William True – The Cow Spoke French I am currently reading. Many great stories already and some pictures of Ours with True & Tom Alley. I photographed from the book True’s recall about the prizes sought after in Berchtesgaden and the competition to get there first. A picture currently of the tunnel in 2013 is used to store city equipment.

Conrad “Dale” Ours – (Went by Dale)
101st Airborne Div – 506th – Company F – WWII
Born: May 22nd, 1924
Died: August 12th, 2000
Conrad “Dale” Ours was cremated and was buried on May 19th, 2001 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield, MO - Block 25 Lot 29 Site 07
Dale “Conrad” married his wife Esther (Gullick) Ours on February 24th, 1946. She passed away at 90 years old on November 2nd, 2012.

Dale lived in Brookfield, MO after WWII and had a car lot there. He was remembered fondly by the people of Brookfield. I spoke to LeeAnn from the VFW in Brookfield, MO and she remembers him when growing up in the community. Speaking with Kevin Devoy who lives in Brookfield and sells insurance today he told me that he worked for “Dale” Ours and Douglass Kennedy at their Auto Delaership. Douglass Kennedy was Conrad “Dale” Ours partner in Kennedy-Ours Motors, Brookfield, until his retirement. Mr. Kennedy was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II serving in the Amphibious Corp in the Pacific where he was awarded the Bronze Star. I also sent pictures of Conrad “Dale” to Kevin Devoy from the book “The Cow Spoke French” Kevin verified his image as that of Conrad “Dale” Ours. Kevin said Dale and Douglass would drag him to the Elks Club. Dale would show Kevin the proper position as a paratrooper on how to Jump while standing on the Elks Lodge table. Kevin said he was in awe to hang around with those guys and Dale was the best guy in the world to work for. Kevin will be talking to more vets who are still around who knew Conrad “Dale” Ours and getting me some more images and details of relationships. My hope is to buy them dinner & hear some stories while thanking them for their service.

In the end it is just a piece of Silverware from a Train. The story for all I know or care could be embellished or 100% true. Conrad “Dale” Ours has been fun researching & priceless either way.

Hope you enjoy! Thanks as well for the Birthday Wishes today! You guys are my family so I treasure you all!

Rossi

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hi all

i have just purchased this wehrpass for the lufwaffe it was aspare of the moment buy and not to sure if i have over paid.
i was wondering though if anyone on here could translate or give me some information about the gentleman the wehrpass did come with 2 pictures of the gent aswell
any help would be great i apologise for the amount of pictures i have has to add to this post

thanks

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I have been on a helmet buying spree the last little while and saw this Dutch helmet and couldn’t walk from it. I believe it is a M34 and from my understanding it would have been made 1939-1940 since it doesn’t have the heat stamp on it. It looks like it has had a few paint jobs (the pictures made the helmet look more brown than green, but there is the original green under the liner. You can see where the Lion was at one time but it is now gone. The previous owner really wanted to make sure his helmet didn’t get taken and he wrote his name H.J. Jansen 2 times on the bomb and on the liner ring. The felt is almost shot but other than that I am very happy with it. Is there a site that would let me check out information on H.J Jansen? Thanks for looking.

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