As some of you will know I collect all and anything concerning the German Occupation of the Channel Islands (Kanalinseln). Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm. Especially documents and photos from the German soldiers stationed in the Islands. One other item I am looking for is any death cards to any Germans who died in the Islands during the Occupation of the Islands. I know a great many people collect these death cards and was wondering if any of you had any for German who died here. If you have please let me know as they are of interest especially if you will part with them. Please email me at damienhorn1@gmail.com
All the best from Jersey,
D.

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Hi everyone i recently bought this eastmedal from a militaria dealer. I bought this one as probably eastmedal maker 23.
I would like some opinions please. I know the maker 23 "arbeitsgemeinschaft fur heeresbedarf in der graveur und ziseleurinnung" made the eastmedal. How ever the two is hard to see on this medal. So thanks for looking and your opinion. cool militaria

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This postcard was formerly the property Anna Herzog (the wife of the former Gauleiter of Carinthia from 1927 to 1933 - Hugo Herzog) for whom it was signed. This card together with other material was apparently donated to the NSDAP Carinthia archives and was was removed from there by a British Intelligence officer in 1945.

There appear to be 11 signatures on the reverse of the card. The signatures were gathered during the second conference of the federated Nazi Party which was held at Salzburg between the 7th and 9th August. This was the first to be attended by Hitler and Anton Drexler.

In February 1920 Dr Walter Riehl had designed a flag using a swastika on a white field. The Flag was first flown on 1st May 1920. In the meantime Hitler had been designing his own swastika flag (apparentlyindependently ) in Munich.

1) Possibly Max Sesselmann
2) Possibly Heinrich Kraeger
3) Hans Knirsch (1877-1933) Austrian Nazi Leader.
4) Unidentified
5) Engineer Rudolf Jung (1882-1945) A leader of the Austrian Nazi Party DNSAP. It was he who convinced Hitler to use the words Nationalist Socialist in the renamed DAP.
6) Possibly Ferdinand Burchofsky
7) Dr.Walter Riehl (1881-1955) Chairman of the Austrian Nazi Party (DNSAP)
Engineer Alfred Brunner (1881-!936) A prominent member of the DSP (German Socialist Party)
9) Unidentified
10) Unidentified
11) Adolf Hitler. On the 7th August the swastika was accepted as the Party’s official flag. On the 8th August 1920 Hitler received permission to rename the DAP (German Worker’s Party) the NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker’s Party).

Adolf Hitler left the Army in April 1920 so his signature on this card must represent one of his very earliest political signatures. The signatures of Riehl and Hitler on the same card must rank as an extraordinary association piece in that they both designed swastika symbols for use in their faschist causes in 1920, the year they both signed it.

I would welcome comments and particularly any assistance which may help to identify the ‘unidentified’ signatures.

Regards
Ian

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I bought these two just before Christmas and have taken the first dangerous steps into British military radios! Needless to say the pricy bit is still to come as I seek out the accessories to go with them, but I am very happy to have got both.
First we have a WS38 set which was the standard WW2 British short range radio with a range of about a mile:

Inside are huge valves and all sorts of electrical bits I don’t understand:

The second radio I picked up is a WS88 set, this replaced the WS38 and is VHF and a sealed unit so it isn’t affected by tropical conditions like its predecessor:

It came with a webbing pouch to fit it to a 44 pattern equipment set:

I am very pleased with both of these and it is interesting to see how rapidly the technology advanced in just a few short years.
Ed

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All is finally quiet and I had time to take a few pics of my new little friends.I have been waiting to score the Tachi for awhile and it finally came through, but the little Sabre was a complete surprise!! A longtime friend who also collects militaria gifted it to me for Christmas.Just a few quick pics to share.Regards, Geoff

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by: mariscal rommel

Description: A lot of 13 original Photos and one Reproduction/Ampliation of Hitler-Franco Interview on Hendaya.
Most shots are contemporary agency that are more valuable, sharper and bigger

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Opinions appreciated on this one.

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