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of the Luftwaffe Fallschirmjager that you might look through and might discover who it might have belonged to. These are very difficult to accomplish since the medals themselves weren't marked. Mine came from the actual veteran himself and is so documented, therefore, I know who it was awarded to. B...

http://daggers.infopop.net/2/OpenTopic?a=frm&s=042090573&f=8353004833 Then look for the threads TOTENKOPF UNIFORMS and NORWEGIAN VOLUNTEERS and you'll see five great Totenkopf tunics and an officer's tunic from the Norge Regiment (very rare and difficult cuffband to acquire, let alone find i...

because at one time or another many European countries had colonies in Africa: The Dutch, Belgians, French, Germans, English, etc. The Germans lost their colonies around the world after WWI. Some other colonies changed ownership as the fortunes of war dictated. I was refering to people who believe t...

I've been studying the history of the Waffen-SS for many years and have been a WWII German militaria collector for 29 years now, specializing in uniforms and headgear of the Waffen-SS for 24 years. I have some of my collection posted on German Daggers - (uniforms) Collectors Showcase Forum under thr...

It would be very useful to be able to attach a photo like the SS Uniform Forum, et al, so that we can post photos of the things we are talking about - better illustrating our points, providing information on photos of items posted, etc.

I think we need to learn the lessons of the Holocaust and the many genocides of the Twentieth Century and that is that unarmed citizens have no defense against a state-sponsored action to eliminate a particular segment of their society. Every act of genocide in the world has been against people who ...

The Waffen-SS had seven Panzer Divisions as follows: 1. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf" 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking" 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen" 10. SS-...

My partner, Thomas Wilhelm of Colorado Springs, and I got acquainted over his site, The NSDAP Museum. We started to put together another pay site, Waffen-SS.com, with most of the juicy stuff on the pay side of the house. There was some historical stuff, organization, etc. and the forum on the outsid...

Reunion... and they are hosted and sponsored by the current German Air Force with the dinners and other events happening on the military bases. I've attended the Luftwaffe Night Fighter Pilot Association reunion last June at Fliegerhorst Laage, the largest Luftwaffe base in old East Germany (they st...

The Army used a two piece metal edelweiss badge on the side of their gebirgsjager caps, similar to the M1943 field cap but with a shorter bill. It has holes around the edges for sewing onto the cap. The Army sleeve badge for Gebirgsjager has an edelweiss inside a ring of interwoven twine. Leon Degre...

Mike Beaver's book Camouflaged Uniforms of the Waffen-SS: A Photographic Reference. He has many pictures of different camouflaged zeltbahns in there.

used by forces in the field and fashioned into clothing by them. I used to own a two-pocket camouflaged jacket with hidden front buttons, two upper pockets with buttoned flap and a draw string at the bottom. It had provisions for the attachment of shoulder straps and had a bevo sleeve eagle. I've al...

Enlisted men were provided their uniforms and equipment by the SS-Bekleidungswerke (SS-BW), which were manufactured by the inmates at the Concentration Camps, i.e. Dachau and Ravensbruck, as well as contracted clothing manufacturers. Officers however, were given an allotment of money in which to buy...