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- Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:07 pm
- Forum: Uniforms and Awards
- Topic: edelweiss riddle
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14388
Re: edelweiss riddle
Nika, Is it possible to post the edelweiss attached to the photo of your grandmother? There was also a smaller, stemless, edelweiss worn on the front of the schirmmuetze (peaked cap) of Gebirgsjaeger officers and enlisted men. It was worn between the eagle and the cockade. http://www.muenzauktion.co...
- Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:54 am
- Forum: Uniforms and Awards
- Topic: edelweiss riddle
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14388
Re: edelweiss riddle
Nika, First of all, perhaps I wasn't clear: I do not know if your pin is WW2-era or not, it could be; they did exist without stem. But, yours looks almost brand new. Here is the postcard I referenced in my above post. I found it on the internet and it is not a clear copy: http://img212.imageshack.us...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:56 pm
- Forum: Uniforms and Awards
- Topic: edelweiss riddle
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14388
Re: edelweiss riddle
Hello Nika, That looks like a garden-variety tourist pin, not a military pin. Though, I have seen early images of a bergfuehrer (ca. 1940 color postcard) with this type of civilian pin on his hat. These pins are still sold in Germany (they were in 1978 when I was in Garmisch). The German Alpine Asso...
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:17 am
- Forum: World War I
- Topic: Siam.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9395
Re: Siam.
Siam/Thailand send tropps to westfront to fight against the germans. What happend? There was a small Thai-French Conflict in 1941. But "West Front" -- WWI, right? King Rama VI (1910-25) had been educated in England (at Eton, Christ Church [Oxford] and Sandhurst), and joined the Allies in ...
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:14 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: SS Sturmbannfuhrer Ernst Radeke
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3767
Re: SS Sturmbannfuhrer Ernst Radeke
Thanks John. So, was he killed near Tuchkalla, or was his Ersatzbataillon near Tuchkalla? I can't tell by the way the formatting transferred when I cut-and-pasted the data.
Many thanks!
--Guy
Many thanks!
--Guy
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:38 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: SS Sturmbannfuhrer Ernst Radeke
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3767
Re: SS Sturmbannfuhrer Ernst Radeke
Hello everyone, I am looking for info on a SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Ernst Radeke. From John' Moore's Führerliste : Rädeke, Ernst: born 3.7.11, Wuthenow/Neuruppin SS No. 254 915 Stubaf. 3. 7.11 Kdr.Geb.JR.11 10.44 †28.10.44 Hstuf. Kdr.Ers.Btl.d.Legion 10.42 b.Tuchkalla Hstuf. Chef,11./T.I.R.3 9.41 I do no...
- Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:53 am
- Forum: Uniforms and Awards
- Topic: What is he wearing?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3557
Re: What is he wearing?
Those are mountain boots. Note the Heer Edelweiß patch on his right arm?
Image lifted from HERE
--Guy Power
Image lifted from HERE
--Guy Power
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:47 pm
- Forum: Translation Requests
- Topic: Translation of postcard.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2075
Re: Translation of postcard.
Nice job, Hiltraut! When I read your transliteration I can make out the more cryptic penmanship.
Thank you very much.
--Guy
Thank you very much.
--Guy
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:28 pm
- Forum: Translation Requests
- Topic: Hitlerjugend award?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1466
Re: Hitlerjugend award?
I googled HJ Ehrenabzeichen but only found Golden HJ Ehrenabzeichen and "HJ Ehrenzeichen". This is the HJ Ehrenzeichen:
Image from World War 2 Awards.com
Cheers,
--Guy
Image from World War 2 Awards.com
Cheers,
--Guy
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:26 pm
- Forum: Translation Requests
- Topic: Hitlerjugend award?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1466
Re: Hitlerjugend award?
D_Dutch wrote:Could someone tell me what award this is? I'm doubting between the Goldenes Ehrenabzeichen der Hitlerjugend, or Ehrenabzeichen der Hitlerjugend?
I can't figure out if they mean H.J. Ehrenabzeichen or HJ. G. Ehrenabzeichen.
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:17 pm
- Forum: Translation Requests
- Topic: Translation of postcard.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2075
Re: Translation of postcard.
It's written in Suetterlin script. I will not read the entire thing because I'm not German and it is a chore for me. (One of our scientists learned Suetterlin when he was in grade school in the 1960s! But I shan't ask him either.) In See den 8.6.39 Lieber Eltern! Heute Mittwoch schrieb ich Euch (dis...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:48 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: SS-Untersturmführer Heinz Knocke, "Westland"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2979
Re: SS-Untersturmführer Heinz Knocke, "Westland"
I found this in John Moore's "Führerliste" database:
Knocke, Heinrich
born 26.12.20 in Paderborn
SS-Nr. 456 076
Ustuf. 4./Pz.Rgt.2 3.45
Rttf. 10./Pz.GR.3 11.41
Appears to be a different Knocke (SS-Nr. differs, as to assignments) ... though, isn't Heinz a diminutive of Heinrich?
--Guy
Knocke, Heinrich
born 26.12.20 in Paderborn
SS-Nr. 456 076
Ustuf. 4./Pz.Rgt.2 3.45
Rttf. 10./Pz.GR.3 11.41
Appears to be a different Knocke (SS-Nr. differs, as to assignments) ... though, isn't Heinz a diminutive of Heinrich?
--Guy
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:37 pm
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: Hells Angels......did you know?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7027
Re: Have you read the Hunter Thompson book...
We know that ... we're looking at their origins and from where they took the name.L. Kafka wrote:"Hell's Angels"? It's about bikers in California, not aviators.
--Guy
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:35 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Request for information on two interesting artefacts.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4222
Re: Request for information on two interesting artefacts.
Though I'm not well-versed in Waffen-SS history .... I think the fish knife could be from the Der Führer Regiment of the 2nd SS Division Das Reich . More about 2. SS Div Das Reich HERE The ashtray is sporting the Fallschirmjäger eagle, but I do not know if it is an authentic piece. Sorry that I can'...
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:00 am
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: Hells Angels......did you know?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7027
"Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable
From a 1930s movie, "Hell's Angels." Quote from Jean Harlow, the femme fatale of the film. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Hell%27sAngelsPoster.gif source here The Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club has its own official website; their history page is here . Unfortunately, it does ...