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FM Baton

Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 2:11 am
by gavmeister13
Was the Feldmarschall's baton always carried around or was it just for special occasions? from what ive seen it was pretty ugly!

Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 2:08 am
by Mikko
There existed an 'everyday version' of the baton, IIRC called Interimstab (spelling?).

Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 6:53 am
by gavmeister13
how was the "everyday" baton different from the standard one?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 5:12 am
by Mikko
The main difference was it was more like a stick that a baton.

Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 1:07 am
by gavmeister13
have you got any pics?

Re: FM Baton

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:34 pm
by von Thoma
gavmeister13 wrote:have you got any pics?
The two kinds of baton:

1-Von Rundstedt with his Interimstab Baton.
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2-The Generalfeldmarschall von Bock's Baton
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Photo:http://www.gettyimages.es/detail/3272013/Hulton-Archive and -http://www.snyderstreasures.com/pages/vonbockbaton.htm