My Bundeswehr and 57er awards collection

[Adrian]

Cheers guys, I'm obviously not looking in the right places.

[Nick Hessens]

Enjoy this 57er kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.klasse. S&L production with solid hinge block.

[oradour]

Nice one Nick looks to be an early production piece around 1960 on.......
Prost ! Steve.

[Tango]

Nice one indeed..I'm going to get one of these awards one day!!!..Just need to keep looking. Thanks for the photos...Cheers Terry.

[Nick Hessens]

Nice one Nick looks to be an early production piece around 1960 on.......
Prost ! Steve.

Thanks Steve!

Here a nice picture of a BW general at a memorial dedicated to the Desert Fox. It was taken in Göslar, where in 1933 Rommel was given his first command of a Jäger alpenkorps battalion till 1935.

[Nick Hessens]

Nice one indeed..I'm going to get one of these awards one day!!!..Just need to keep looking. Thanks for the photos...Cheers Terry.

Thanks Terry!

Regards,
Nick

[oradour]

Nick, thats a great photo of a what looks to be a full General (four stars), highest rank in the BW, the bonus is that is was taken before 1962, so an early photo, evident by the Generals pointed shoulder straps (changed to rounded ends 1963) and lack of arm shield (introduced 1962). Do you know who he is ? Probably a highly decorated WW2 veteran......
Prost ! Steve.

[Nick Hessens]

Do you know who he is ?

Thank Steve. No name unfortunately.

Regards

[Nick Hessens]

Another fleamarket find. Great for filling the backgroud of a display.

Alte Kameraden by Musikkorps 6 der Bunderswehr, Hamburg and producer: Telefunken.
Alte Kameraden - Band of the Bundeswehr Stabkorps, Hamburg. - YouTube

[oradour]

Nice find Nick ! I need to download some of this music to my I-phone for use in my BW man cave !
Prost ! Steve.