Now now FB, you are starting to make me envious, just once in my lifetime id love to own just one of them, just wait till i win the lottery and ill come begging at your door
Now now FB, you are starting to make me envious, just once in my lifetime id love to own just one of them, just wait till i win the lottery and ill come begging at your door
Food for thought gentlmen and some valid points !! From a moderation point if view i must admit it is rather tiresome and trying having to moderate these " is it real threads " where the disappointed then take it out on the hand that is helping them !! Will discuss this with Ade asap,
regards
Paul
PS One good thing to come out of this thread is that FB ha given us all another peak at some of his wonderful historic pieces I thank him for that !!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
I might add that if you are too sensitive to deal with criticism of the piece you display, simply avoid doing so. Best that one go on believing he has a unique item than to be disappointed if he cannot bear the truth.
Here she admires a dog birthday party. Notice her intense and focused expression. Rather than writing some ill considered response to the post that has gone south, I took for her a walk so she would do a number of one plus one equals......
Here are some things I own, but they give me less pleasure than my Irish Terrier. They are foetid woolens, more so for having for having been spat on by III. Reich officers, because of my scribbling. Actually I have known many of these men in their time, nor did they spit on me at all, in fact. Far from it. The one SS officer with whom I was friends did think the collecting this stuff was quite odd, in fact.
I actually think the whole thing with the Janke cap and the over the top outrage and haiku of buyer's remorse might be a subtle satire. If so, then chapeau.
I wish I had thought of it, really.
Why do you think that Nazi regalia makes people so angry?
These old woolens only cause dismay, horror, shock, and awe. The man at the bottom is getting rid of his cap and using it in a practical way. Little does he know what discord and disruption to universal harmony such a cap will cause seventy years in the future.
I think many people mistake collectors for fanatics and Nazi sympathizers. This makes many people angry.
I have met very few collectors of TR regalia who hold such views. Most of us are interested in history and conservation as well as the incredible variety and aesthetic pleasure of the quality of workmanship produced for German amred forces and political branches during this period. Holding one of these pieces in my hands gives me great pleasure.
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