Daggers etc. in my books

[Wilhelm Saris]

I'am back!! A mayor part from my promise is done.
Now I will spend some time again with this thread, showing some police photos.
A few of them were used in my book about aiguillettes, which ones is obvious.
Others were not used yet, as they are waiting for a moment to be picked up and
included in a future book.











(The first three, credit: Armin Rudzki; then one from Richard Hessels and two
from Rolf Halfen)

...sh*t? did I bring to ruin the Saris-archive?


Oh boy, I am in deep, deep trouble.......
WRF-members will fall over me. Sorry, sorry!

Guys, I just had a dull mood!

[DRK]

Some great photos Wim , excellent !!!

Theo

[Wilhelm Saris]

In volume 1 for "Headgear of Hitler's Germany" the Armed Forces:
Heer, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe were covered. The volume was not of the size as the later volumes.
All had to go quick for a release. It was planned to make an extensive addendum, but if we ever get
this done, is a question, as years go by.

In volume 2 of the series, the Deutscher Luftsport-Verband was covered. Just briefly included was the uniform
for the Deutsche Luftfahrt, which later became the Luftwaffe.

To start with a photo and caption from volume 2: Albert Sonntag, wearing a rare combination dress.



Further a random choice:

Harald Kricheldorf a Lufthansa pilot, wearing the Dt.Luftfahrt uniform

the wearing of the field-cap is extremely rare with DLV



(credit of the photos: Deutsche Lufthansa and Hermann Miller/Butzweiler Hof, Köln)

Further shown some Luftwaffe, first and later pattern dagger (a random choice). All of these
were planned for the eventual later addendum.











(credits: P.Klubert, B.Wedeking and P. Coleman)

[Wilhelm Saris]

Also the German navy was in volume 1. Some addendum photos I can show here:

Just navy, the second one is a Sonderführer Kapitänleutnant (credit: M.Bodeux)







G.Beyersdorf, Verwaltungsbeamte des gehobenen Dienstes (Korvettenkapitän - Verwaltungsamtmann)


(credit: E. Beyersdorf. He brought me in contact with a former member of the Marine-Musikschule,
as ssssuper rare institution for youngesters in the age of Hitler-Jugend. This music-school was included in
my extensive article aboutsuch schools for the army, airforce and Waffen-SS as well. Published in the US-magazine
"Military Advisor" and the German "Militaria")



Seemännischer Fahrzeugbeamte (Korvettenkapitän - Marineoberstabsingenieur)



(last two credit: Markus bodeux)

I think Hitler-Jugend will be next to cover, some from my "Handbook", some for the
headgear-series volume about this organization!

[gerrit]

You spoil us Wilhelm with these lovely pics!!

Thx

Ger

[Wilhelm Saris]

No problem Ger. Its my pleasure.
I like to do this for this forum and for its members, that enjoy
looking at some stuff. Hope I can find the time today to post again!

[Hummel]

Wow, Wilhelm... You have an amazing hoard of photos and a wealth of information. Thanks for sharing. How is your book on railroad Eagles coming? And will we ever see the gorgets book in English? All I can really do is look at the pictures and try like hell to learn German! Great photos and thanks again.

Hummel

[Wilhelm Saris]

Hummel: send you a PM about your questions about new books.

[Wilhelm Saris]

Thanks for making it a sticky thread!!

Also in "Handbook of the Hitler-Jugend", a book about HJ triangles and shoulder-straps ony (with 784 pages)
of course photos with HJ daggers for enlisted ranks and leaders were shown. Starting with the cover as it became
with a "design" cover, given the impression of a brown-shirt.



First I will cover some enlisted ranks stuff, but note that specific middle class ranked leaders had to wear the
enlisted HJ dagger version, instead of the special HJ-leaders dagger. Some of the photos were published in the "'Handbook",
others are waiting to be published for the particular volume for the headgear-series "Headgear of Hitlr's Germany".



Early youth often did wear bayonets (credit: Steve Aley)
Further it is interesting to note that in the earliest stage the HJ-dagger was worn in front. Due to a lot of accidents
at a later date it was decided to wear the dagger at the back.



DJ-member, second a DJ leader (credit: Jeff Hammond)



DJ does not always mean Deutsches Jungvolk, but can be as Deutsche Jugend (DJ) also.
First a lad from the DJ from Croatie (Save Donau, Bann 2) (credit: P.Coleman), second a lad from Belgium,
wearing a dagger. The enlargment does not tell us if this is indeed a HJ dagger, looks different for sure
(so-called Jungvolk-daggers are proved to be bogus and are in-depth discussed at the HJ-forum).

Hitler-Jugend enlisted:


(both credit: Steve Aley)


(credit: Christian Ulber)



Wehrertüchtigungslager (credit: Kurt Aulbach), further Marine-HJ (credit: Patrick Vereijken)

HJ leading persons. Note the damaged scabbard tip with the second photo:



To be continued later with the HJ leaders dagger
(see also post 24 for HJ leaders with white gear during the 1938 visit to Japan).

[Wilhelm Saris]

The wearing of the Hitler-Jugend Führerdolch:

To start with: Obergebietsführer von Tschammer und Osten (middle), the "Beauftragter für die Leibesübungen
der Deutschen Jugend" with (at left) Gebietsführer Laganke and (at right) Dr.Schlünder, a department
leader at Frankfurt in 1938 during youth games (Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaften).



(credit: R.Kindel)



(credit: Bernd Kroemer)



(credit: P.Klubert)





(credit: W. Saris, P.Vereijken)





(both last credit: C.Davis)

Now I have to dig in old boxes

for material from my book "Aiguillettes of the Third Reich". I'll be back, one
of these days!!



This is what I mentioned in an earlier post:
I do not mark photographs, as this does not work at all (various forum members are
quite well able to remove the marks perfectly), but if one ever feels the need to use it,
then please ask me for allowance and send me a PM. DO NOT simply "steal".
With various other threads I have observed photographs from collectors, which are
used by others, members from this and of course other forums. I am practically sure
they did not ask allowance. They just "take" and adorn with borrowed plumes.