My SS regalia and on line larceny

**jHAM** · 02-28-2013, 04:08 AM

I hope you will take the use of your items as proof of your refined taste. It is further evidence of the quality of your collection and the effort you have made over time. I am guilty of nicking photos from where ever I can find them for use on this fine forum. Thank you F-B for sharing your time and hard won collection.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 02-28-2013 04:08 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 02-28-2013, 04:08 AM

by Sir Payne

An honest historian would have cited his sources and asked permission beforehand.

I try to cite where I find pictures, but the images of my collection have so infected the tissue of things. At least these people recognized a real hat. That's something, isn't it?

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 02-28-2013, 04:11 AM

by Walkwolf

At least they might have given you credit for your images, FB.........

You know, dear friend, I do not care very much, really. I get a lot of credit in many other things, so it is all part of this odd 21st century.
I mean, if I were a prick about it here, I would demand a fee for my expertise and charge you all to look at my stuff, but that's not how I am at all.
I am happy that we have a nice group here, in fact, especially given the awful experience had elsewhere by Adrian Stevenson and myself in an earlier epoch.
And, I pinched Shea's picture, especially since he got a good photographer. He knows that I boost his stuff, so he does not object.
This cap was also in the Hayes book, actually. Plus I paid him a great deal of money for the hat in one check, too, and not over time.

**Sir Payne** · 02-28-2013, 04:12 AM

by Friedrich-Berthold

At least these people recognized a real hat. That's something, isn't it?

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 02-28-2013, 04:13 AM

by jHAM

I hope you will take the use of your items as proof of your refined taste. It is further evidence of the quality of your collection and the effort you have made over time. I am guilty of nicking photos from where ever I can find them for use on this fine forum. Thank you F-B for sharing your time and hard won collection.

Thank you. I am glad you find pictures and share them with us. It is what I do, too. It is a form of learning and that is the reason we are here. If I wanted to make money, I would sell militaria professionally, but I have no patience for it.

**AZPhil** · 02-28-2013, 05:20 AM

by Friedrich-Berthold

I would demand a fee for my expertise and charge you all to look at my stuff, .

I am very grateful that you do not charge to view, because I would be spending a great amount to drool!!!!
Thank You Sir for sharing you awesome items with us!
Semper Fi
Phil

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 02-28-2013, 05:24 AM

by AZPhil

I am very grateful that you do not charge to view, because I would be spending a great amount to drool!!!!
Thank You Sir for sharing you awesome items with us!
Semper Fi
Phil

Thank you for the compliment.
I have many fine friends in the USMC.
I would also note that not everyone likes what we do, and from time to time, there is a lesser or greater attempt to collapse our undertaking, but my colleagues are very good at mutual aid and collective defense.
Thanks again.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 02-28-2013, 05:30 AM

foetid woolens in the hall of mirrors.

**AmericanKraut** · 03-03-2013, 07:09 AM

I sent a message to the site out of curiosity, asking how they acquire images and that a friend owned the hat they had pictured on their site and this is what they said.

"We acquired a lot of our visual content from a previous site that did not
keep records. While we have managed to track down the copyright status
and/or seek permissions for most images, there are a few that we were
unable to identify or locate."

The gentleman said that if it is against the owners wishes that it is on the site he would replace the image.
Over a series of messages I told him who the hat belonged to and that proper credit should be given. They very nicely complied and gave you and your nice Hats the credit they deserve.
Schutzstaffel - the SS

**Adrian** · 03-03-2013, 08:44 AM

There is another site here: Nazi Jerman (yes, I did spell it correctly) where the owner trawls the net, saving photos and posting them on his site. He does seem to credit where he can to be fair but I wonder how many of our members will look and notice their images used on the site.

Unfortunately he hasn't always chosen images of original awards as examples to use........