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05-13-2012 02:43 AM
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
it happens to be a Ukraine tab as well.. Mind you, I looked at your images and zoomed in and saw what I thought were markings..and what I thought the symbol looked like and looked for similar volunteer tabs...this looked closest and happens to be Ukrainian
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
Thanks, Dean! I really am quite proud of this! My family lost everything during the war. When they finally made it to America, they worked picking apples in New York's Mid-Hudson valley. Since then, the family has grown and become successful.
To be honest, I had a copy of the photo of my Great Grandfather for years. However, it was a picture that had been scanned and then faxed to me. The quality was so poor that all I could really tell was that my Great Grandfather was wearing a military visor, he had a "Hitler 'stache" and his name was Adolf! I'm a little embarrassed... but I always got quite a kick out of showing the photo of "Adolf" to people and seeing their reaction!
My Omi's sister Tonya recently had a stroke. Although she has mostly recovered, it really reminded us that my Omi will not be around forever. We decided to go through some pictures together and my mother found the original, much better quality photo of my Great Grandfather. I have been heavily researching and collecting militaria for about a year now... you can imagine how shocked I was to notice after all these years that he is wearing an SS visor and tabs!
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
Perhaps he was part of the Volkssturm? Maybe the hat was taken from a body or it was surplus. The possibilities are endless.
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
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Noobkilla73
Perhaps he was part of the Volkssturm? Maybe the hat was taken from a body or it was surplus. The possibilities are endless.
As he was never seen or heard from again and was last seen in Yugoslavia... I would like to assume that if he survived the war he would do everything in his power to be reunited with his family... I assume that he fell in combat trying to hold back the Soviet onslaught. But you're right... there probably really isn't a way to find out exactly what happened to him.
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
If I could find out where in Yugoslavia he was last seen... would it be possible to figure out what SS groups passed through there?
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
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GIZMO8Z
As he was never seen or heard from again and was last seen in Yugoslavia... I would like to assume that if he survived the war he would do everything in his power to be reunited with his family... I assume that he fell in combat trying to hold back the Soviet onslaught. But you're right... there probably really isn't a way to find out exactly what happened to him.
If he fell to the Soviets, he was just defending his country. I'm sure everyone he was fighting with missed him. I wish I had a WWII German veteran in my family. Maybe I did. I have a common German last name. Oh well. He either fell a hero, or he probably survived the war. That's my take.
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
That is a very interesting story. Thanks for sharing your picture and family history. Cheers, Robert
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
Thanks for the kind words, folks!
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