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Original ww2 german whistle Wehrmacht ?
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Re: Original ww2 german whistle Wehrmacht ?
Looks OK to me, here is my example to compare.
Re: Original ww2 german whistle Wehrmacht ?
Looks like standard baklite issue whistle I had one like it once. I see they are repo them now made out of plastic. timothy
Re: Original ww2 german whistle Wehrmacht ?
They were made out of bakelite rather than metal so that they wouldn't stick to the users lips in freezing conditions like those encountered on the Eastern Front. True.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Re: Original ww2 german whistle Wehrmacht ?
My example was dug up in Stalingrad (which was known to get a little chilly at times)
Re: Original ww2 german whistle Wehrmacht ?
Mine has its original lanyard ( sorry, rushed phone pic )
Dan
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
Re: Original ww2 german whistle Wehrmacht ?
So the original? a string?
Re: Original ww2 german whistle Wehrmacht ?
Originally it was a lanyard so it could be fitted to a tunic button ( but things break and so string was probably used )by baronblack
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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