Aha !! I must read the headings first !!
Nick
Aha !! I must read the headings first !!
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
Cheers Ade, must be more attentive to details !! Also picked this up a while ago, half plate relic, Totenkopf, found in Demjansk i believe
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To return to the original question, i think the runes especially look like they are spray painted. The "bar" also. There is a slight black "mist" around the letters imo.
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
Kind of off thread, but reminds me of a line in Lehmann's biography, "In Hitler's Bunker". Just days before the end, Berlin surrounded and in ruins, Axmann asks 16 year old HJ courier Lehmann to deliver a message via motorcycle. Axmann enquired if Lehmann had a valid driver's license, which he did not. Axmann forbid him to drive. Crazy!
Jay
Last edited by sitges1990; 11-08-2011 at 04:59 PM. Reason: SP
Ade doesnt miss a thing.
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
Hi Paul, see pic below, all the plates when they were removed from the lake in Karelia, mine is top right
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