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I see. Rejoice, then, in David's future contributions, for you will have none of mine anymore.

I did not want to post on this thread, but the above statement - from a moderator, no less - forces my hand.

So, if I bring a PM containing insults and threats to the administrator's attention,...

Yes; I would recommend it.

You should also read The Cruel Hunters by French L. MacLean (maybe you already have). The two books nicely complement one another, as the authors take quite different...

Two more examples of the sleeve stripes-turned-ribbon bars, this time the broad and narrow stripe in gold:

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Also, an interesting and odd 5-place ribbon bar that includes three...

Are you still referring to photo # 10 in post # 6?

If so, please see post # 3593.

The crescent moon is a hallmark for silver (used since the 1880s).

Very nice, congratulations!

Just for the sake of accuracy, allow me a little correction: The "Frw." on the calling card does not mean "Freiwilligen", but "Feuerwerker". The Offiziere des...

He's with the Arbeitseinsatzverwaltung. The collar patches are for an official ranked Assistent or an employee in pay group VII.

He isn't. The photo is flipped. Note the position of the breast eagle and how the shirt is buttoned.

Private ranks (i.e. SS-Schütze to SS-Rottenführer) serving with the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, infantry branch.

The holder was an office worker named Henriette Kade, born 25 Nov. 1898 in Klösterle, county Kaaden, then in the Sudetengau (now in the Czech Republic; the Czech names for Klösterle an der Eger and...

"Hptm. u. Battr. Führer" = "Hauptmann und Batterieführer"
[Captain and Acting Battery Commander]

It's just a single award: The Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen.

Or a photo of a new recruit for his ID documents and personnel file. No way to know either way.




Here's a thread where this series of photographs was discussed:

QUESTION - early tank crews...

Definitely no Schuma connection, neither the sleeve badge nor the collar patches or shoulder boards match.

It's a state policeman, clearly photographed during the early-Third Reich period prior to...

No Schuma connection; it's a state policeman, clearly photographed during the early-Third Reich period prior to the nationwide standardization of police uniforms.

(Sorry, I don't have any more...

Here's a little postscript to post # 18.

I had mentioned that a gold grade honor clasp for for 20 blood donations was introduced in 1975 and that the system was revised in 1979; the gold grade...

Not so fast, please: It is still possible.

Awards entries were made on page 23 (which is shown above and has the Wound Badge entry) as well as on page 38 (which is not shown here). So, the...

Only the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz [Wound Badge in Black].

Deutsche Polizei-Uniformen 1936-1945 by Dieter Deuster also covers Feuerwehr and Feuerschutzpolizei uniforms and insignia in detail. (The book is in German.)

(This one is a Feuerwehr uniform. I've...

Those of whatever military, civilian and political decorations the wearer had been awarded. The possibilities are endless.

The picture is not clear enough to make a positive identification, but I agree that it's not Göring. Doesn't look like von Schirach to me, either.

If I had to make a guess, I would say Josef...

Power outage, nuclear winter, zombie apocalypse, a new dark age, EU flashlight ban... you never know. ;)

Guilty as charged, I'm a bit of a gear geek. Guess I'm compensating for a boring deskbound job and a nagging midlife crisis. ;)

I don't have many knives, though. It's mostly bags, backpacks and...

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