Heck, I was prepared to fight for Germany! Me and my tank platoon when I was a young Lieutenant stationed there. We had to be ready to repel a Warsaw Pact invasion.by real steel
Heck, I was prepared to fight for Germany! Me and my tank platoon when I was a young Lieutenant stationed there. We had to be ready to repel a Warsaw Pact invasion.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
"Gruppenfuhrer" Todd !! Has a nice sound to it
Hello,
As i'm not a helmet collector, i mainly use them to finalize my "german soldiers" and will always privilege the human side than the simple collecting/producing data, that's why i wish that all the lot numbers on my helmets were covered with ranks and names, but that's just me i guess...nice Stahlhelm thanks for showing...Capelle, this Leutnant had french ancestors...
Thanks
The sacrifice of life is a huge sacrifice, there is only one that is more terrible, the sacrifice of honor
In Memoriam :
Laurent Huart (1964-2008)
haha! Don't tell my wife, she already thinks I have an authoritarian streak.
I wrote the comment very tongue in cheek. I'm fond of saying "yeah, the German soldiers did this or that to mess with collectors 75 years in the future... not!" They did what ever they wanted or needed to do and their thoughts were seldom further than surviving the next battle or missing their families back home. The idea that some collector post-war would scrutinize every little detail of their equipment surely never entered their consciousness.Hello,
As i'm not a helmet collector, i mainly use them to finalize my "german soldiers" and will always privilege the human side than the simple collecting/producing data, that's why i wish that all the lot numbers on my helmets were covered with ranks and names, but that's just me i guess...nice Stahlhelm thanks for showing...Capelle, this Leutnant had french ancestors...
Thanks
On GHW a member pointed out the possible French ancestry as well, and I agree that's a strong possibility too.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
Incidentally there are 25 Capelle's listed in the Volksbund database, none fit with this lid thankfully so hopefully he got through unscathed.
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