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French M-1921 logbook with entries dating from 1926 until 1940. This career soldier was alos the accountant of his unit and followed a training for contre espionnage and was also a sniper. In 1933 he was vey ill and had to be hospitalised. As he resulted he got 26 days penalty fro not keep his accountance correctly..... poor man.
To be noted a wound in the heel due to a bullet.
This logbook model is quite rare because it is an interbellum model with dogtags printe don the first place. It was late replaced by a much smaller model. I don't know what happened to him after May 1940 . Apparently he survived .

 

More documents from the same man:

his medical book (it was still sealed before I received):



His rating log book with yearly comments by his superiors. Note his rank of Adjudant chef in 1940.



A citation for galant behavior and leading to the arrest of a criminal at a station in 1931

 

SKYLINEDRIVE,The scabbard is a post war. It should not have a M-1910 hook or metal end. I only have 2 scabbards like that. Rich A. in Pa.

 

Another Ausweis , this one is a relic from the Gemran occupation in Smolenks.

It is an August 1943 evacuation order for a wounded Gefreiter called Karl Weiss (spelling?) born in 1923 and with soldier number 34038.

The Sanität Officer decided to evacuate him with a Lazarett train (V.B Ost number 4 ) . Apparently he had something removed (entfernt) but I can't read th word (Sticckspel?)

 

Very interesting documents Skipper!

My best guess would be that it spells "Steckspl.(entfernt) r. Oschenkel" which means "Stecksplitter, entfernt, im rechtren Oberschenkel", which would translate as: a piece of shrapnell (removed) in the right thigh.

 

Thanks Sky , that's probably the word I couldn't decypher. It would make sense and also the world enfermt (removed) .
For a while I thought it had something to do with "amputated", but removing shrapnell makes it clear and limpid

 

Some fantastic items Gents! ....I've been away for a bit, but glad to see that we have some new active collectors about. I look forward to chatching up on these threads!

 

This one is Vietnam-war era, as I said, but it's not that clearcut. During WWII there were M8 scabbard changed to M8A1 by adding the hooks, some sources say that also some M8A1 were fielded late in 1944, but apparently they were all made by B.M. Co. I found an original M8 b.t.w., should get it next week! The ones with a metal tip are all post WWII

 

Kriegsmarine autographs, wartime

Karl-Friedrich Merten, 147. Eichenlaubträger
When the war ended he stood seventh in the table of U-Boat commanders in terms of tonnage sunk.

Heinrich Liebe, 13. Eichenlaub
He sank 34 ships for a total of 187,267 gross register tons (GRT), placing him fourth on the Aces of the Deep list

Herbert-Emil Schultze, 15. Eichenlaubträger
War time signature made with pencil , with the original signed letter to the former collector.
Eighth place on the Aces of the Deep list. Due to several incidents of openly broadcasting his sinkings to alert the Allies of the plight of the crews, he became quite a celebrity even on the allied side. On 11 September 1939 he sank the British freighter Firby. After the sinking he sent the plain language radio message "cq - cq- cq - transmit to Mr. Churchill. I have sunk the British steamer "Firby". Posit 59.40 North and 13.50 West. Save the crew, if you please. German submarine." This message, addressed to the First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill directly, made Schultze famous, both in Germany and Great Britain.

 

Hi Biak
Did you ever find out what this Drucken canister was? I just found one.
Thanks
Dave

 

A sewing kit.






Arctic Buckle Boots, made from felt. I'm not sure if they are WWII or later though?

 

The promised better(hopefully) pics of the German artillery boats from Ladoga lake. One of the pics is of a comrade funeral.

 

New photo album fron the front... Yeah!

 

And a couple of more...Enjoy!

 

Very nice stuff Kai-Petri!!!! You must have hundreds, if not thousands of vintage photographs by now!

 

Great ones ! Are those Leningrad front pics ?

 

Another, this one a late version, Kerr sling.












An M1910 "T-handle" entrenching tool.











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1943 dated US Army Arctic Sleeping bag. It is filled with downs and it seems to have been part of a "sleeping system". The condition is not too bad, no tears and all the buttons are still there but it is heavily stained.










BC-721-A "Glider Radio" Handie-Talkie. This variant was used in the gliders to communicate with the towing aircrafts, after the landing it could be removed and used by the glider infantry. It was held in a special mounting bracket and was connected, via the socket at the bottom and another socket at the side to an external antenna in the glider and an external power supply. There was also a connection to a throat mike for the pilot as well as headphones for the pilot and the co-pilot.