What's your newest militaria (2015 thread)

Nice stuff! Rich A. in Pa.

 

Had this on my wall for awhile. Black propaganda leaflet shelled to U.S. troops during the Battle of the Bulge by SS Standarte Kurt Eggers correspondance unit. I tried to use enough light so it can be read. One of my favorite pieces. Hopefully, the soldier who read it was aware of its purpose and didn't lose heart realizing who drafted it.

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A nice M1 shell, early war production with fixed bails. It is complete and has not been tampered with, on the outside as well as on the inside of the crown it is blackened because it was used as a pot.

 

An M1944 Combat Field Pack and two US M3 gas masks without a carrying case.

 

Two meat can bags and a meat can.

 

Two folding shovels with carriers and a canteen made by Vollrath in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

 

A leather gaiter, cut off of a "Boot, Service, Combat" aka as "Buckle Boots".






WWII ammo.




M5 protective eye ointment.

 

Cardboard tube for propellant charges for the 8 inch howitzer






No. 7 increment charge for the 105mm howitzer.




Two different US Army shovels.

 

Quite a nice bunch indeed. I love those shovels I still use one in my own garden

 

A couple of autographs again...

Hans Bennemann
Flugzeugführer 7./KG 55

If you are a member of the following site you could see some of his personal items...

http://www.historicalwarmilitariaforum.com/topic/8637-hauptmann-hans-bennemann-rkt-kampfgeschwader-55/



Wartime photo of Benneman

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Gen.Major Carl Rodenburg, 189. Eichenlaubträger, 1894-1992
Postwar repro photo.

Interesting wartime story and and of the 5000 to survive:

Carl Rodenburg (17 May 1894 – 5 November 1992) was a German general who commanded the 76. Infanterie-Division during the Battle of Stalingrad. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Carl Rodenburg was taken prisoner by Soviet troops on 31 January 1943, during the Battle of Stalingrad. He was held until 1955.

 

Two more great additions. Excellent.

 

The fist and only item from the Legion Azul I will probably ever get. This is a 1942 pocket agenda with propaganda in Spanish for the volunteers of the famous Legion. All personnal data has practically been erased , so it appears mint, but in fact I could decypher a pencil written "10270" number as well as others numbers that appears to be Feldpostnumbers. Unfortunately four pages were removed .Another sentence says "R.B por, 30 mi x 3432 and has two. Rosto Zono" (probably coordonates ) .

 

Another 317th DUI made by Pollath in Germany, right after the war had ended.





Theater made 80th Infantry Division badge, embroidered on wool.






319th Infantry Officers crossed rifles lapel insignia.

 

Coleman Model 521 Military Burner. This burner was used by the medical department of the US Army to sterilize medical equipment in field hospitals. Igote completely with a folding stands to put pots or basins on. The leaflet with the operating directions is not original though, only a printout of a scan of an original.

 

A lot of 7 WWII Technical manuals and medical books.

 

U.S Gasoline lamp made by Coleman. The glass is missing but this was a present , so fair enough for such a nice lamp.







Sorry for the pixelised pictures, my camera has reached the end of its life.

 

Nice Coleman lamp you got there Skipper!

 

US Army Medical Department Hemacytometer. It's in a mint condition!

 

Case, Instrument, Medical Officer’s, Complete.
This is an early version, later versions were double the size and could be folded.

 

Another US Mk. II hand grenade.