What's your newest militaria III

Edu Neumann: Hans-Joachim Marseilles Gruppenkommandeur
Two postwar signed repro photos


Gerhard Hein, 120. Oakleaves recipient
War signed Film Foto postcard of Gerhard Hein, Fieldpostrunned!

 

Wow another set of fine LW signatures

 

Kai looking at page 212 yes Müller really got his start in the 3rd S-Flottille and then as S-Bootsdivioosn later leader of this unit on 10 January 1944. Becomes a Stab-Offizier 1 of November 1944. Kommandeur of
S-Boot Tender Hermann von Wissmann from April 20, 1945 till wars end. Is active post war in the German mining sweeping Admin in helping removing "German mines from ocean waters. in the 1960 CO'd several present day S-Boot Geschwaders such as the 7th and the 5th.

85 operations with 6 ships susnk for a reported 30,000BRT and 2 Destroyers sunk., 2 landing barges and 1 enemy aircraft credited to him-his Boat.

Hans Sehringer of course is a famous personality of Recon group 123 and many of the well known photos of Ju 88A's and D's are from his personal foto-archiv.

 

Thanx alot for the info, Erich!

I notice Albert Müller has Afrika cuff as well. Interesting!

I hopefully found a part of the story behind this:

Horst Weber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

History of S-55, part of the 3rd S-Boat flotilla ('Penguin insignia')The Third S-boat Flotilla (10 boats) at the time of entering the Mediterranean comprised: S-55, S-35, S-61, S-31, S-34, S-56, S-54, S-57, S-58, S-59 On completion of its service in the Baltic the Third S-Boat Flotilla had been moved to Wilhelmshaven for a thorough refit. When this work was finished, the journey to the Mediterranean began on the morning of 7 October 1941. Divided into two groups of five (S-55, 35, 61, 31, 34) and (S-56, 54, 57, 58, 59) they set out from Wilhelmshaven for Rotterdam. Rough weather was encountered in the North Sea and S-54 and 57 suffered damage which necessitated a delay in Rotterdam for repairs.
From there the journey down the Rhine was carried out at an average speed of 15 knots and in daily stages until reaching Strasbourg. From here the route led through the Rhine-Rhône canal, through 167 locks, down to the Burgundian Gate, along the River Doubs to the estuary where it joins the Saone river at St Sinforien, thence down the Saone and finally into the Rhone at Lyon. From here the boats proceeded down river to the Mediterranean. The first group of boats completed the journey quite quickly and by December 1941 they were ready to undertake their first operations from Sicily on the night of 16 December 1941, when they laid mines off the entrance to the Grand Harbour, Malta.

 

It's most likey Saint Symphorien sur Saone (not Saint Simphorien) , Burgundy, near the Doubs and on the Saone River.


A bit of a Paradise !



Saint-Symphorien-sur-Saône - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

All I got yesterday. U.S. 1862 AMES sword,Scottish,Belgian,German and British bank notes. Rich A. in Pa.

 

The sword looks in fairly good condition and should reveal its potential after some cleaning. I'd like to see it again when it's restored.

 

Skipper,It is not bad. I am not going to clean it. I'll let the patina on it. Rich A. in Pa.

 

Some small bits & pieces:

Cap, Winter, OD. This model dates back top WWII.








A modified .30cal M1 carbine mag pouch. My best guess would be that the modification was done by the french army.






Two pick mattock carriers, one of them british made.






US Army ski wax.




Waterproof cover for a rifle or a carbine.

 

A predictable purchase..............

 

nice kVk Martin, why the sad face........

have a coule nice SG 10 Lw ground attack ace pics coming, will post soon. one chap almost unheard of had a record of 31 Soviet tanks to his credit while the other was a air ace providing high air cover protection for the bomb/rocket equipped F-8's of the gruppen.

 

Because I don't collect medals !

But I had to have the medal to go with my Eastern Front kVk citation. Makes a very attractive little group......

 

A Medical Corps syringe and a roll of yarn.


Another ration, this one from the Navy.



A british made meat can pouch.



A scarf.


A combination tool for the 1911A1.

 

I like the British made objects, they are harder to find and are obviously wartime too.

 

Very nice - perfect condition. M.E.Co ( the Mills Equipment Co ) were one of the largest manufacturers of webbing equipment.

 

Never knew ME was the Mills co symbol. Is this the same company as the Mills grenade manufacturer?

 

I don't think so - the 'Mills' in this case is believed to be an American officer who had the idea for webbing equipment pre-WW1. The whole area of British webbing equipment and manufacturers is surprisingly poorly-documented and my knowledge is very limited....

 

I can´t help there, my knowledge about british made kit is very very limited!

 

Latest relic, from a cache discovered in a German scrapyard. It was very cheap, and arrived as a huge lump of rust. However, an overnight soak in a bucket of Deox-C solution has at least made it recognizable.......



It's a nosecone from a 150mm Nebelwerfer projectile.....



A useful object for every home !

 

So Martin, entlighten us, what do you use it for ?

-By the way post nr 100 ! yippie !-