Hi Skip, Carl erich. Just noticed that on the swearing in photo, one unfortunate recruit has not put his bayonet in the frog before the parade....
Hi lads and thanks for the kind words and salutes. Carl is your flak badge by RK? Erich, as usual you are stoking the fire mate! Your right, I...
Welcome to the forum. Someone here will be able to help you. Unfortunately I know very little about your subject. Loads of good people herethough,...
Hi Buten, the "flower wars". These campaigns were where the German troops were greated by the populations with flowers instead of bullets. The...
Welcome Sam, you will like it here. regards John :)
Hi, I havent really been collecting luft badges, but this one has whet my apetite. Bought this two days ago from a small dealer not too far away...
Hi Carl mate, I am closing in fast on your twelve!:D regards John
Nice photos erich. Great that you could correspond with the latter. Well it worked mate! Been down the boiler room, stoking those fires!:D I just...
Congrats from me too Carl. Well done mate! Best regards John
Thanks lads. You have definately brought a smile to my face.:D I cannot believe the amount of knowledge you have fischer mate. Absolutely...
Thanks stewy/Carl. It would be good to see those pics Carl, maybe if you get time? regards John
Welcome Dan, you will like it here. Good people. Interesting to see someone who enjoys researching the darker espionage type stuff. Best wishes John
I finally got a tdb in wear photo. I thought I would share it here. It looks like the actual metal tank is very low on the badge. With the silver...
Heres one for you Fischer mate. When I look through a loop I can see the pin in the gap of the badge. best wishes John
Hi Fischer, heres the bronze version I picked up from ebay, about five years ago. Long before I knew anything much about the nobby. It cost me...
Thanks lads. Nice thought fischer. Only thing, dont give him it for Christmas, your kids tend to open the box, throw the contents somewhere and...
I am extremely lucky, to be trusted by my partners father and her two uncles who are originally Sudeten Germans. Gerhard, Helmar and Herwig "D"...
This GAB I picked up about the same time as the deformed leaf ISA. The eagles head looks a bit wierd but its grown on me a lot.:eek: Really like...
Made me laugh, seeing it in my minds eye. Thanks John
Also picked up this deformed leaf ISA in silver zinc badge. The crimped hinge and catch is a different arrangement from my bronze zinc version...