Hi There. Its been a long time that I didn't present you one more Group of my Collection. Like all those I have shown before, I had the unique Opportunity to met the Vet himself and held a long speech with him. He was not healthy, sick and tired, but I saw in his Eyes the Plaeasure he had to discuss with a younger Guy about his rich Experience of the War... Unfortunately, this "Way of Collecting", for me the most pleasant one, already belongs to the Past, as most of the Vets have now passed away. Shortly after we met (2003), he passed away, and his Widow wrote me some Weeks later to know if I could be interested to get all his military Souvenirs. Of course "at no charge".... only the wish I could come back in their Home to avoid Sending and so on....
H. received the German Cross on March, 30th 1945, as a Lieutenant in the II./G.R.24 (21.I.D.). Like all very late German in Cross Bearers, he never get any Awards Documents and never wore the Award itself.
Nevertheless, I was very proud to obtain his Tunic (Italian gabardine ?? I'am not a Specialist from Tbunics), Visor Caps, all awards documents, Soldbuch (Zweitschrift from Dec.44), dog-Tag, Front-Newspapers, several hundred Photographs, most of them in Albums, other Awars (among them 2 Combat Clasps Silber, and a Gausieger 1939"....
The Tunic and the Visor, with a very nice "Sattelform", can both easily being recognized one on Portrait shown thereafter...
I especially love the 21.I.D. (I have other DK-Groups) because of the high Number of high-decorated Soldiers. Don't forget most of the Division Guys were from Ostpreussen, most of the Survivors lost everything they had, as Ostpreussen went to Poland, and they had to "re-start" a new Existence. 1945 was ther "ground Zero"....
I hope you will enjoy the Group, your Questions are welcome and I will do my best to answer you as good as I can !! <p><img src="http://cdn01.trixum.de/upload2/1/R/1RL3w6eNukUQ134116328189P1683.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://cdn01.trixum.de/upload2/g/G/gGIxlBkFAQws134116333505P1683.jpg"></p>
H. received the German Cross on March, 30th 1945, as a Lieutenant in the II./G.R.24 (21.I.D.). Like all very late German in Cross Bearers, he never get any Awards Documents and never wore the Award itself.
Nevertheless, I was very proud to obtain his Tunic (Italian gabardine ?? I'am not a Specialist from Tbunics), Visor Caps, all awards documents, Soldbuch (Zweitschrift from Dec.44), dog-Tag, Front-Newspapers, several hundred Photographs, most of them in Albums, other Awars (among them 2 Combat Clasps Silber, and a Gausieger 1939"....
The Tunic and the Visor, with a very nice "Sattelform", can both easily being recognized one on Portrait shown thereafter...
I especially love the 21.I.D. (I have other DK-Groups) because of the high Number of high-decorated Soldiers. Don't forget most of the Division Guys were from Ostpreussen, most of the Survivors lost everything they had, as Ostpreussen went to Poland, and they had to "re-start" a new Existence. 1945 was ther "ground Zero"....
I hope you will enjoy the Group, your Questions are welcome and I will do my best to answer you as good as I can !! <p><img src="http://cdn01.trixum.de/upload2/1/R/1RL3w6eNukUQ134116328189P1683.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://cdn01.trixum.de/upload2/g/G/gGIxlBkFAQws134116333505P1683.jpg"></p>
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