POSTING NICKs COLLECTION!

[NickG]

switching themes

rail road! (Reichsbahn) The collar tabs are early post war unfortunately...
(no swastika). The magazine is from March 1943 and goes well with the railroad theme!
Note the embroidered Wuppertal RR eagle, rare as most are found in BeVo as depicted!

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Heer

HEER stuff...self explanatory! But the medical tabs are worth high lighting as these are the M44 (late war) BeVo FLATWIRE officer's tabs and come with RBNr stamped on the back! Good late combat uniform tabs!

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common and rare

Some common and rare. The late war jager patch on brown thin cloth material is worth mentioning, as its rare (and was very expensive)
Somebody e-mailed be that he had seen one mounted on a late war tunic in brownish-green wool.

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close up

close up front

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close up

close up back

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KM lot

Nice set of KM insignia, enlisted as well as a mint set of a celleon yellow officers cap insignia, coming my way from Sweden! I really like Kriegsmarine and I am happy its so underappreciated, so I can take advantage of affordable goodies!!!

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wreath detail

KM wreath detail!
Celleon was a more suitable material (better choice than bullion gold wire in combat conditions),
as it was better suited against the invironment (salty ocean spray), but less flashy...
Well suited for combat caps = "high seas mission" caps and "U boot" skipper's caps !

[Chris D.]

Great stuff Nick! Keep it commin

[behblc]

Nick , that is a totally amazing collection - I bet that like Elvis "When you leave the building" , they all start talking about you !
Thanks for the look - brillant stuff, much of it I have never seen before outside photos.
Thanks once again.

[senders221]

WOOW....... That is all i can say, what a collection. You've got so many brilliant stuff.. My collection is nothing compare to yours!

Great work, keep it going!

[NickG]

Thanks for the thumbs up guys! I will keep it going...
here some more stuff, some existing items rearranged along with some newer acquisitions!
Lets start with German customs/borderguard (zoll/Grenzschutz)
Note the customs officials death card, he died while serving on the eastern front!

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German red cross group!

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Mixed group Dutch...
Pre-war colonial Dutch (KNIL)
+ early post war colonial Dutch
+ Dutch insignia as worn while under commonwealth command
(exiled Dutch forces in the UK)

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rearranged KM group! a flock of sea going Eagles!

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Keeping with the KM the theme, here some better images of my latest KM uniform, a Naval doctor!
The "slip on" shoulderboards are interesting as these are less common than the KM "slip through" "T" boards, which were attached through a hole in the sleeve shoulder seam. Per Angolia this pattern was also used and I'm pretty sure it was a war time period development, following the other branches.
So a war time tailored piece! Text book with removable buttons!