Any DAK items

[boyouLaGleize.]

Here is mine.
Thanks for looking.

[boyouLaGleize.]

[NZMark]

Beautiful Gustav Thomas m40
I have yet to aquire a tropical comouflaged helmet for myself, but if I could find an example as fine as any shown in the last few pages, then I'd be a happy man.
Thanks for sharing
Mark

[boyouLaGleize.]

Thanks Mark for your comments.
Both headgear were found in the Ardennes area.
I've already shown this display,all came from my area.

[besslein]

are ardennes a part of north africa????

[boyouLaGleize.]

are ardennes a part of north africa????

A lot of DAK or Sud front were found in Ardennes.
A mannequin in the La Gleize museum was exposed some years ago with a nice DAK field jacket found in Assenois near Bastogne.
Some KM stuff were also found near Bastogne.
It was the end

[afrikasandman]

Those are some choice items! Love the hat and the helmet. Would love to add those to my tropical collection! Thanks for posting. Matt

[Kondor]

DAK Veteran Collection

Not sure if this counts, but thought you might like to see a nice collection of post war DAK reunion shields. Extremely well made for car display. I have two on the rear of my Kubelwagen! Also included are the plastic reunion badges and stick pins for 5th Panzer and two British veteran units and one Aussie who fought against the DAK. Enjoy!

[Kondor]

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Sorry for the flash!

[Kondor]

DAK Veteran Flags

[afrikasandman]

very cool reunion badges! Thanks for posting. Matt

[Paul l k]

boyouLaGlieze,
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful Ardennes find grouping ,,.
I love the wear & fading to the field cap and tunic , thanks also for the fine image showing the makers mark ,, One would ponder what the once present Soutashe color may have been .. Your untouched helmet of course just completes this amazing setting

Cheers
Paul l k.

[matthias_AC]

i picked up this nice lot today....

NCO of panzergrenadier-regiment 104, fought in africa (egypt, tobruk, tunis etc.) and italy. owner of cufftitle "afrika", ek II, ek I (unfortunately lost), wb black, german-italian medal and pab silver (repaired, document lost).

there are also some interesting docs such as photos, wehrmacht-driving-license and two letters targeted at his wife! i´ll try to translate the letters because in my eyes they are very interesting:

1.) "the company does not know the whereabouts of your husband. i would like to ask you to give the cufftitle "afrika" and the associated certificate to him. regards, first lieutenant xxx (can´t read the name)".

2.) "concerning: ek II, WB black and ek I. i send you the mentioned awards of your husband. the company does not know the whereabouts of your husband so please give the awards to him. as you can see our unit was destroyed several times and we were attached to other units. regards, master-sergeant xxx (can´t read the name)"


as you can see mr. hoenings was a soldier "of the first row" and saw a lot of action, but he fortunately survived the war (i got some post-war documents of him).


i am glad i got this lot!


best regards


matthias

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