A real great manner to exhibit not only a collection but what breath as a real passion!Many many compliments!!! Do you have also any wehrpass or soldbuch with your surname?
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No I have no wehrpass or soldbuch as of yet...always searching though. I missed out on a police ID last year and a Heer wehrpass a few months ago on the estand. Just missed them by hoursOriginally posted by Tora_Tora_Tora! View PostA real great manner to exhibit not only a collection but what breath as a real passion!Many many compliments!!! Do you have also any wehrpass or soldbuch with your surname?
Though I wish sellers would put the names of the holders in their descriptions...makes searching a lot easier.
Hopefully I can get lucky and snag one at the SOS next month.
SteveComment
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a special collection!!!!!!!! .. and there are five Italian: near Taranto in the south, Nera Cassino e Nettuno, between Florence and Bologna on the gothic line, and seem Verona....Comment
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Ditto!Originally posted by Military View PostThe map is a great way to summaries your research. Its an excellent graphical way of doing it and i can only guess you've spent countless of hours getting the info and checking up the locations. Just fantastic. Cheers, Steve
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"Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won." Arthur Wellesley — Duke of WellingtonComment
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I really like what you are doing and how, as I research myself I know exactly how fun it is. Keep up the good work.
Regards
BartComment
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My HOLY GRAIL!!!!
Today the prize of my collection arrived from the post office! A Sterbebild and photo album of Heinrich Baumgartner, navigator on a JU-88 killed in action over Athens Greece on April 20, 1941.
A huge thanks to forum member Tora_Tora_Tora! who because of this thread knew I collected Baumgartner items. He was interested in the item which was part of a nice photo album, but he let me have it instead. That is just amazing to me that he did that! I really am so happy I posted my collection here as it led to this amazing find. I will post a few pics and an amazing note at the end!Comment
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Great family display
This is a great display put up by his family!Comment
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The amazing part
As a shot in the dark I purchased the book AIR WAR FOR YUGOSLAVIA GREECE AND CRETE 1940-1941 by Christopher Shores and Brian Cull because I heard they researched all the claimed losses. So I was hoping to find a JU-88 shot down that day with a rough location of the loss. To my total amazment this is what I found!
I have more pics of the album on my profile page. Thanks
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Originally posted by Steven Baumgartner View Post
Your words and specially your happiness, Steven, are for me the best thanks that I could receive and you can't imagine how I ma happy too to read that you find a book with additional info about this man and his crew.
This means that Heinrich will continue to be remembered forever and every little effort done by his family to put together the album, picture after picture and tear after tear ,will find a new light into your wonderful passion and collection.
Fabrizi
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Hi Jager,Originally posted by jager100 View Post
Thanks so much for the heads up on that one. I already have that one...but since the name wasnt in the listing I would never have found it. Come on sellers put the last name in the listing!
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I guess you don't have this one yet when I look at your board. I don't have the actual deathcard, but a notification of being burried at Zuylen cemetery in Breda, Holland.
name: Baumgartner, Franz; Gefreiter
unit: 4/NJG 2.
born: 27-3-1920 Nurnberg
died: 17-2-1941 Dorst (close to Breda)
cheers,
MichielComment
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Absolutely fantastic in every respect... makes a panzerwrapper with all the bells and whistles or a cased KC look like pitiful in comparison.Comment
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Wow, what a great collection!
May I ask in what unit the soldier that died in Tunisia served?
Many greetings,
StefanComment
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