A new member and his collection

[Peter Moelans]

Hi all,
I'm Peter and I live in Antwerp, Belgium. I've been collecting for 2 years now.

Here's the biggest part of my collection:

Belgian Items, part I:

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Belgian Items, Part II:

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My Belgian resistance items (the right part belonged tot my grandparents) :

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My collaboration paperwork:

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DRK pyjamas, wich belonged to my grandfather. He wore them while he was recovering from his concentrationkamp diseases.

[Peter Moelans]

Some Wehrmacht items:

[junior]

Nice collection!!!

Are your grand-parents still alive? I would love to here there story!
Groetjes van een in het arrondisement Antwerpen wonende.
Junior.

[Gerd Becker]

Welcome, Peter.

Nice collection!

best,
Gerd

[Peter Moelans]

Some of them are still alive. I have never known my grandfather who survided the concentration kamp (Lager E-Kahla, wich was a part of Reimahg) (his story can be read at www.wo2.nl -> 'wereldoorlog' -> 'Holocaust') . The brother of my grandmother was shot in 1943, he was the leader of the resistance in Oelegem. When he died, my grandmother went into the resistance (Witte Brigade). She's still alive, and I have her brassard, false ID card and some award documents.
My other grandfather had to work on the U-Boot warfs of Hamburg, he too is still alive.

Brief overvieuw of my family's war history


Here are my two cabinets:

[junior]

De nonkel van mijn grootmoeder (still alive) zat ook in de Witte Brigade. De vader van mijn grootmoeder zat eerst in het Geheim Leger en is zich dan gaan melden bij de SAS (special air service) hij heeft mee de brug van Arnhem veroverd en heeft operatie Market Garden overleefd maar is sinds enkele jaren gestorven.
Groeten,
Junior.

[Gerd Becker]

Hi Peter,

interesting story. Unfortunately i am not able to read Dutch. When you have the time, i would like to know the details of that story. Please let me know, when you post them. Thanks.

best regards,
Gerd

[Peter Moelans]

Welke afdeling van het Geheim Leger? Op die kader staan alle leden van het geheim leger sector Herentals, misschien staat je overgrootvader erop?

(Sorry for the dutch )


I'll start translating the story as soon as possible

[junior]

naam:Marcel Van Der Linden

Hij zat wel in Wiekevorst onder de leiding van Bonifaas "Boni" Wouters.

[junior]

Kan je een foto van de kader op het forum zetten?

[Peter Moelans]

My misc. resistance items (Geheim leger, Gewapende Partizanen, k98 Bayonet used by the resistance during the liberation of the Antwerp Industries and SRA service de renseignement et d'action):



(Vrij moeilijk om de kader in close-up te krijgen zodat al de namen te zien zijn, ik ga ze binnenkort toch overtypen voor publicatie op de site van Maarten Verbrug: http://users.pandora.be/mverburg/)

My Nationale Koningsgezinde Beweging (NKB) items:



my Witte Brigade items: