"Teddy" Wisch - Commander LSSAH

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Thanks to you I actually got this telegram. Money wasn't the factor. Still the same Friday while the auction was 3 hours from closing, I asked myself why adding another telegram to the 10 or 15 I already have...!

Then, thanks to your 2 or 3 kicks in the butt, our telcons and emails, I finally put in my bid which sealed it.

As I wrote in the Wisch bio acknowledgments my friend: If it hadn't been for you, insisting with me to buy and buy Wisch items, the group and the book wouldn't be what it is today....

In the end I'm always happy with my acquisitions.

You know me, I'm too "subborn" and "brainy" sometimes asking for the sense behind all this collecting, but "thanks" to you I always end up adding more and more items...Now is that good or bad?!!?!?

Hey, and I still got the awesome sniper combat photos as well....!
(probably THE best actual combat photos (smoke, guns, troops, fire) I've got in my collection)

Markus

My dear friend it's a true pleasure to assist your dedication to this particular topic.......!!

and those new photos are indeed some of the best !!!

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Yesterday was a real treat, I was able to again see Markus wonderful collection..... simply impresive.......

[markus]

Yesterday was a real treat, I was able to again see Markus wonderful collection..... simply impresive.......

Ahhh my friend....it's only a few items in a couple of small cabinets...

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Ahhh my friend....it's only a few items in a couple of small cabinets...

yeah...sure...."..few items.."



you have a great display!!!!! and well chosen items!!!!!

[markus]

My neighbor...

Our neighbor seems to have a bigger and more valuable collection that I have..... You've gotta love México....I will definitely not ask, nor investigate who lives there....

[WEISNER]

Thanks for posting the telegram Markus! nice guard tower there looking over the area, they can keep an eye out on your place while at it LOL! I would not ask either as Schultz said... I see nothing! NOTHING!!!!!

Kev

[markus]

That tower would make a great DDR reenactment backdrop!

[markus]

Soyuz TMA-32M // Expedition 32 returned to Earth

Off topic a little, but anyway...

Expedition 32 is back from the ISS and me and my family are now eagerly awaiting our flown family photo. It will be picked up from the cosmonaut's home by the end of October and couriered over to our home after roughly 6 months on board the station.

The most thrilling thing will be to see the photo floating around in the station. (The crew took a photo of the picture in the ISS and stamped and signed it onboard).

Below a shot of the rather rough landing...

Reverting.

Markus

[Spanish Freiwillige]

I´m actually curious to hold that photo that was in space...!! you definitely need a 1/6 astonaut figure for your space race set up

[markus]

Sepp Dietrich KC neckribbon ID'ed on 1944 photo

The other day I stumbled over this 1944 photo of Sepp Dietrich wearing his black Panzer wrapper.

I couldn't fail to notice and was certainly pleasantly surprised to see, that underneath the collar of his black service shirt he was wearing his Oakleaves and Swords on my converted EK-2 ribbon.

The ribbon and other items from my collection were taken from Dietrich's residence in Oberstdorf in the summer of 1945 by CIC and regular U.S. Army personnel.

Read about the complete details on the capture of these items in the next issue of "Der Freiwillige" (Munin-Verlag) magazine.

Cheers,
Markus

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Good eye

[markus]

A new batch of Wisch biographies arrived from Schiffer today.

So, if anyone is still interested in a signed copy directly from me, pls PM.

First copies will head out to some HIAG friends back in Germany tomorrow....

Cheers,
Markus

[markus]

Back from Space....

Our family photo came back from space today after spending the past 6 months on board the International Space Station (ISS) !

They have a bit of a cleaning problem up there seemingly.

I noticed, that the lower edge of the photo where it was stuck into one of the ISS's windowframes to take the on-board photo is kind of dirty... On the next trip up I'll send our maid instead of the photo!

Second image shows reverse of the original photo with the official on-board stamp of the ISS and the daily ISS stamp. Moreover the cosmonaut has signed.

Cheers,
Markus


PS. Neutralized the photo - Mexico unfortunately is no safe country to live in nowadays.

[WEISNER]

That is really uhm... Out of this world Markus! 6 months in orbit! How cool is that!

Stay and be safe south of the border!

Kevin

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Our family photo came back from space today after spending the past 6 months on board the International Space Station (ISS) !

They have a bit of a cleaning problem up there seemingly.

I noticed, that the lower edge of the photo where it was stuck into one of the ISS's windowframes to take the on-board photo is kind of dirty... On the next trip up I'll send our maid instead of the photo!

Second image shows reverse of the original photo with the official on-board stamp of the ISS and the daily ISS stamp. Moreover the cosmonaut has signed.

Cheers,
Markus


PS. Neutralized the photo - Mexico unfortunately is no safe country to live in nowadays.

really cool!!!