Hi Marc, I should have added a comment earlier on how enjoyable it has been to see these photos and documents 
The barge with the Flak 88's was a great photo.
Cheers, Ade.
The barge with the Flak 88's was a great photo.Cheers, Ade.
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Thanks for the kind words, gents. Here is another:
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QUICK, someone give me CPR and restart my heart! My Aunt called to say she had found an old box of my grandfather's. She thinks it has some items from the war. She was going to throw it out
but thought I MIGHT want it! I have plane tickets for September...
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Be sure to show us the contents. I have my fingers crossed for you and hope that there are some goodies in there!
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But if all I find is something to remind me of Opa (and I have hundreds of photos), I will consider myself lucky....
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Oma in uniform
Left to right, my great-aunt Lizbet, her husband, my grandmother in her NH des Heeres uniform, my great-grandmother, my great-aunt Margot (she worked in a munitions factory).
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I love this photo!
Note the 88 in the background
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I will be gone until August, so one more for now...
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Marc,
Have a nice time, and look forward in finding out what you find.
Regards
Si
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Very interesting thread thanks for shareing the pictures!I have a few items from my great grandfather/grandfather from WW1 & WW2 and allthough i have items that are worth more the items i have of theres are my favorite pieces in my collection,it is nice to have items from your family and to know the details of when and were they came from.i look foward to seeing some more of your grandfathers things when you get back!Originally posted by Simon 1964Marc,
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Thanks,
I leave Thursday!
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Where are you going to be in GErmany? If you're anywhere near the Eifel, drop a note, we can have a Bitburger.Originally posted by Flak88Thanks,
I leave Thursday!
Marc
HankUnless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
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Hank,
Will be in Stuttgart 3-17 September.
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All,
Well I am back from Stuttgart and have many wonderful photos to share. Some of Opa and others of the rest of the family. I had no idea how many family members were fighting in the war and my family was very lucky. Of about a dozen family in active service we only lost two. So enjoy the shots and I will keep them coming.
Regards,
Marc
To start us off is the ONLY photo I have of my grandfather and his brother together in uniform. Opa is on the left and Heinrich is on the right. Based on Opa's rank this would be when he was on leave sometime in 1941 before he went to radar school in Berlin and his brother would go to Russia and earn his EK2 and Frozen Meat medal. The women (except for my great-grandmother)are all still alive as is the young boy with the wild grin in the center rear - he is now a Catholic priest. The girl in front of him is now a nun:
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Achtung Panzer!
Here is a cousin, and he is still alive. Please look atthe rank insignia and tell me what you can learn from it:
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