4 NEW PlM's in ONE Day Top That!

[Brian S]

So Ralph thought he was cool when he got one!

Period press/propaganda photos from original negative. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" format.

...maybe Ralph's was a little cooler...

[Brian S]

I would have said 5 plms but this one ruined by that silly RK.

[Ralph A]

* **ahem * **

...umm, who said I only have one?

[Brian S]

I'm surprised nobody named them? Goering is easy but the names of the others may not necessarily roll off the tongue.

Come on name these guys who were still around in the thirties and early forties...

[Tim Tezer]

I believe lower right is Franz Ritter von Epp, also a Bavarian MMJO winner (thus the "Ritter" title).

Tim

[Brian S]

..oh please tell me there are a few historians out there and not just enamel collectors.


One of them is von Lettow-Vorbeck.

[landsknechte]

..oh please tell me there are a few historians out there and not just enamel collectors.


One of them is von Lettow-Vorbeck.

The hat's a dead give away for von Lettow-Vorbeck, as is von Epp's trademark cheerful expression.

--Chris

[Ralph A]

Post #2

Ernst Udet?

[Brian S]

Yes, Ralph. TWO TO GO.

Udet was a tragic figure. Suicide. Betrayed by Goering. Perhaps an assisted suicide. And tragically not skilled at coordinating the massive buildup.

Come on two more...

[JensF.]

And the tragedy about Udet continued as Oberst Werner Mölders died in a plane crash as he wanted to take part in Udets funeral.

[Daniel Cole]

They are; Hermann Goering, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Walter von Blomberg, Franz Ritter von Epp, Ernst Udet.

[Brian S]

Perfect Daniel. Yes the Udet tragedy compounded.

And, is there a pattern here, the von Blomberg betrayal here summarized;

he became Hitler's first field marshal. Unfortunately for von Blomberg, his position as the most influential man in the army alienated Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler, who conspired to oust von Blomberg from power. They struck in 1938, when von Blomberg, then 60, married Eva Gruhn, a 26 year old typist. A police officer discovered that Gruhn had been a prostitute with a criminal record and reported this to the Gestapo and Göring (who, ironically, had served as a best man to von Blomberg at the wedding). Göring then informed Hitler (who also had been a best man at the wedding) of the matter, and Hitler ordered von Blomberg to annul the marriage in order to avoid a scandal and to preserve the integrity of the army. Von Blomberg refused to annul the marriage, and consequently resigned all of his posts in January 1938 when Göring threatened to make his wife's past public knowledge. Von Blomberg and his wife were subsequently exiled for a year to the isle of Capri. Spending World War II in obscurity, von Blomberg was captured by the Allies in 1945, after which time he gave evidence at the Nuremberg Trials. Von Blomberg died while in detention at Nuremberg in 1946.

[CRBeery]

Here is a small private picture of von Blomberg (I had help on the forum to ID him) that shows all of his toys. Enjoy!

[Daniel Cole]

Check out von Blomberg baton.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/milita...ject.asp?ID=45