Vets wearing their 57ers!!!

[Sepp45]

Postwar photo of Generalleutnat Hans von Donat, wearing his original uniform but a 1957 ribbon bar edition.

Zoom

[Tom B]

Two former paras wearing their wartime medals, many years after the end of the conflict.

Hello Sepp, Yes they sure are ! I know this happened, but I'm sure when it did, they were closed door get togethers and not public. I can't see the document well enough to read what it says. It might tell us the reason for the meeting. Tom

[Matthieu]

Browsing through the albums by Herr Lapp, I came across these snapshots ...

Herr Johann Schuller .....

[Matthieu]

Top ... Herr Lapp and Herr Becker-Neetz
Bottom ... Herr Lapp and Herr Bischoff and TBN KC recipient

[Matthieu]

Top ... Herr Lapp and Herr Kahl ( Eichenlaubträger )
Bottom .... Herr Lapp and other brave men ( good shot of the Ehrenblattspange in wear )

[Sepp45]

Thanks Matthieu! Excellent, excellent photos!

Regards,
Sepp.

[Tom B]

Thanks Matthieu! Excellent, excellent photos!

Regards,
Sepp.

Yes great photos. Thanks You Matthieu !! My old dear friend Artur Becker-Neetz wearing his wartime L/12 as he always did (backwards of course).

[Sepp45]

Yes great photos. Thanks You Matthieu !! My old dear friend Artur Becker-Neetz wearing his wartime L/12 as he always did (backwards of course).

For you Tom

[Sepp45]

Generalleutnant Adolf Hausinger

[GHP]

Hello Guy, I'll email my OdR contact and see if I can get one for you & Sepp. Can't promise, but I'll let ya know. I know it was in 2005, the OdR 50th reunion. Tom

THANKS Tom!!!!

--Guy

[GHP]

Sepp45 and Matthieu: Thank you very much for the fantastic photographs. Great job!

--Guy

[GHP]

Hello Sepp, Yes they sure are ! I know this happened, but I'm sure when it did, they were closed door get togethers and not public. I can't see the document well enough to read what it says. It might tell us the reason for the meeting. Tom

Tom,

This is what I could pull:

Hochverehrter Herr Generalfeldmarschall!

Die in Köln zu ihrem
[iii ?] Grossen - Militärkonzert
versammelten Stahlhelmkameraden
anbieten ihrem Präsidenten zum
Geburtstag
aufrichtigste Glück und Segenwunsche
an der Hoffnung Die Herr Generalfeldmarschall
bald getie ... in unserer [Hölle ?] zu wissen

====
Dear Herr Field Marshal!

Those Stahlhelm Comrades who to the
[III ?] Grand - Military Concert
gathered
offer its President for his
Birthday
their sincerest luck wishes and blessings
and their hoping the Field Marshal
quickly/soon [...] understood our Hell


=====
Hopefully someone who understands German can fix my mess! I'm REALLY uncertain of that last line.

--Guy

[Sepp45]

Tom,

This is what I could pull:

Hochverehrter Herr Generalfeldmarschall!

Die in Köln zu ihrem
[iii ?] Grossen - Militärkonzert
versammelten Stahlhelmkameraden
anbieten ihrem Präsidenten zum
Geburtstag
aufrichtigste Glück und Segenwunsche
an der Hoffnung Die Herr Generalfeldmarschall
bald getie ... in unserer [Hölle ?] zu wissen

====
Dear Herr Field Marshal!

Those Stahlhelm Comrades who to the
[III ?] Grand - Military Concert
gathered
offer its President for his
Birthday
their sincerest luck wishes and blessings
and their hoping the Field Marshal
quickly/soon [...] understood our Hell


=====
Hopefully someone who understands German can fix my mess! I'm REALLY uncertain of that last line.

--Guy

I also remember reading something about Kesserling, on the Russian website where I found the photo.

Maybe a gathering of old war comrades, in honor of their former commander?

[Sepp45]

Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS

[Tom B]

For you Tom

Thank you Sepp !! Good memories of the first time I saw it !