Originally posted by byterock
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Just as I though. I had a look through some of the old pre 60s ref books I have here are my results
Author James A. Sawickie year 1951 (I think, missing first page)
Balloon badge not found but does have Warsaw shield, LW tank attack badge, LW sea combat badge but does not have an illustration
Author int sect SHAPE , German Medal and Decoration 1944
Not there, but a number of other awards are not there as well
Babin Nazi War Medals, 1949? (I only have a partial photocopy) it is not in the part I have
Any one else have some older ref books? Would be interesting to see when this badge first surfaced.
There are some rare early reffs out there in German as by Doehle’s, Hessenthal-Schreiber and Klietmann which are all pre 1960s any copies out there?
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I channeled Goering last night and he told me he never saw one...
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The pieces talked about are those that were with Dr K and he sold to Dodkins and Littlejohn. The pics are of these pieces and Dr K used in his first works and in his book published in 1957.The purchase legger of both show the aquasition of the pieces before 1954. It is coming to light, that possibly Dr K, had items from the Chancellory, then found away of making a living by forming the Orders Reasearch Institute. This gave him a platform to part with the pieces he had "Inherited".Comment
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Yes, either that or very good connections to original manufacturers. Or both.Originally posted by WARLORD View PostComment
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These are areas of though, but the very biggest question is in the period 1946 to 53 Berlin WEST was isolated. Contact with the rest of West Germany was extreemly dificult. The Berlin Air lift could only just supply subsistance level for the populous as well as the Troops. Sending or making Third Riech awards seems extreemly unlikly. The RAF losses and gallentry awards for this operation stands witness.
A bit of a quote,
- Post war Germany was divided into three sections--the Allied part was controlled by the United States, Great Britain and France and other part by the Soviet Union. The city of Berlin, although located in the eastern Soviet half, was also divided into four sectors --West Berlin occupied by Allied interests and East Berlin occupied by Soviets. In June 1948, the Soviet Union attempted to control all of Berlin by cutting surface traffic to and from the city of West Berlin. Starving out the population and cutting off their business was their method of gaining control. The Truman administration reacted with a continual daily airlift which brought much needed food and supplies into the city of West Berlin. This Airbridge to Berlin lasted until the end of September of 1949---although on May 12, 1949, the Soviet government yielded and lifted the blockade. When the airlift began, there were only two airfields in Berlin; Tempelhof with one runway in the US sector and Gatow with one runway in the British sector. In 1945, when the Americans arrived in Berlin, Tempelhof's lone runway was sodded and had been used only for small aircraft and fighters during the latter stages of World War II. It was beautifully equipped with hangars and a large terminal building, but it was surrounded by high apartment buildings which required a 500 foot ceiling in thick weather. Before June 1948, US Army engineers had built a 12 foot thick rubber base runway and covered it with steel landing mats which was adequate for US military needs before the airlift. However, under the continuous pounding of heavy, loaded aircraft the steel landing mats started to break. Depressions in the runway began to form and soon a force of 225 men was kept busy working on the runway between plane landings in attempting to keep the field operational. In early July 1948, construction on a new runway at Tempelhof began without interrupting airlift traffic and during the same period the old runway was being constantly repaired. In late 1948, construction began on a third Tempelhof runway.
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