Beauty Tom
Maybe I'll live long enough to see it in a book someday.
Maybe I'll live long enough to see it in a book someday.
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Beautiful pieces of cloth guys...I didn’t know they had these and now I have to have one!
Frank...judging by the amount of Crown Royal you drink I would say that you will most certainly make it to the flight clasp book. I don’t think any cancer or infection can live completely submerged in alcohol for too long.
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My doctor feels the same way.....Originally posted by Christopher G. View Post
I'll post a close up photo of the cloth clasp in wear when it arrives
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Hi Gene, I will give you a million dollars for that badge. Best, BillOriginally posted by Gene View PostComment
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Let me guess, Zimbabwean dollars!WAF LIFE COACHComment
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Here is a old photo of some cloth awards in wear, not a spange but..still nice to see
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Here is a photo in my collection which shows one of these clasps in cloth. The pilot on the left is Oblt. Martin Meisel. The one with the bullion badges is Oblt. Hans Sehringer. Both of these pilots were assigned to AufklGrp 123 at the time of their RK award. Note that Sehringer also wears an EK1 in cloth.
Mike
Collecting mint condition Imperial German uniforms, visor caps, and Pickelhauben.
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Another ....
Another photo of these same two officers. This is a press photo taken in Crete and dated 12 March 1943. The caption on the back says the officers are on their way to Germany for a holiday. It is a Heinkel 111 in the background.
Note that Sehringer is also apparently wearing a cloth pilot's badge as well.
Mike
Collecting mint condition Imperial German uniforms, visor caps, and Pickelhauben.
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Like Tom said, the cloth badges made sense in the cockpit. I wonder if cloth awards were popular in tanks as well?Comment
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Wow these pictures Mike are greatThe German Luftwaffe Pilot and Combined Pilot and Observer Badges of WWII 1933-1945
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Bomber example...Comment
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Another Propagandakompanie photo from a period Luftwaffe magazine, shows Oberleutnant (later Hauptmann) Willi Gaul wearing the bullion observer's badge for officers but EK1 and Bomber Clasp in Gold in metal. Of interest (to me at least!) is that Gaul was never awarded the Gold Bomber Clasp - he won the Gold Reconnaissance Clasp then transferred into the Stab (Staff Flight) of III./Kampfgeschwader 40 (a bomber unit) and began wearing the Gold Bomber Clasp instead of his Recce Clasp. I therefore assume this is a private purchase example of the Gold Bomber Clasp.
Apologies for the picture quality - this is a scan from the original magazine copy.Comment
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b
Extremely good thread here, superb and valuable photos for luft collectors and fine examples of the cloth clasps, I've never seen one except in a photograph!
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Here's a close-up of the photo that started this thread. This is a 3 time winner for me with the cloth bomber, early down tail breast eagle and the KC.
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It looks like Felgenhauer Waldemar is wearing one in this image, as well...Comment
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