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[windhund]

Thank you Namreg and Gerdan

The only thing thay I think that the Kompanie is the 9ª and not the 1ª

Thank you

[Gerdan]

I would not have any problem with 9th Co

Gerdan

[windhund]

Hello

I´ve the 2 last photographs of the same soldier. First one:





I can read only the place and date "Gevelsberg am 23/05.37"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gevelsberg

Thank you

[windhund]

And the second one. I think that it coulb be more problems to identifie the words because are difficult to see




Thanks

[bsmith56]

Brandon

I agree with you and I also identify the entry as "Zielfernrohr" - telescopic sight.


Gerdan

Thank you very much Gerdan! Your help is very much appreciated. I'll post an update on this book in the Soldbuch forum soon.

[Gerdan]

# 2299

"4 Freunde waren's, und lauter junges Blut, Gevelsberg, 23.5.37" - There were 4 friends and
all of young blood

# 2300

"Einen herzlichen Gruß aus Rußland sendet Euch Euer Jürgen.
Hoffentlich könnt Ihr mich erkennen"

Best regards from Russia
Yours Jürgen.
Hope you can identify me.


Gerdan

[windhund]

# 2299

"4 Freunde waren's, und lauter junges Blut, Gevelsberg, 23.5.37" - There were 4 friends and
all of young blood

# 2300

"Einen herzlichen Gruß aus Rußland sendet Euch Euer Jürgen.
Hoffentlich könnt Ihr mich erkennen"

Best regards from Russia
Yours Jürgen.
Hope you can identify me.


Gerdan

Thank you very much Gerdan. You are very good.

[Trebes]

# 2299
Gerdan

I read "Junge" (your son) instead of "Jürgen" (a name).
Trebes

[Vilja]

Maybe:

As already mentioned it is a ticket for a some kind of performance.

The first line of the stamp on the ticket could be:

"Österreichische Kinderfreunde"

http://www.kinderfreunde.at/Ueber-un...-Kinderfreunde

This society was founded in 1908. In 1934 it was banned and refounded in 1945. It still exists. It is a social democratic youth organisation.

For the second line I need a better picture resp. scan of the ticket.

So the ticket must be from post WW2 period or very unlikely before 1934.


Regards
Guenter

Guenter,

I hope that these pics help as the scanner is kaput!
I am guessing that this ticket is post-war(?) and perhaps this young soldier "had" or "chose" to attend?
I wonder the significance is of "Alpina" Lager-Nr. 30?

Your help with this is much appreciated.

Thank you,
Vilja

[Guenter Braun]

Guenter,

I hope that these pics help as the scanner is kaput!
I am guessing that this ticket is post-war(?) and perhaps this young soldier "had" or "chose" to attend?
I wonder the significance is of "Alpina" Lager-Nr. 30?

Your help with this is much appreciated.

Thank you,
Vilja

Vilja,

the second line is "Judendorf - Strassengel"

This is a village in Austria:

http://maps.google.de/maps?q=8111+Ju...reich&t=h&z=15

http://www.gemeinde-judendorf-strassengel.at/start.php

I wonder the significance is of "Alpina" Lager-Nr. 30?

"Alpina Lager-Nr. 30"
This is a designation from manufacturer of the ticket.

It says type of ticket "Alpina"
"Lager-Nr. 30" means storage box No. 30 in the warehouse of the manufacturer.

This type of ticket is in a resent version still available from various manufacturers:

http://www.google.de/images?um=1&hl=...&aqi=&aql=&oq=

I am guessing that this ticket is post-war(?) and perhaps this young soldier "had" or "chose" to attend?

Yes, because the society "Kinderfreunde" was forbidden between 1934 and 1945 resp. end of WW2. After the war it was again founded.

I guess the unform was demilitarized and used by a young boy. Maybe by the former soldier after returning from war or by someone else who could "secure" it, for example on the black market.

After the war civilan cloths were not available and usage of former uniforms was very common. This led to some troubles due to misidentification of civilians as Wehrmacht soldiers and finally wearing of former Wehrmacht uniforms was banned.

Regards
Guenter

[Eike41]

Translation help

I have this notice... Came from a cemetary in a bottle. Is it a death notice of some kind? Why bury it?

[Vilja]

Guenter,

I really want to thank you for the information supplied regarding the ticket and also for placing it in the historical context of post war Germany.
I was not really aware of the demand for clothing after the war....military clothing being worn by armed forces personal as well as civilians.....and the eventual banning.
You have done much work in your reply....all value added...and I thank you very much.

Sincerely,
Vilja

[Hank C.]

I have this notice... Came from a cemetary in a bottle. Is it a death notice of some kind? Why bury it?

Yes, it gives all kinds of particulars on who, when, where, etc. I suppose somebody put it in a bottle in memoriam.

If you use www.leo.de, you can plug in most of the pre-printed words to find their meaning. Fairly easily.

best
Hank

[Eike41]

Thanks for the reply, I did figure out this thread is for handwriting mostly sorry, I can also Google translate most of it.

[Hank C.]

Thanks for the reply, I did figure out this thread is for handwriting mostly sorry, I can also Google translate most of it.

No harm, no foul! If there's something you can't figure out, get back with us and let us know!

Hank