Gents,
I was recently talking to my mother who had a friend in the family inherit his father's militaria. Among the items were, from the descriptions, a Browning Hi-Power, a NSDAP armband, and two medals/patches (one was reportedly a patch, the other a medal.) Now, I was unable to go and see them this weekend, but I spoke with the man who owns them.
My mother and some of her friends insisted to me that the one medal had a screaming man's face along with a swastika. I thought that this mayhave been a death's head and contacted a board member to see if it rang any bells. Then their story changed that it looked like a man with hands folded in prayer and a swastika beneath him.
I insisted until I was blue in the face that it absolutelyhad to be an eagle.
The owner of the medal confirmed that it did in fact have wings...but it was a screaming man's face above them.
I grew tired of arguing...so I pose the question for your opinion:
Is it, most likely, a Luftwaffe eagle...or some other medal that MAY resemble a screaming man's face? Feel free to chime in or illustrate for me any guesses you may be able to come up with.
One final note...I showed my mother every variation of a death's head. None of them were correct.
Thanks,
ZaCK
I was recently talking to my mother who had a friend in the family inherit his father's militaria. Among the items were, from the descriptions, a Browning Hi-Power, a NSDAP armband, and two medals/patches (one was reportedly a patch, the other a medal.) Now, I was unable to go and see them this weekend, but I spoke with the man who owns them.
My mother and some of her friends insisted to me that the one medal had a screaming man's face along with a swastika. I thought that this mayhave been a death's head and contacted a board member to see if it rang any bells. Then their story changed that it looked like a man with hands folded in prayer and a swastika beneath him.
I insisted until I was blue in the face that it absolutelyhad to be an eagle.
The owner of the medal confirmed that it did in fact have wings...but it was a screaming man's face above them.
I grew tired of arguing...so I pose the question for your opinion:
Is it, most likely, a Luftwaffe eagle...or some other medal that MAY resemble a screaming man's face? Feel free to chime in or illustrate for me any guesses you may be able to come up with.
One final note...I showed my mother every variation of a death's head. None of them were correct.
Thanks,
ZaCK
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