Bob:
Not to hijack your thread on this outstanding tunic, but I was shocked to read your note below about Pete. When I got started in this hobby way back in my high school days some twenty years ago, I was very fortunate in that Pete was one of the first people I met. He and I became friends over the years and he helped me tremendously in navigating the field of cloth insignia. Although I collected Wehrmacht cloth and he NSDAP, we always enjoyed chatting about collecting and letting each other know about the most recent additions to our collections.
Sadly, over the last 8 - 10 years as my career and family have grown, Pete and I lost contact and last spoke about 4 or 5 years ago. He was a great mentor to have and always eager to help.
You are correct that Pete sold his collection over the last several years. I still see items from his collection pop up from time to time as they are easily identifiable from the markings he would put on the back of his insignia in blue ink (he would write his initials PGB and three dots in a triangle). As a matter of fact, one piece from his collection is currently for sale here:
http://www.therupturedduck.com/WebPages/Cloth/c223.htm
Best regards,
Drew
Not to hijack your thread on this outstanding tunic, but I was shocked to read your note below about Pete. When I got started in this hobby way back in my high school days some twenty years ago, I was very fortunate in that Pete was one of the first people I met. He and I became friends over the years and he helped me tremendously in navigating the field of cloth insignia. Although I collected Wehrmacht cloth and he NSDAP, we always enjoyed chatting about collecting and letting each other know about the most recent additions to our collections.
Sadly, over the last 8 - 10 years as my career and family have grown, Pete and I lost contact and last spoke about 4 or 5 years ago. He was a great mentor to have and always eager to help.
You are correct that Pete sold his collection over the last several years. I still see items from his collection pop up from time to time as they are easily identifiable from the markings he would put on the back of his insignia in blue ink (he would write his initials PGB and three dots in a triangle). As a matter of fact, one piece from his collection is currently for sale here:
http://www.therupturedduck.com/WebPages/Cloth/c223.htm
Best regards,
Drew
Originally posted by Bob Coleman
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I bet the only fact finding mission he was on was to add to his medal collection.
very nice stuff as allways,do you and Bill Grist have a cave full of rare top end stuff somewhere??
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