Very nice Bob! Do you know who the original wearer of the shirt was?
Erich
Erich,
The cap and shirt were found together in Robert Wagner's apartment, in Berlin. The cap is named to Hermann Fobke, but the shirt is not his and not named. I do not believe it was Wagner's either. Wagner hosted many of his old Stosstrupp friends and his best friend, from those days was Fobke. Fobke kept a quarters in Wagner's large apartment.
I would love to find out the former ownership of the shirt.
Bob Hritz
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.
Bob, one fantastic shirt with every important award pictured. As said before, it's a shame that all the Fobke items are not reunited in your collection.
I was a bit hurt when the rest of the Fobke material was sold to Ulrich of England. There were photos of my cap being worn on the head of Fobke's son, while on his mother's lap at a meeting of former Stosstrupp members. I would certainly love to have had that original photo, but alas it was sold before I knew it was available.
Such is life!
Bob hritz
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.
I was a bit hurt when the rest of the Fobke material was sold to Ulrich of England. There were photos of my cap being worn on the head of Fobke's son, while on his mother's lap at a meeting of former Stosstrupp members. I would certainly love to have had that original photo, but alas it was sold before I knew it was available.
Such is life!
Bob hritz
Bob, I understand your frustration, and being a medal guy I would have loved to owned just his Blood Order and GPB pictured in Niemann's book. It' always nice when a grouping can be in one place but It's not to be at this time.
Bob that is the only one you need!! BTW never seen that type of cross strap,in my endless search for them,tehy have become one of my main interests actually,ive obtained 7 complete ones in the past 2 years,and have seen many.What type is that,is it pre RZM,or?Id love to see any markings etc,or anything about it.Its obviously very early especially considring teh color of it and the belt,a set I imagine.was it part of the brownshirt set when you obtained it from Robert Wagner?Definately Interested.Oh BTW was it this Robert Wagner???LOL
Sorry Had to do it !!!
Bob that is the only one you need!! BTW never seen that type of cross strap,in my endless search for them,tehy have become one of my main interests actually,ive obtained 7 complete ones in the past 2 years,and have seen many.What type is that,is it pre RZM,or?Id love to see any markings etc,or anything about it.Its obviously very early especially considring teh color of it and the belt,a set I imagine.was it part of the brownshirt set when you obtained it from Robert Wagner?Definately Interested.Oh BTW was it this Robert Wagner???LOL
Sorry Had to do it !!!
i DID IT ON PAINT/PHOTO BUCKET,ITS ROBERT WAGNERS HEAD,LOOKS GOOD RIGHT HAHA!tHIS IS THE REAL ROBERT WAGNER
nOTE EARLY TYPE GAULEITER aRMBAND.OOPS HAD CAPS LOCK ON SORRY!
Oh and Bob wonder if he replaced the small cockade with the eagle later on,just kept his Strosstrup cap and made it like an SA/SS hybrid type cap.Or was teh eagle always there??
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