Show Us Your N S K K Headgear

[Pascal Bernhard]

No more ??

[Bob Coleman]

N S K K Schiffen For The Rank Of Obersturmfuhrer. The Cap Came With A M40 Tunic With The Badge Of The 77th Motorstandarte, Motor Gruppe Franken, Bayreuth. The Unit Collar Tab Also Displays A "L" Cypher, Indicating The Officer Was Attached To A Lehr Or Training Unit. Closely Spaced Medal Loops On The Tunic Indicate He Likely Held The Hitler Youth Honor Badge As A Training Officer For Motor H J

[Bob Coleman]

M-40 Tunic

[Bob Coleman]

I Am Posting This Helmet For Mark.

[Bob Coleman]

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#5 Mark,
Tell Us More About Your Interesting Helmet

[uknews]

Thanks to Bob for posting the pictures for me. This NSKK M40 is a Luftwaffe re-issue, which is relatively common with NSKK helmets. You can just make out the upper part of the Lufty Adler wings under the paint, either side of the NSKK scroll. This helmet has also had a winter coat of white at some point which you can see emerging from areas of wear on the outer dark grey/black coat.
Nice even wear to the liner, which has the bonus of a name written in, which i've never really been able to decipher!! Hope you like it, Mark.

[Pascal Bernhard]

close up of officer cap

[Bob Coleman]

AS USUAL, PASCAL GIVES US ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A HAT THAT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WAS MADE YESTERDAY. A COLLECTION WITH ITEMS IN THE FINEST CONDITION.

[c.rotte]

The name: J. op 't Broek is a Dutch name. Since there were a lot of Dutchman with political interests in Dutch Fascism who were activated by the political party Nationaal Socialistische Beweging, many took places in the Waffen SS and a lot of them in NSKK. Late war they were forced by the Germans to do so. Nice piece! thanks for sharing.
Kees

[Pascal Bernhard]

AS USUAL, PASCAL GIVES US ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A HAT THAT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WAS MADE YESTERDAY. A COLLECTION WITH ITEMS IN THE FINEST CONDITION.

Thank's Bob,
it's a "Oskar Hertlein" unissued Off.kepi, I have catsh 4 caps of the old stock, they of course have storage traces but as you can see it, still in excellent condition.

[uknews]

Kees, thank you so much for that, i can see it perfectly now. What would the ''J. op'' bit stand for? Do you have any links to sites that detail the history of Dutch men serving in the NSKK? Regards, Mark.

The name: J. op 't Broek is a Dutch name. Since there were a lot of Dutchman with political interests in Dutch Fascism who were activated by the political party Nationaal Socialistische Beweging, many took places in the Waffen SS and a lot of them in NSKK. Late war they were forced by the Germans to do so. Nice piece! thanks for sharing.
Kees

[c.rotte]

Well, Mark

J. is an abbreviation and it means problably 'Johannes' (John) or 'Jan' or 'Jacob', who knows. Those three names are very common in Holland.

'Op' means 'at'. 'Broek' is to translate in 'trousers'. In this way, at a name it ment Marsh or Swomp. When one translate the full lettering: (allmost imposseble to do so) J. op 't Broek ment J. at the Marsh.

I'll look for links NSKK-Dutchmen. I don't know if they excist?!
World War II in Holland it is still a difficult matter, you see. All those tenthousands who make a choise for Germany are bullied in 1945 en since then one never hear to much. Otherwise that generation is very, very old now an is dissapearing.

An old man (dyed years ago) was volontering the (Dutch) Arbeitsdienst (not a Nazi-organisation then) in 1940 and was forced to go to NSKK in 1941. He wake up as a SS-Frontarbeiter in Russia. He told me some stories... Not that nice. From his comrades only this man maked it to come back home in 1946 and was sent to prison till 1950.

Regards, Kees