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Hello,
352 id items are not as common to come across nowadays. Most items werent marked and those that were have a high demand when proof can be established. I have only seen a few items whose lineage could be confirmed as absolutely being 352 id. Those being a single Artillery Strap embroidered, A m 43 tunic with very nice transport straps. Odds and ends that were photographed with the vet near the beach etc. A few helmets unit marked.
Also keep in mind the status of the division would add to the fact that very few Shoulder straps denoting unit lineage would be worn at this time, almost all would be standard shoulder straps with an absence of embroidery, or other denoting markings.
Actually used to own a very nice pair of 916 Lt. boards, came from a Southern Va. vet who at one time had the cap to go with them all in the same photo.
I have seen more than a few officers boards with very questionable placement of the cyphers as to age and wear not matching, seems the 352 id. is in high demand in Europe as well.
Hope this helps a little.
JoeComment
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Hello,
What you should look for is the shoulderboard loops bearing a white chainstitched 916 (if it does exist), as this is the Grenadier Regiments of the 352. ID you're interested in...Comment
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You may want to contact these people
http://www.ww2lha.com/
They have been reenacting the 352 since 1978 and may have information and/or items of interest.Comment
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I knew Franz Gockel but all he had were some photographs. He did have a US Helmet in his office that he recovered from Omaha Beach in the 60s. It would be more likely that a US vet had those items than a German Vet. He has passed away now but when I knew him he was in touch with the handful of others that survived. His son must be in his 50s by now but you could try to get in touch with them. The family was not interested in the War.Comment
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He owned a company that made roofing tiles and had the helmet in his office. He went to Normandy almost every year in the 1980s. Someone else probably has his pictures now he had an adopted son that at the time was not interested in the War or us coming to see him.
Of the the photos I saw he had less than 10, one of him in a uniform with an M43 cap a group shot of him with his squad in front of a infantry gun emplacement on the coast and a couple others. He was wounded if I remember correctly more than once and then evacuated. I was told he wrote a book you may want to look for that. It probably has the pictures.
My Father was also in heavy fighting during in the War as well and talking about combat is not something that I ever bring up unless the Vet wants to talk about it. So, no there were not any stories about the fighting, he mostly talked about recounciling and making friends with US Vets after the War in Normandy and about his time in POW camps. My impression was he felt terrible about what he had to do probably made worse by talking to a then 19 year old American Soldier.Comment
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It is not published in English, you can see it here about 10 books down from the top-
http://www.waffenhq.de/buchtips/geschichtsbuch.htmlComment
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