Coastal artillery items ;-)

[Oldenburg]

Hi Doc,

That's a nice set, do you have some more pics of them in detail ?

Best regards

Eric

[DOC_KÜSTENART]

Hi Doc,

That's a nice set, do you have some more pics of them in detail ?

Best regards

Eric

Sure, here you are some pictures of the marking stamps;

First of all, the m43:


The others, 1st one french made, Chapellerie Parisienne (the 3rd one in the picture above)

[Dimitri D]

Nice caps Doc.

[Kondor]

Doc, those are not only fine hats, but great sizes on them as well

[90th Light]

Better add this one to the KA thread,

Chris

Many years ago, I picked up a bag of German badges from a New Zealand veteran who brought them back from Italy at the end of WW2

According to the NZ vet, this shoulder board was taken from the highest ranking German coastal artillery officer in Italy in 1945.

I must admit I have never ever seen another on a field grey backing but perhaps others can confirm if this is what it is ???

Chris

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I am certain that it is not a police general because another NZ veteran brought back one his tunics and I got his name. It was many years ago and I can not remember off the top of my head but I will go and look it out.

In the mean time, here is a couple more images comparing with a police shoulder board and a coastal artillery officer's shoulder board. The coastal artillery officers shoulder board was also brought back from Italy in 1945.

Notice how the Admiral/ General board is made in the KM style with a grommet for a screw button. Also notice the difference in shade against the "police green".

The KM boards are the later "field-grey green" as opposed to the early darker "bottle-green",

Chris[/QUOTE]

[PaulR]

That is a sweet Admirals board.

[collecter]

My few items.John

[oberst40]

up again, are there more collectors with some nice CA items hidden in their collections

[Oscha]

KM Tunic M-40?

I'm pretty much a lurker over here but love KM stuff. I have a KM artillery tunic that I bought in Munich in 1986 for 60 DM (about $20.00 then). It has not seen the light for about 28 years now. It was POW worn the seller said and has many repairs. It is very salty. Is this an Army tunic or KM variety? M-40?

The shoulder boards were bought in the 1990s and they looked cobbled together to me but it may have just been field work.

Sorry not a paying member yet so here's the link:

http://s745.photobucket.com/user/Plu...29688313728203

[48RMC]

Hello Oscha,
Nice salty dog but strange combination Km collar patches but a Heer M40 tunic but how knows i have seen a lot of strange combinations so......????? Better pictures from the collar patches would be nice (reverse)
Cheers Christian

[amiklic1]

Some really great items shown in this thread. I am glad to be able to learn and to prepare for acquisition of at least one uniform and set of other items.

I only have these two minty KA badges. Hope you like them ;-)

[km-spain]

can you post more images of this helmet?



William Kramer

Hello William, some more images.

[Norm F]

I only have these two minty KA badges. Hope you like them ;-)

Lovely!

Best regards,
---Norm

[Oldenburg]

Hello amilkic
Nice badges, can you post pics of the reverses ?
Best regards
Eric

[amiklic1]

Here are the threads in which they were discussed:

Schwerin:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=596551

Aurich:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=631096

Enjoy!