Here is my bell
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Wrong thought! German navy ships always had there names on the ships bell!!Originally posted by colt45s View Postdon't think the ship name was ever on the bell
Imperial Navy: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...lockesmsdd.jpg
Kriegsmarine: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=ship+bell
Bundesmarine:
https://www.google.be/search?q=bunde...TZ8RBmF-UFM%3AComment
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This bell is a 100% fantasy piece, you will find it on any flee market in Europe.Originally posted by Totenhead View PostComment
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I realise this is not an original ships bell
Any further information on Bob Hritz's theory about the death bell ?Comment
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Here is a pic of the Admiral Hipper's bell which is on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial near Kiel.Looking for a 30 '06 Chauchat magazine.Comment
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Hello BobOriginally posted by Bob Hritz
Where did you got this information: rumour of documented fact?Comment
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Mine came with a pea coat, jumper, and donald duck hat from a former Graf Spee crew member. It is my understanding that they were cast in South America as ccmmeratives for those who wanted one and one was sent to the family of those killed onboard. It is a strictly privately purchased piece and certainly nothing official. They are not of any great value and just an interesting souvenir.
By the way, they arew much smaller than a ships bell and not intended to be a copy of the official ship bell.
Bob HritzIn the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.Comment
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Bob,
Do you still have the jumper, or is it the white one you showed me?
I personally do not think the bell has a thing to do with GS crewmen, dead or not.
No personal effects got back to Germany during the war from Argentina or Uruguay, even the effects of Captain Langsdorff were not returned to the widow until after the war.
Not many German merchant ships got into Germany after the war got going, much less ones carrying bells.
No indication in any of the written material I have seen indicates anything about a bell either.
I think they are flea market souveniers.
My opinion.Comment
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as I stated before: flee market souvenir indeed!!
http://deerbe.com/unt/75294-glocvke_...tem_klang.html
http://verzamelen.tweedehands.net/kr...spee-1939.html
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351243917384
http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/Letters/SecondGrafSpeeBell.htmlComment
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My bell is from Cardiff, a major port in South Wales. Its very old, there is no denying that.
If these are merely flea market souvenir finds, where are the Bismarck, Tirpitz bells, why only GS ?? .......Comment
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Yes, John, I still have my Graf Spee group and some other interesting Graf Spee items. Next time you are out my way, we can look them over. It has been too long since your last visit.Originally posted by John Robinson View Post
Bob HritzIn the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.Comment
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Maybe the manufactor of this souvenir Graf Spee bells saw the movie "the battle of the river Plate" and never heard of the Bismarck. Anyway he also saw the movie "Titanic"Originally posted by Totenhead View Post
titanicshipsbell.jpgComment
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Very funny, yes indeed, but that really doesn't explain or answer my question.Originally posted by glaser View PostMaybe the manufactor of this souvenir Graf Spee bells saw the movie "the battle of the river Plate" and never heard of the Bismarck. Anyway he also saw the movie "Titanic"
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I paid very little for my bell, indeed I only bought it for the curiosity value, I have no interest in the Graf Spee or the Kriegsmarine
I do have a very inquisitive mind however and do not like mysteries.
Bobs thesis has not been disproved by yourself or anyone else, so until then I have an open mind regarding these bellsComment
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where is the original Graf Spee ships bell : that really is a mystery to me!Comment
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I believe the original bell was melted down and these commemorative bells castOriginally posted by glaser View Post
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