SS suicide pill

[bwanek1]

From Hitler and the Nazi leaders by John Lattimer, Physician at Nuremberg:
Page 105:
Jim

Here is a more realistic example, not unlike the one you show, in another thread:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=254435

[james m]

bwanek1
The one I posted above with is pictured in Lattimers book is the one recovered from Gorings cell after he committed suicide. I don't think we can get much more realistic.
Jim

[bwanek1]

bwanek1
The one I posted above with is pictured in Lattimers book is the one recovered from Gorings cell after he committed suicide. I don't think we can get much more realistic.
Jim

Settle down, Jim, and reread my post. I was supporting your reference, not refuting it.

The link I included in my response to your post was to show a realistic-looking one similar to the Goering example you showed.

My comment about "more realistic" was to contrast both the one you showed and the realistic-looking one discussed in that link with the one which started this thread and the comically bad skull-and-crossed-bones fantasy item shown in the link I posted earlier in this thread (as a joke). Those are the ones I was calling unrealistic, not Goering's. So, relax.

[james m]

bwanek1:
I'm relaxed. It's Gorings ghost whose all stirred up.
Jim

[Carson]

Sorry, I realize that news was a bitter pill to swallow.

So if the bird of peace is a dove.....

And the bird of wisdom is an owl.....

What is the bird of "true" love?????

Hee.......

(Now you know why I am no longer married.... oink)

[Bob Hritz]

So if the bird of peace is a dove.....

And the bird of wisdom is an owl.....

What is the bird of "true" love?????

Hee.......

(Now you know why I am no longer married.... oink)

The SWALLOW!

Bob Hritz

[Michael Fay]

bite into the glass vial

Many years ago I remember a striking story in the national news about a gruesome find at the bottom of an deep chasm in a cave in Germany. What was found was the remains of a man with glass splinters in his jaws. It was concluded by German authorities to be the remains of an SS man on the run at the end of the war. They said he had stood at the edge of the precipice, bit into a glass vial of poison and jumped to his death at the same time.
This was really in the news...but so long ago, I cant remember what year...but I never forgot the story!

[Anders S]

Sorry, I realize that news was a bitter pill to swallow.

[Lance Waterman]

Zykoln B / explosive to boot

Hydrogen cyanide as a poison and chemical weapon

See also: cyanide poisoning
An HCN concentration of 300 mg/m3 in air will kill a human within a few minutes.[9] The toxicity is caused by the cyanide ion, which prevents cellular respiration. Hydrogen cyanide (under the brand name Zyklon B) was most infamously employed by the Nazi regime in the mid-20th century.

Hydrogen cyanide is commonly listed amongst chemical warfare agents that cause general poisoning.[10] As a substance listed under Schedule 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention as a potential weapon which has large-scale industrial uses, manufacturing plants in signatory countries which produce more than 30 tonnes per year must be declared to, and can be inspected by, the OPCW.

Hydrogen cyanide gas in air is explosive at concentrations over 5.6%, equivalent to 56,000 ppm

[Lance Waterman]

Estimated worth of SS poison holder

With the auction still two days away. the highest bid so far is

1100.00 Euro

[Lance Waterman]

Bidding is at 1100 Euro at this point with two days to go.

Can you answer the question you posed yourself?

[John T]

Those were sold by an outfit out of South Dakota. I have one and I bought it for about 100 dollars as a curiosity. The design was based on one that was said to be original and photographed in a book, although bogus SS markings were added by the maker and the piece was nicely acid aged.....I guess my example is real too now


John

[Gran Sasso]

How do you tell a fake? and How much are these things worth?

A collector I know bought over 10 years ago a mapcase at a fleamarket. When checking it at home, he found a full cyanide-box in the ruler-pouch of the mapcase. It is made of alu, both ends are same size, no markings. At first look it looks like a plain bolt, app. 3cm long.
He traded it for a 3rd modell splinter FJ-smock. Back then some collectors had the opinion he made a verty good deal, while others said, he made a very bad deal... So whats its value?

[Bob Hritz]

A collector I know bought over 10 years ago a mapcase at a fleamarket. When checking it at home, he found a full cyanide-box in the ruler-pouch of the mapcase. It is made of alu, both ends are same size, no markings. At first look it looks like a plain bolt, app. 3cm long.
He traded it for a 3rd modell splinter FJ-smock. Back then some collectors had the opinion he made a verty good deal, while others said, he made a very bad deal... So whats its value?

That container is a holder for replacement pencil leads for a dranfsmans pencil. They are commonly found in mapcases, because of tha ability to draw very fine lines.

Your friend did well and the owner of the pencil lead holder should be unhappy.

This is what happens when someone with little knowledge, and great money, tries to collect.

Bob Hritz

[sgstandard]

Pencil lead holders

After reading this thread, I decided to trade my entire collection of pencil lead holders for a FJ or SS smock. What in the hell good is a stupid smock once your pencil runs out of lead? Interested parties please PM me.