Harry Wulf
HIAG Ehrennadel in Silber document to my old friend
Harry Wulf 3./AA LSSAH. - "Wenn alle Brüder schweigen..."
HIAG Ehrennadel in Silber document to my old friend
Harry Wulf 3./AA LSSAH. - "Wenn alle Brüder schweigen..."
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HIAG Hamburg
Mark's collection of personally signed autographs, dedicated to him for his outstanding efforts as a Waffen-SS historian does never fail to impact me more than anything I have seen here so far. While other gather items, me included, he invested time and efforts into writing and documenting, binding his name closely to these men and post-war Waffen-SS history.
Having been a member of the HIAG friendship circle in Hamburg for a couple of years, before moving to Mexico, I experienced these men myself and felt that participating in the events was extremely rewarding. It made me get in contact with an also very important part of these men's history, their amazing loyality and comradship.
One could strip me off my collection, the dead items, but one would never be able to take away those fine living memories from me.Comment
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Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View Post
If taken in mid-1944 it's probably a Tiger of schwere Tiger Abteilung 102, the heavy support unit of the II.SS-Panzer-Korps that supported "Das Reich."
The last Tigers of "Das Reich" itself fought in Russia during the early months of 1944 with Kampfgruppe "Das Reich." In March 1944 those trained personnel went to Holland as cadre to form the Korps Abteilung so the division did not have Tigers of its own in Normandy. The division's Panzer Regiment then had Panthers and Pz IVs.Comment
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Markus, you fully grasp how marvelous it is to know them and the value of the memories of meeting them. I've studied WWII my whole life with interest in many aspects from aircraft to Waffen-SS and beyond. Nothing else comes close to actual contact with who it was about, and only a generation has the chance after any conflict. After that the chance is gone.Originally posted by markus View Post
I was dumbfounded how nobody bothered for the most part and so many had never even been contacted. That made no sense to me at all, but probably was the same in many countries before WWII became a "popular" interest. By that time it was to late in many cases, with so much lost as a result.
The best some can do now is research and write something about a person, battle, or aspect. Markus, you should consider a bio of Wisch with your items, even if smaller in the format I did for Weidinger and Krag.Comment
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Originally posted by Mark C. Yerger View Post
Mark, my Friend who asked me to post the Fotos said "Das Reich Tiger just prior to battle in Normany". I will make sure and tell him what you said. He has some other killer shots, but they are to big to post.Comment
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I REALLY need new glasses and so can't read the center tank number. But seeing the first digit is a 1, those in the 100 series in June 1944 (and later) would have been with the 1.Kompanie commanded in June 1944 by KC holder Alois Kalss.Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View PostComment
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Tiger
Mark, it is 132. I think.Comment
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Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View Post
132 Number matches a Korps Abteilung Tiger (1.Kompanie) as I'd written, commanded in June 1944 by an Unterscharführer Glagow but I don't have a first name for him.Last edited by Mark C. Yerger; 05-20-2009, 09:35 AM.Comment
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My humble contribution.Comment
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Some time ago, I took the time to communicate over the web with Mark about some research, and then to look at what Mark has published in his works of the SS.
If you like the images he has on his walls in his office, you have to see the books he had written and published.
The information and images are all first class, and if your into the SS and your without Marks works, well, you have a hole in your library that these books will do more than fill. I have spent a lot of hours just looking at the images alone, and then reading about it all too, it is almost like drinking from a fire hose.
Thanks again Mark for all the dilligent work you've done, you have made my collecting life much better because of it!
Some how, and I cannot remember how, I ended up with a couple of Otto Kumms images. One is published in one of your books, so that little slice of all of it to me is like a piece of gold.Comment
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Dr,
Nice Tiger picture.
JohnComment
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Your Welcome
Well, thank you, but it is not my picture. A good friend and fellow collector asked me to post it for him and not give him credit. You should see the Foto he gave me that is to hi res to post !!Comment
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Hi,Originally posted by Mark C. Yerger View Post
Glagow never commanded Tiger #132. The background info about the high number of shooting rings:
The commander SS-Oscha. Walter Knecht was in the autumn of 1943 the commander of the "S22" of schw.Kp./SS-Pz.Rgt.2! He had by this time probably the best shooter of the indicative Kp. in his crew, including Uscha. Kaempf! The high number of shooting rings are the result of the successes of his battle-wagon and its directional shooters!
Here in this photo the shooter is SS-Rttf. Wüster! The rest of the crew is still unknown yet.
The photo was taken before the action at the invasion front was starting. The kill rings were banned during the operation.
SS-Uscha. Glagow was in 1944 II.Zug Pz.Kdt. ( "122" & "124"). So a friend of mine. Now the photo is in a good hand
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I recently visited Mark Yerger at his home and was greatly impressed and overwhelmed with the floor to ceiling signed photos. I was like a 2 year old, with the who is that? and what was he like? questions. With the visits and emails over the last couple of years, Mark has given me a lot of advice and help in my own research of the SS. Plus, he helped me get a personalized photo of a KC Waffen SS officer.Comment
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