SS Medical Officer tunic – Veteran-acquired by Bill Rannow of “Collectors Militaria”
Thought I’d take a little time, and bring this back out again – the SS Medical Officer tunic that Bill Rannow [Owner of “Collectors Militaria”] brought to light many years ago. As many of you already know, it was obtained by Bill from the Veterans family – then sold to Dr. Ron Distelhorst [who at one time operated the “Warelics.com” site], and eventually turned up for sale again by Kris Anderson of “Oakleaf Militaria”.
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It was Bill Rannow who made the direct Veteran purchase sometime back before the year 2000. He once mentioned photographs he made of the entire horde of material that the Veteran brought back – to include this tunic . . . but to my knowledge, these photographs have not yet surfaced. Back in 2007, here is what Bill had to say about the discovery - in another topic on WAF . . . Hope you all enjoy!
[You may notice I tossed in the "Mouse Hat" when taking the photos - hope it's not too distracting]
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“Man how you guys can get so off amazes me. This stuff did not come from a Dr. Go and read my posts again. I said I did not know about the Doctors other stuff meaning the Doctor in Chicago, I sold the uniform to.
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Here it is again guys so listen closely. I had heard about this collection about 6 years before. The guy who owned it had Alzheimer's and had been put in a nursing home. The brother did not want to sell it before his brother died. Well 6 years later I got a call and to my surprise along with the Japanese swords was a pile of German uniforms, Hats, Swords Helmets, Flags ect. Some of the flags were still in the original tubes he had mailed them home in after the war. This is what started me collecting German items. Most of the German stuff was just unbelievable. The guy was in both Germany and Japan after the war and sent piles of stuff home. All the stuff was un-messed with and original. This was about 8 years ago I think.
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I found GDC on the web and posted some pics and all the sudden every big dealer and collector in the country was calling and emailing me trying to buddy up.
<O</OI have also emailed Kris and told him if the tunic does not sell I would love to buy it back because I know it is good.
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I am sorry so many of you guys have been burned bad and don't believe anything but things like this do happen.
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Believe me I have been burned a few times for a lot of money but I don't constantly cry about it. I just move on and learn my lesson!
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I only posted this because I felt it would help clear up some of the mystery behind this uniform.
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Hope this helps!”
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</OIt was Bill Rannow who made the direct Veteran purchase sometime back before the year 2000. He once mentioned photographs he made of the entire horde of material that the Veteran brought back – to include this tunic . . . but to my knowledge, these photographs have not yet surfaced. Back in 2007, here is what Bill had to say about the discovery - in another topic on WAF . . . Hope you all enjoy!
[You may notice I tossed in the "Mouse Hat" when taking the photos - hope it's not too distracting]
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</O“Man how you guys can get so off amazes me. This stuff did not come from a Dr. Go and read my posts again. I said I did not know about the Doctors other stuff meaning the Doctor in Chicago, I sold the uniform to.
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</OHere it is again guys so listen closely. I had heard about this collection about 6 years before. The guy who owned it had Alzheimer's and had been put in a nursing home. The brother did not want to sell it before his brother died. Well 6 years later I got a call and to my surprise along with the Japanese swords was a pile of German uniforms, Hats, Swords Helmets, Flags ect. Some of the flags were still in the original tubes he had mailed them home in after the war. This is what started me collecting German items. Most of the German stuff was just unbelievable. The guy was in both Germany and Japan after the war and sent piles of stuff home. All the stuff was un-messed with and original. This was about 8 years ago I think.
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</OI found GDC on the web and posted some pics and all the sudden every big dealer and collector in the country was calling and emailing me trying to buddy up.
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</OI have also emailed Kris and told him if the tunic does not sell I would love to buy it back because I know it is good.<O
</OI am sorry so many of you guys have been burned bad and don't believe anything but things like this do happen.
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</OBelieve me I have been burned a few times for a lot of money but I don't constantly cry about it. I just move on and learn my lesson!
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</OI only posted this because I felt it would help clear up some of the mystery behind this uniform.
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</OHope this helps!”
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