TK and Adler

[coogan]

To me..it looks like they were removed from an OFFICERS OVERSEAS CAP..noticed how the eagle is kind of distorted with swept back wings..Billbert

I was thinking that too. Here is the blurb from the seller which has been discussed on another forum. I don't yet know enough history to even begin to speculate on the origins of this set ( what cap ) . Maybe you guys feel qualified to speculate what theatre they came from. Its sad so much history can be lost with a swipe of a razor blade but at least this soldier preserved them for us to look at.


" These were purchased from a guy that was selling a large collection of German material for the daughter of a soldier that passed in 1995. This material was found in an attic. This vet. passed in 1995 and an aunt moved in for the next 21 years and still the attic remained untouched till the clean out for the home's sale.
The name of the vet. was PFC Leo G.Daignault 2nd Infantry 9th Regiment I Co.
For several weeks after the conclusion of military activities the Ninth Infantry was billeted in Rokycany, Czechhoslovakia. A task of tremendous magnitude devolved upon the Regiment in setting up and operating camps for the thousands of German solders and displaced persons who came streaming across from the East. While other organizations were celebrating the end of the war , the Ninth was occupied day and night with the operation of those camps.
This would explain how this soldier came into possesion  of so much authentic SS material , which was brought back to the U.S, as war booty.
In talking to the daughter of the deceased veteran she told him her dad never spoke of his service and she did not know of the items in the attic."

I know you are supposed to buy the object, not the story , but so far everything is authentic according to people that know more than me. I have one piece yet to show...

[billbert]

Often Times GREAT THINGS were sent home to family..put up in the attic for safe keeping..promptly forgotten by ALL involved..some turn to MUSH...some are discovered just as sent in time tunnel condition...Billbert