Found a German map case in our fire station

[hoover]

Hi,

I used the currwntly Corona-Virus public life stopping to take a few looks to our old fire station (closed in 1985). But we are now using the old small house to store some items and parking our VW Bus.

And, I found a nice Wehrmacht map case withnthe RB-Nr. 0/0365/0012

The inscription means Feuerwehr Verden (the towns name) and L.F. 12 (vehicle No. 12 was a LF 15).

I will clean it and take it to the other map cases. I phoned our still living veteran (born in 1926 he served in the Feuerlöschpolzei and action in Bremen an Hamburg, he was awarded the EK2 and the wound badge as a fire fighter)

He told me that they got a lot of Wehrmacht equipment during the war, like flashlights, gas mask cans, tools. Some were in tan paint but they were ordered to repaint them in black because all metal equipments have been black.

I am sure that I will find more old stuff. And I will visit all of the other old stations. There is more to find. I hope.

Bye
Frank

[Oorlogsspullen]

Great find!

[Gran Sasso]

Good luck for more finds!
20+ years ago a collector found several paratrooper gasmaskbags in his old fire station...

[hoover]

That would be score...

But I am happy with small items, too. I found a stack of old M34 helmets on the attic, a few WH gas mask cans (repainted black), a sidecap, 2 old wollen fire service trousers, a lot of long forgotten file folders with documents, oders etc from 1938 to 1947 and some other items.