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  1. hello Greetings from Lithuania. I live in the small town of Kelmė and I collect old images of my town. This album contains some photos taken in Kelmė and its surroundings. Could you scan the photos in Chapter 3? Kielmy is Kelmė in German. Dubissa is a river near Kelmė in Lithuanian Dubysa. The photos in Chapter 3 were taken in Kelmė, Lithuania, and the surrounding area where I live. If you could scan these photos and email them to me I would be very grateful.
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  2. Various shades of dark green were used on Wehrmacht uniforms. The earlier uniforms had a collar, shoulder pieces and cap band of a much lighter greygreen, "resedagrün", which was just a few shades more than the surrounding fieldgrey background, this had been originally introduced in September 1915, and continued through the Weimar Republik after 1919 till after 1930. A new uniform for the Wehrmacht was introduced in 1935/36 with a dark green collar etc., the dark green varied from moosgrün to tannengrün. After 1940 the green collar was replaced by all fieldgrey untill the end of the war. I also owned a Bundesgrenzschutz uniform, this also only had an outward resemblance to the Wehrmacht uniform and the difference is absolutely apparent, an entirely different quality whatsoever, entirely different cloth and materials, entirely different style and cut, different insignia. BGS Uniforms Wehrmacht uniforms, these collars, etc. are not black!
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  3. Just picked up a nice unissued pattern 1922 tunic, dated 1943. This pattern is very similar to the 1902 pattern used in WW1. A nice well marked tunic, large size as well. It has 2 belt hooks and green Bakelite economy type general service buttons.
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  4. This is my 2nd class faithfull service cross, The Civil Service Faithful Service Medal was a Nazi Germany medal of honor that was founded on 30 January 1938, in two grades, to reward civilians in the employ of the German public services for long and faithful service. All officials, employees, and laborers at any level of the public service (local, regional or national) who complete 25 or 40 years service were eligible. The second class award was for 25 years of service was a silver cross, with a silver wreath and a black enameled swastika in the center of the cross. The first class award was for 40 years of service was a gold cross, with a gold wreath and a black enameled swastika in the center of the cross. The reverse of both classes was stamped with 'Für treue Dienste' (For faithful Services). The ribbon for the medal is cornflower blue.
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  5. Here are rare helmets being worn, the M54 the forerunner of the M56 which look very similar to wartime helmets they are also armed with StG44 assault rifles.
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  6. Some very early BGS uniforms were made of War time cloth, but it's very rare.
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  7. Heldengedenktag, 21. March 1943
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  8. Triumph des Willens, the monumental film documentation by Leni Riefenstahl, Nürnberg, 4.-10. September 1934
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  9. I agree that under some yellow light source the colour might turn out to be a little bit of green. But the Wehrmacht kind of green was only exhibited by BGS, like this one: I even saw fake Wehrmacht Uniform transformed from this kind of early BGS uniform. One way to tell if it's fake or not is to measure the length between each buttons. I always think West Germany actually learnt more from the DR uniform, partly because most of the original manufacturers survived, such as Assmann and Junker. I compared Kriegsmarine and Bundesmarine uniforms, and found out that the buttons and other decorations are amazingly similar. While at the same time, DDR abolished embroidered insignias and collar boards in the 1970s, instead they used stamped metal parts. DDR uniforms looked similar to the old days but the details or all redesigned and Russian-like. Take Volksmarine for example, the colour is exactly the same with Russian Navy, and on the sleeves you can see Russians style ranks: DDR rank on the sleeves. Russian version you can see they are almost the same. ------------ Dark green collar is very common on German traditional cloths. I can usually see it on unofficial parades or traditional festivals. But I don't think the "black collar"is green. Maybe I will check my uniform and overcoat again later and see if I made a mistake. I have some Wehrmacht uniforms too, not original but good replica. Can't see green in it lol
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  10. They are dark green, but a much more subdued green, could be mistaken for mid charcoal, but this was based on the original Wehrmacht uniform, in the DDR there was no quality, hardly any wool, and the colour dyes were not as good as in the old days. The DDR had no access to raw materials outside of the East Block, so they had to either get from the big brother further east, and the DDR was last in the line, or to syntheticly manufacture for their own needs. Official term was "steingrau" for the collars, cap bands and edgings of collar patches etc.
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  11. Custom made Paletot for a Prussian Officer.
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  12. Just back from picking this up, as you can see it's a zink infantry assault badge, unfortunate the retaining hook is missing, but for the price I just had to have it. The badge is an un marked example
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  13. Hi, just found them on here! https://www.ebay.com/p/3-Display-Stands-Challenge-Coin-Holder-Collector-Easel-Showcase-Antique-Brass/577175161?iid=322852115738
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  14. Yes it is nice, the guy I got it from chucked it in with the medal, i will message him & ask where he got it.
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  15. Like that medal stand where can you get them. Mine are all the clear acrylic ones.
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  16. Thanks for that fritz , I am sure I have seen one of those before but can't recall where!
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  17. i am sure their is also a 50 year also.
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  18. Hi guys, i won't waffle on about this as you all know more about them than i do, its my none maker marked iron cross first class.it's the correct three part construction with magnetic iron core.
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  19. Yes, there's a fare bit of bubbling on the top arm and a little bit of rust on the bottom arm next to the 9, , but as long as it's not fake I am happy with it, unlike my 2nd class! I am certain it's a dud.
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  20. Frosting seems to have faired better than the core.
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  21. Here's a list of British and Allied Naval loses during the campaign. Aircraft Carrier 1 ( Glorious ). Cruisers British 2 ( Effingham, Curlew ). Destroyers British 7 ( Glowworm, Gurkha, Hunter, Afrida, Acasta, Ardent and 1 other ? ) Destroyers Allied 2 ( Grom,( Polish ), Bison,( French ). Submarines British 4 ( Thistle, Tarpon, Sterlet, Shark, ). Submarines Allied 2 ( Orzel, ( Polish ), 0-13 ( Dutch ). Sloop 1 ( Bittern ). Total Lost ( 19 ).............Damaged ( 7 ) plus 1 Damaged Submarine ( Seal ) captured by German air-sea rescue patrol. German Naval Loses during campaign. Cruisers 3 ( Blucher,Karlsruhe, Konigsberg ). Destroyers 10 ( Anton Schmitt, Bernd von Arnim, Dieter von Roeder, Erich Greise, Erich Koellner, Georg Thiele, Hans Ludemann, Hermann Kunne, Wilhelm Heidkamp, Wolfgang Zenker. U-Boats 7 ( U-1, U-22, U-44, U-49, U-50, U-54, U-64. Gunnery Training Ship 1 ( Brummer ). Torpedo Boat 1 ( Albatros ). Total Lost ( 22 )............Damaged ( 6 ) Transport Ships Lost ( 13 )..
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  22. I always found the northern sea battle interesting - if only for the fact that they seem little known and it was one of the few places the German fleet did operate surface vessels. That said, the British losses were pretty appalling considering it was close to home ports.
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