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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.2 points
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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!2 points
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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.1 point
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Some very early BGS uniforms were made of War time cloth, but it's very rare.1 point
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Triumph des Willens, the monumental film documentation by Leni Riefenstahl, Nürnberg, 4.-10. September 19341 point
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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 lol1 point
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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.1 point
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Hi, just found them on here! https://www.ebay.com/p/3-Display-Stands-Challenge-Coin-Holder-Collector-Easel-Showcase-Antique-Brass/577175161?iid=3228521157381 point
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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.1 point
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Thanks for that fritz , I am sure I have seen one of those before but can't recall where!1 point
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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.1 point
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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 )..1 point
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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.1 point