Carl's newest militaria pictures

fantastic pics!! I love the soldier taking a swig off the bottle! Any idea what that is about?
Thanks!!

 

Scott

note the familiar presentation of flowers and the bottle of "whatever" for the pilot. most likley he has gone over the 100 missions mark, and for personal propaganda reasons anywhere from 200/250 missions onward a special presentation plaque was given as well as group pics of his ground personell and radio/operator with plaquard would be shown..............alos of note is the long rod plungers on the racked up bombs on the wing of the Ju 87 D.

the 2 lower pics show DKiG winner Hans Schneider of StG Immelmann, looks like about ready to get a snow ball in his face. think the pic is winter of 44.

congrat Carl ! some good LW pics for the collection

 

Hi Skipper, Ericah, Scott,

Skipper thank you for posting them for me-you did get the correct ones I just got.

Hi Scott-Erich is correct in and that particular photo, he was drinking becuase of having flown 200 missions. Also, the gent with the EKII was also a Stuka Pilot and I THINK he was in the same unit as the DKiG guy was in.

Hi E, and many thanks for the 'splanation help to Scott.

 

Thanks Erich and Carl! I'm not that familiar with this stuff, so thanks for the explanation! Great pics!

 

I'll just throw this out but due to rank and the awarding of the EK the member is most likely a radio operator/rear gunner of the Ju 87 in " Immelmann ". could be wrong of course ........ it may also be the pilot at an earlier time-frame

 

Hi Scott-glad to be the teacher ;-))

Hi E, I just looked more closely at EKII mans pic-he is wearing a Pilots Badge. However, I would bet your correct on this picture being one most likely no later than sometime in 42.

 

I tried to edit to add this:

I most likely will be getting another interesting pic or two in a few days. One includes a pic of two Russian Prisoners being questioned by the Germans. One in particular-is wearing a helmet that is an EXACT match for the helet that someone posted about in another tread-saying that it wasan Italian helmet found at Stalingrad.

I also might be getting a few Artillery and PAK in action shots. I have a few others im keeping "mum" about for now that I already placed high bids on. I don't wan't to jinx myself on them by saying much.

 

Can't wait to see the new ones Carl! They are actually very easy to get, all I have to do is check the most recent dates of your winninng auctions . Then again if I found some naked women wth a Lw cap , I might have posted them too.

 

interesting I have had a long term customer that was a LW Helfrin working for the NJG 100 in south Germany and Ost front as radio dispatch. Good ol Inga B, what a crack up she is, great smile and attitude, she lost everything in Germany due to the bombings but made a great life alone out here in the hills of S. Orygun

 

This Panther can not possibly be from Kursk. It is a late 'G' and the cammo style aslo shouts late war. It also has the distinctive white ring around the penetration in the mantlet as well as large white numbers '129' on the glacis and above the wheels. These are Russian trophy numbers from the battles in Hungary 1944/45. It is usualy captioned as from Wiking.
Here it is as it is usualy seen:




These are official Soviet Archive photos not widely available until quite recently. It seems someone has tried to make them look as if they are period photos.

 

Feel free to look at them anytime mi affendi ;-) Some are easy to get but I fear I might not get much this time out because of the possibility of not having a computer to use till this coming Monday-that is-after noontime tomorrow :-( Im hoping he leaves it here so I can make sure I get some good pics. Some new possible include pics of Gegirgejagers-some of Russian and Polish PoWs-i'd especially like the one w/ the Poles because I only have one pic with Polish PWs in it.

Heh heh, that pic of a LW Helferin-well-she is very pretty. I wish I knew her name or what unit she served with? It would have been nice to try to locate her.

 

Im no Armored vehicle expert and only tell what is placed on the for sale ad telling about the items I get. I do know that some of the pics I got and or HOPEFULLY will be recieving soon-are all researchable with some I do KNOW AS FACT, that were pics taken at Kursk as well as a Stalingrad combat photo. One of my Kursk pics is a well-documented pic having been printed in various books about the Battle of Kursk and even you can't agrue that one out. The Kursk pic I talk of is one that shows a Brummbar getting ready to go into battle-for the first time at Kursk.

The Stalingrad combat photo is even more well-known and documented having been used in quite a few books-and there is absolutely no way you can discount that one either.

Best regards-C.

PS, Is there ever a post you are involved in that ever is anything but negative?

 

I did think long and hard before I commented on that Panther pic. However it is obviously a late war Panther. It is also plainly a Soviet trophy photo. In my opinion it is another of the many fakes circulating on Ebay. You may recall I did mention such items when I posted about being outbid in your last photo thread.
I had 2 options. I could keep quiet and let you think it was from Kursk or I could tell you where it originaly came from. I had hoped someone else would have noticed and pointed out how it couldn't be Kursk but it did not happen. I knew I would be seen as a know-it-all party pooper.
What do you think I should have done?
I make no comment on your other pics so my caution is quite specific.
At the end of the day someone copied a rather well know Soviet photo and seems to be trying to pass it off as an original German photo. He just did not know enough about his tank types to get it right.
If it is any consolation I have been fooled in the past.

Axis History Forum • View topic - Possible case of photo fraud?

Axis WWII Discussion Group: New Tiger wreck "007" probably Fake picture !

 

Hi Michael, I did not mean to appear rude to you in my reply-I was in a hurry when I typed it because of things I needed to do.

Also, if I get a more Armor pics in the future-I would hope that someone with more knowledge than I have-can properly identify them. The dealers im getting these from seem to be making some mistakes on proper identification. I had to send a correction to a few of them-such as one pic I am hoping will soon arrie-that is of an Assault Gun crew who were in the Grossdeutschland Div. The caption he placed on the photo was as wrong as wrong can be.

Anyway, thanks for helpinf ID the tank a bit more. Im more knowledgable in uniform styles, places, names, insignia, actions etc-but Armor is my weak spot.

Best regards-Carl.

 

Guss what guys? I can name the names of the men who were the crew of that Panzer as well as ranks and crew positions and I think actual date. Also, the actual location outside of Leningrad is named but I can't read that part :-(

For got to mention that the EKII in Bucharest pic as well as another, I think the Panzers on a train pic? both have neat writing on them but is so tiny I cn't make anything out. Also, the pic of tank crew with commander who looks like actor Willem DaFoe-has writing on it but is hard to make aything out. Ill try doing so over the next few days.

 

Awesome Carl, if you can name them it's way more interesting. As to the front name near Leningrad, it might be interesting to check a map online of the southern suburbs of that city. You might find a name that looks like it.

saint petersbourg - Google Maps

 

Hi Skipper, thanks for this link. I'll post their info here tomorrow and also any additional findings I get from the link you gave. The tank commander was a Feldwebel.

 

That's great, Carl!

Though I have the book (in its Spanish edition), the photograph didn't make it. Not only it is not in the cover, but nowhere in the book!

By the way, hasn't anyone read it? I think it's most excellent.

 

Hi Friedrich, it's been a while! Good to see you started posting again. I haven't read the book. Could anybody read the patch on the right arm of the Flak soldier? Is it his unit patch ?

 

Hi Friedrich, thanks and much appreciated. That Stalingrad zwei Felds pic is in many books only I don't know their titles off hand. I ha ve some good Kursk pics as well-slightly before the fighting started to when it started and took place on the fisrt day which I think was on the 4th? Im still awaiting for several of those pics to come in-and recieved several today-finally. Recieved several yesterday too as a matter of fact-along with the roster/address list to the men in the 2nd Kompanie of PzRgmt 1 or 3? will have to look that part up again when I have time. Shame the two pages are in such delicate condition--especially page Nr 1.

Glad to see you back in the midst of things--C.