My Signal magazine collection

Great photos! Thanks for sharing Skipper!

 

No Cossack at hand at this point, I know you are thinking of the two lads having a rest near their horses, but although it's availble on the internet I don't have an original one in Signal yet. Iwill post it as if I get the number.


Here's another cool pic

 

A great follow up ! I have recently bought another collection of Signals with early 1940 numbers and other late 1944 ones. There is even one with a colour picture. I now have over half of the entire collection and I hope that one day I can show you the entire collection . It leaves a few questions. Since Signal was edited by the Berliner illustrierter, I suppose number started earlier in Poland which was occupied in 1939 than Greece and the last numbers must have been in Dutch or Norwegian rahter than French etc... Still some work ahead.

 

A great collection you have Skipper. I have a few issues I picked a couple of years back.

 

I have had no time for indivual scans yet, but I will certainly scan covers and colour pictures + other good shots as soon as possible to share with you

 

Good stuff Skip....I don't have any mags, but I have the Signal at war book...which includes copies and part copies of a few mags. Interesting stuff.

 

Cheers, I am actually surprised that one can still find these first hand after so many years, I mean not a militaria fairs or professionnals , but at local flea markets in the middle of a heap of old newspapers . It's a matter of knowing where to look and luck.

 

The picture of the guy in the pith helmet in the OP looks kind of... alternative lifestyle, if you know what I mean?

Great pictures.

 

For your pleasure: the cover of Number 8/ 1941 with Erwin Rommel . Middle pages are : a Luftwaffe airman and Channel front defense line (an MG in the snow) before the Atlantik wall was even started.

 

Oppanapointer or someone with a name like that...sits down to explain to 2 new forum members...we don't have to wear the pretty uniform..and we do dress for dinner...And no The carriers did not sail out from Pearl because FDR was told there was a nip in the air...

 

Two questions about the Luftwaffe Gentleman :

1) Who can identify him?
2°what is is clasp on his left side ? The breast eagle can be seen but the left side clasp can only be recognised from the back.

 

Excellent collection you have here! I am truly jealous since so many of these photographs ended up being so iconic. I love the first full cover picture with the U - Boat crew having a good time

 

Thank you , I will be posting other pictures over the weekend. These magazines are truly goldmines, not only on a historical aspect , but also artistic .They also have many pictures by famous reporters who after the war had a tendency to forget who they used to work for . Also there are many classified ads from local or international companies, banks etc... Some of these still exist nowadays.

 

Hello
I'd like to know what the words on the red bar
(nometer German or French version)
Could anyone give me a hand??

 

Sorry for the delay , Ionly just saw this

It says: "this is how the jumped on creta! See in this issue the illustrated documentary about the activities of German airborne troops"

 

Would you by chance happen to have the edition with an article titled, "What we are fighting for"... I'm not sure of the date or issue but can say that it's a later edition as it was toward the end of the war.

 

I'm glad this thread got a bump. Great pictures and great collection.

I saw some English versions back in the eighties that were made for the Channel Islands. Those would be nice to have.

 

I never knew much about wwii and have been doing some research for a documentary that is in the works. It's been fun researching this stuff and really eye opening!

I would LOVE to get my hands on a few copies of this magazine for my own keepsake. If anybody knows where I could find some (preferably English ones) for a really decent price, that'd be great!

 

I have been collecting these gradually over several years. Sometimes they can be found on e-bay and also at militaria fairs. For instance, one dealer had a huge pile at the La Gleize Fair in Belgium last month. But - the condition can be very poor ( the original paper quality was not good and,let's face it, these are now 70-year old newspapers ).

Signal is quite fascinating ( especially the earlier ones ) - of course, it's great to see the first use of many iconic colour images which are now so familiar. Even the contemporary advertising is of considerable interest.

As with collecting anything worthwhile from WWII, you need to be persistent in searching. Signal was produced in millions of copies, so copies can be found - if you're patient !

 

Thanks for the bumps and the comments guys. In the meantime I have found many more, including duplicates.

The Seeker: I'll need more details to find your article. 24 issues came out per year so, there are hundreds of articles