What's your newest militaria III

Tag reads Cap,Garrison,Wool O.D. Serge Correct Shoes Inc. Dated Nov. 13,1950 N.Y. Q.M. P.A.. Rich A. in Pa.

 

the translation of the sailors handwritten oath is "the information herbey supplied in this buch is as accurate and sincere as possible, as far as I am concerned"

 

I got two US Army Mountain Rucksacks! Both are in near mint condition!
The first one is from 1942 and was made by Meese Inc.






The second one is dated 1943 and was made by Hinson Mfg. Co.! It still has the strap to fix the M1 rifle to the pack!



The strap to attach the rifle.




The hook that was clipped into the butt swivel of the Garand.

 

Joachim Brendel: Original enlistment notice

Joachim Brendel (27 April 1921 – 7 July 1974) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Brendel was credited with 189 victories claimed in 950 all Eastern Front combat missions, among them 162 ground support missions.


Gerhard Raht original enlistment notice

Gerhard Ferdinand Otto Raht (6 June 1920 – 11 January 1977) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Raht claimed 58 nocturnal aerial victories in 171 combat missions.

 

Wow, I can't believe you have Raht's enlistment contract! He was one of my favorites.

 

Early bird catches the worm....

 

Lucky you, do you have a signed picture of him too ?

 

Unfortunately no. Hopefully it will be "not yet"...

 

My newest autographs...


Heinrich Wittkopf, Generalmajor, 1882-1946
War signed private photo, comes with the handwritten, signed letter to the collector and the envelope with his name as signature.

Franz Mattenklott, General der Infanterie, 1884-1954
War signed private photo of Franz Mattenklott.
Comes with the original letter and envelope to the former collector.
The letter is signed by Mattenklott's adjudant.


Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck, 513. Eichenlaubträger, Kommandeur schw. PzAbt 503(Tiger), 1913-2005
Post war photo and signature

 

Nice stuff Kai-Petri! Both pictures seem to have been sent to the same boy during the war!

 

Wonder if the surname has something to do with "Erich the Field Marshall " and made people send autographs... Actually I don´t know but I have a feeling about this.

 

Stuff so far. Rifle belt dated and marked,38" waist H.B.T. Army trousers, 2 T-shirts,ration heating tabs. Rich A. in Pa.

 

That's nice stuff Rich!

 

SKYLINEDRIVE,Thanks! All the clothing is big sizes (to big for me). The tag in the trousers is in great condition. Philadelphia Q.M.. Shame the rifle belt is stained but it is marked nice. I like the T-shirts and heat tabs best. I have lots of trousers and rifle belts. Rich A. in Pa.

 

check your PM's

 

Kai congrats on the NF G. Raht item extremely rare. finding a pic of him well......................signed, good luck, weird but easier to obtain a RK winners signed pic of his radar op who told me his CO was an admired and fantastic pilot. Rökker also replied as well in a positive manner about Gerhard, as they were both usually up on the same operation(s0 together in 1945.

 

I see we have the same sources Erich

 

Some nice things again...

Book of Mölders ca 1942. And a Lotta Svärd (Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women) sleeve cuff.

 

Well, the May 1st relic hunting was a success. With Mrs Skipper we drove to Fontainebleau (cosy suburb south-east of Paris). In one of the neigbouring villages a guy was selling some militaria . He knew what he was selling, but it was worth it. I "found" some German cuttelry , including a Kriegsmarine fork and and an unusual shaped Heer spoon. Note the Solingen markings on one of the knives.



the front looks rather "normal"





the other side is interesting to say the least!

 

Looks like a 4 piece mess set spoon. I like the knife with the squarer handle. I do not have that shape. Rich A. in Pa.