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"Then, if anyone can tell me about that stylized "A" inset in the handle? I found a photograph of a much more ornate knife, different legend, but having in place of the "A", an ss logo. So I presume the "A" denotes some other branch of the military? thanks, Reid&qu...

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Perhaps a drum major's baton?

Never heard the Lansders slogan explaination before. Shows that GI humor is universal!

It reminds me of the "shells" added to the marksman lanyard on different uniforms. I have at least one lanyard that has two shells attahced that were machine turned out of alumiunum. Maybe this is to large for that (hard to judge the size from your photos). They look similar to this withou...

Actually the insciption that was forbidden and needed to be ground off of the blades was a dedication to the men by Ernst Roehm. After his fall from grace, the order was to remove this to essentially blot out his memory. The early SA daggers had two insriptions. One read "Alles fur Deutschland&...

I've attached a photo of the dagger

I've been trying to research a personalized Heer dagger manufactured by Eickhorn (crossguard is personalized to "Dr. Wesemann"). I have tried the Bundesarchiv-Zentralnachweisstelle (Abteigarten 6, Kornelmunster, 52076 Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland) twice and each time received m...

It would be helpful to know on what award (or dagger?) this mark was found. Is it stamped on raised (cast into the metal)? Are there any other marks associated with this item?

I just picked up a TeNo member's badge (stickpin) from a large collection of pins. This badge is described in "One People, One Reich" by J.R. Cone (page 58). According to this reference, "In all 79,230 of the enameled member's badges were given out according to the registration books....

A useful book for identifying different enameled badges is "One People, One Reich: Enameled Organizational Badges of Germany, 1918-1945" by J.R.Cone (MCN Press, Tulsa Oklahoma). I realize that you may only be looking for straight (non-enameled) "Tinnies", but thought this helped ...

According to Littlejohn and Dodkins' book, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Badges of the Thrid Reich : "The Spanish 'Blue Division' comprising some 18,600 officers and men, fought on the Russian front from between 1941 and October 1943. For those who served in this Division, the Germans institu...

For an intriguing site on the German Cross see http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/german_cross/german_cross_index.htm#index the site notes (under recipients/conditions for award) that 24204 awards were made in gold, and 1115 in silver. The site also notes, "These figures are only approximate, beca...

Romell was under extreme stress, as can be imagined. He is not alone in physical ailments among great WWII leaders. George Patton suffered from physical symptoms of stress prior to engagements. Once in action, however, these dynamic leaders came into their own element. (For an easy, interesting read...