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hi haen glad to hear you are slowly on the mend.
micky

the german buckle does it not say gott mitts uns on it
micky

herr winkeler
can you please explain what this stands for on the legion nederland stamps 12 1/2 + 87 1/2
thanks micky

this site has some great coloured photographs of pioneer equipment, but not flame throwers or Bangalore torpedos,
http://www.mp44.nl/equipment.htm
hope this helps
micky

hi sebastian
what would the wehrmacht have done without these wonderful creatures, yes i can imagine a vet crying, to see the pain and suffering these poor animals went through.
micky

hi leo niehorster
thanks for clearing up the difference between hiwi's and pow's totally agree hiwi's were trusted by the germans as you say what did they have to lose at that period of the war, they were getting fed, clothed, etc. not like the pow's, in most cases.
best wishes micky

hi everyone i thought i throw this out to the members for discussion.everyone has a favorite subject. and their are some real experts in lets say armour, documents, etc. do you like that person for their expertise on a subject, for their wit, humor, respect given, etc. i will start the ball rolling ...

hi tigre thanks for your reply.
russian pow's do you think they could they be trusted to do that job 'unescorted i mean', as their was no love lost there between them and the germans.
best wishes micky.

i would have thought that after the russian scorched earth policy, that a great deal of buildings were not available to them, and tents were the only option left to them.
micky

hi everyone slightly of topic hucks216 mentioned gunther viezenz, on a thread on this forum 'who would you like to spend a day with' on this thread i said my man would be gunther viezenz re his 21 tank destruction badges, another member lexibabe said that he heard, read somewhere, that viezenz had a...

hi jeremy
looks like help is standing by, lets see some more document's, as and when
micky

hi william have a look at the osprey series of books, they have some good books on wehrmacht equipment WW2 their are sections showing great paintings in colour of various equipment uniforms etc there should be one on this subject, my local library has at least 50 various osprey titles, if not you ca...

hi tigre
that is a very informative article, i have often wondered who were the stretcher bearers etc, i thought it was the divisional band (musicians) who's job it was to collect the wounded etc from the battle areas.
thanks micky

some good work their guy's, i would like to see some more, of the paper work, if the guys who translate it have the time to help.
thanks micky

tom. re Haen
that man is still a 'fighter', one of the old school.
please send him my regards for a speedy recovery.
micky