Waffen SS troops

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Waffen SS propaganda and enlistment posters.

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Adolf Hitler, Josef "Sepp" Dietrich & Co in car...

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[Consigliere]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but one side of this spool seems to indicate that it is a 500 meter long roll of rayon fiber. I can't make out the back. Can you add more info?

C,

[eindhoven]

Originally Posted by Bachelor

Is the individual on the far right Max Wünsche? It sure looks like him from the profile. Any info on this image? time frame? Location? M44 trousers being worn so perhaps Normandy.

Also this is the first time I've seen an overcoat completely made from Zeltbahn material. Very nicely done by a unit tailor no doubt. Wish it was in my collection.

Thanks.

[eindhoven]

Originally Posted by Nyyperi

Here´s the pics of my dagger, so no carved Himmlers signature, too bad.
Again, anyone know to who these daggers were issued and how my grandmom might have got it?

I apologize for the long delay in responding.

Your example is very nice, highly sought after and complete with portepee and chain. These are called 'chained daggers'. One without the Portepee, the silver cord, sold for $15,500 US recently. I believe yours would easily clear $20-$30 thousand. These daggers were no longer produced after 1942. The began to be issued upon Himmlers orders in 1936 to existing officers who had joined from 1933 up and to new officers. Members who participated in the 'Night of the Long Knives' were awarded the Himmler presentation dagger, the other highly prized SS dagger, bearing his signature acid etched into the blade.

How your grandmother got it is a very long guess unless she gives you complete details. These were not carried into battle. Many that survived the war survived at home in the cities away from the front. Any attempt to deduce how she got her hands on one is just guessing. Perhaps you may have someone in your family who actually was in the SS who was awarded this dagger. Or it was traded to someone in your family after the war or captured by someone in your family. It may have been given to your grandmother for treatment of wounded soldiers.

If you don't sell it, insure the value of it and then keep quiet about it. Letting people around you know you have a gold mine is just inviting trouble.

Echt Toll!

[eindhoven]

Some of the photos in my archive.

SS-Fallschirmjäger

Ernst Staudle

Anton Meiser, commander of 22nd Waffen-SS Kavallerie 'Maria Theresia'

Officer of the 22nd Waffen-SS Kavallerie 'Maria Theresia' Hungary, 1945

Enlisted men from 22nd Waffen-SS Kavallerie 'Maria Theresia'

Enlisted man from 3rd Waffen-SS Division 'Totenkopf'

Original collar tabs from 22nd Waffen-SS Kavallerie 'Maria Theresia'. Much harder to find the officer version. Still looking since 1996.

[eindhoven]

Max Wünsche on Hitlers staff

Wünsche in Normandy decorating soldiers.

Christian Tychsen. This is before his facial wound that caused his disfigurement to his lower lip and chin.

Screen grab of Werner Wolff at Kursk. Wolff was recommended by J. Peiper for the Knights Cross for his actions at Kursk which was approved.

Captured SS officer in Normandy

[Eztyga]

Originally Posted by eindhoven

Also this is the first time I've seen an overcoat completely made from Zeltbahn material. Very nicely done by a unit tailor no doubt. Wish it was in my collection.

Yes, very unusual. Must have used up a few Zelts for that coat!