iron bender
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Great pics guys.
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A couple of images from a dear departed friend, Ray 'Goldie' Goldberg serving with 451 Sqn Royal Australian Air Force, flying Hawker Hurricanes. "Everybody wanted a Luger" he told me..."If you got down to the POW Cage first thing in the morning before the MPs arrived for duty, you could look through what had come in overnight.....". He never got his luger!
A couple of images from a dear departed friend, Ray 'Goldie' Goldberg serving with 451 Sqn Royal Australian Air Force, flying Hawker Hurricanes. "Everybody wanted a Luger" he told me..."If you got down to the POW Cage first thing in the morning before the MPs arrived for duty, you could look through what had come in overnight.....". He never got his luger!
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agalland
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My dad was in ordnance disposal...Defusing bombs , removing mines and dealing with booby traps...and he said the lugers were the most booby trapped item there was.
He said that he used to tell eveyone that would listen to not pick up a luger but invariably someone would wind up dead or severely wounded because it was too tempting to pass up.
As an aside.....he used to work with german prisoners on mine removal and he said he much preferred the German detector vs ours...it seems they worked in the opposite manner of the american one
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mauser1908
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I just noticed this thread and thought I would add a photo of mine. My grandfather is the man in the center wearing a full P38 rig. There is also an STG 44 being held in the bottom right. Photo was taken in Belgium, late January or early February 1945, 2-289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division.
heavy_mech
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Is he also rocking a 'Gott mit Uns' belt buckle?? Nice regulation facial hair too!
I have a feeling about this guy and some zero fukz.
mauser1908
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It's definitely a German buckle and belt, I would think there's a 99% chance that it's a Heer buckle. It would be cool to have it and see what component it actually came from, he sold it after the war. Agreed, I think the grooming standards went out the window pretty quick during the Battle of the Bulge; he was a First Sergeant at the time so my guess it was pretty common at least within his battalion.
Lack of winter clothing is pretty apparent, those hats are actually the wool hood portion of gas masks. Would appreciate if any experts on uniforms to give an analysis on the coat he's wearing. I actually don't think it's American but more likely a German. I find it odd that it's sheepskin, I'm not aware of the U.S. using that style of coat. I've read about German coats being used that were close in appearance due to the major winter clothing shortage during that time. Anyway here is another example. Anyway I could be completely off base, but would like to here from the uniform experts.
Lack of winter clothing is pretty apparent, those hats are actually the wool hood portion of gas masks. Would appreciate if any experts on uniforms to give an analysis on the coat he's wearing. I actually don't think it's American but more likely a German. I find it odd that it's sheepskin, I'm not aware of the U.S. using that style of coat. I've read about German coats being used that were close in appearance due to the major winter clothing shortage during that time. Anyway here is another example. Anyway I could be completely off base, but would like to here from the uniform experts.
Is he also rocking a 'Gott mit Uns' belt buckle?? Nice regulation facial hair too!
Hello Hambone,
The officer with the K98k in his hand is the CO of the Scotch Guards major Stewart Fothringham Angus, the men behind him is CSM Low.
The picture was taken in early September 1944 in Saintes (Belgium), more exactle at the corner of the chaussée d'Enghien and rue de la Cure by photographer Sgt Laing.
Cheers,
Peter
mauser1908
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daltrey99
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Terrible trigger discipline LOL
heavy_mech
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