A couple Items liberated by the 36th Engineers

[twobisquit]

Here is a couple Items "liberated" by the 36th.The flag is hand stitched and found hanging in an abandoned post office.The braided fringe is gold colored I only know the cap was once worn by an officer.

 

 

[Walt's Daughter]

It's great to be able to see some items from your collection. I know everyone appreciates it.

 

I'm sure it was satisfying for the men when they grabbed that damned flag!

[twobisquit]

Those are definitely not the type of collectibles that you put on display in the house.They were put away again after taking the photos. That flag gave me a queasy feeling from just hanging it on the wall to photograph. The wife said to let her know when I took it down so she could go downstairs. My brother knows a little more about this stuff and has the rest of my dad's things

[Dogdaddy]

VERY nice items! What makes them even more special is the fact that you have the story behind them dating back to 1945! I know what you mean about the swastika banner. My "Collectables Room" is the first room people see when entering my house. I used to have a big freakin' Nazi flag hanging on one wall, but decided to remove it after getting some odd looks from the Postman when I opened the door to sign for a package .

[twobisquit]

After I was given the flag last year, my sister drove me to the Detroit Airport and it dawned on me that I don't have the best of luck in Airports and imagined how bad it would be to have Airport security pull a Nazi flag out in front of God and everyone. Even worse, more than likely it would have been when I was declaring my handgun. I figured that at the very least, I would be assaulted by everyone in sight and hauled off to jail unconscious.

 

I talked my sister into boxing it up and sending it through the mail

[bas timmers]

the cap is from the german luftwaffe [airforce]

i think luft geschutz [anti aircraft attillery]

 

greetings bas timmers

[twobisquit]

Thanks bas timmers. I seem to remember my Dad said that it was Air Force. There was also a dagger that I think he got from the same guy.

Chris

[bas timmers]

you welkom

 

best regards bas timmers

[Jeeper704]

Actually, the cap is of an NCO in the Signal unit of the Luftwaffe.

The piping looks orange to me which signifies Nachrichten (Signals).

I used to have a similar cap and a Wehrmacht Officer cap of the Motorized Transport Troops.

But since I don't like nazi stuff in my house (exception will be a German helmet), I traded them for US items.

 

Erwin

[Dogdaddy]

But since I don't like nazi stuff in my house (exception will be a German helmet), I traded them for US items.

 

Erwin

 

 

 

I did the same thing, with the exception of a few Kriegsmarine documents