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Re: GERMAN FALLSCHIRMJÄGER QUIZ #1
Great stuff Prosper. Of course the uniforms started off nicely tailered as in the 38 pattern. Then slowley got worse and worse with every major issue. His insignia are well embroydered and therefore for the early years of the war before everything got bombed out. The blokes used to keep one set of luniform for best (not dress uniform), at home with mother if you like. Put it on for special occasions. Then back to the front in the crap issued at the time. I´ve had a few -old geezers- as patients who were in the -real mans army- Non from the paras though. One guy did a series of articles for a national here and I talked to him at length at the time. He and my father it turns out were roughly 30 meters from each other at one point (in Calais). He was trying to drive his tank over a small bridge over the canal and my old man was trying to shoot the grenadiers hiding behind it. Nice lad he was. Passed on now of course.
When -on the buses- in 74 in London, I got to know most of the city by walking around it with a map. One shop that caught my eye was a place called -A Call to Arms-, apparently owned by Chris Farlow (and don´t say who´s he). Bought a few things in there from my meager wage. Amonst other things a cerimonial bayonet with the Das Reich regiment -Deutchland- on the blade. Still got it (keeps the swedes off)
Great stuff Prosper. Of course the uniforms started off nicely tailered as in the 38 pattern. Then slowley got worse and worse with every major issue. His insignia are well embroydered and therefore for the early years of the war before everything got bombed out. The blokes used to keep one set of luniform for best (not dress uniform), at home with mother if you like. Put it on for special occasions. Then back to the front in the crap issued at the time. I´ve had a few -old geezers- as patients who were in the -real mans army- Non from the paras though. One guy did a series of articles for a national here and I talked to him at length at the time. He and my father it turns out were roughly 30 meters from each other at one point (in Calais). He was trying to drive his tank over a small bridge over the canal and my old man was trying to shoot the grenadiers hiding behind it. Nice lad he was. Passed on now of course.
When -on the buses- in 74 in London, I got to know most of the city by walking around it with a map. One shop that caught my eye was a place called -A Call to Arms-, apparently owned by Chris Farlow (and don´t say who´s he). Bought a few things in there from my meager wage. Amonst other things a cerimonial bayonet with the Das Reich regiment -Deutchland- on the blade. Still got it (keeps the swedes off)
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