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03-27-2016, 03:06 PM
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Original postcard: German soldier wearing an Ari pebble grain AWM 15 holster.
I just purchased on ebay.fr this original postcard featuring a german soldier wearing a wonderful Ari pebble grain AWM 15 holster, and 3 pebble grain mag. pouches. Note that all the attaching parts (boot, shoulder strap, etc), and the closure flap of the pouches are not pebble grain.
May I remind you that I have a mint pebble grain AWM 15 holster that is still for sale in the for sale forum: http://luger.gunboards.com/showthrea...Mint-%282-6%29 |
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03-27-2016, 04:03 PM
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Goodness, maybe it's me getting old, but he looks only a kid!
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03-27-2016, 05:05 PM
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Wearing 3 double magazine pouches!
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03-27-2016, 05:52 PM
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Anyone know how young their soldiers really were toward the end of the war? I'm betting that the bar was lowered as things became more dire.
Also, I had read somewhere of advancing troops finding (deceased) women chained to the machine guns. Any truth or a tall tale? dju |
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03-28-2016, 10:18 AM
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What's the item on his chest, below the shoulder strap? Perhaps a flash light. TH
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03-28-2016, 10:33 AM
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Tom, this is a "Taschenlampe". Have a look at these photos on ebay.de :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Portrait...MAAOSwr81UR5cI http://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-I-WK-Pio...4AAOSwQjNW9C86 http://www.ebay.de/itm/1659-Fotokart...oAAOSw~OVWwglE BTW, the soldiers on these photos are very young. |
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03-28-2016, 11:25 AM
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Great photo Christian!
We were ALL young once... I was only 19 when I entered the Army in October 1967... looking not much unlike the young man in your photo... By the time my 20 years service was over, I had lost a lot of that young look, plus most of my hair! Just check my avatar! 
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03-28-2016, 11:59 AM
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John
You got that right. Last night after looking at the picture, I looked up my boot camp picture from 1953, I was 17 years old. The German soldier looks old compared to me!! Bill
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03-28-2016, 12:47 PM
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If I'm not wrong looks as if he has a pig-skin holster on his left side.
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03-28-2016, 12:54 PM
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The minimum age for enlistment in the Imperial German Army was 17. |
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03-28-2016, 02:36 PM
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 17 ! Poor thing, unfortunately those years were hard ones, and not only for kids.
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