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My personal WW2 militaria |
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These medals (apart from the Soviet medal) were bought from various militaria websites and are the start of what I hope will be a continuous collection of various medals issued throughout WW2 to men from both sides.
The medal on the left is the afore-mentioned Soviet Defence Of Leningrad, in the middle is the British Italy Star awarded to men who served in the Italian campaign and finally on the right is the US Asiatic Campaign medal which was awarded to men who served in the Pacific theatre of operations.
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This map was purchased for a tiny sum of money from a great militaria website. It is a map of the South West of England - where I live - and was solely issued to War Departments as it details landing sites for aircraft and seaplanes aswell as submarine routes along the south coast.
I was really happy to find this map of the area I live in and am planning to have it framed sometime soon.
The pictures show the map in full and detail of the 'military edition' and 'war revision 1940' text. |
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These two items are metal badges that were made for the 1934 German 'Day Of Work' (Tag Der Arbeit) and the 1939 Mayday.
On the left, the 'Tag Der Arbeit' badge depicts a hammer and sickle coupled with what I presume is the effigy of a German worker. Below this is the familiar 'Hoheitsabzeichen' (national emblem of the eagle & swastika). The words 'Tag Der Arbeit' are printed on the upper rim.
The Mayday badge is a little harder to make out - it depicts a woman in dress holding a bunch of flowers, together coupled with the national emblem. The words '1 Mai 1939' are printed on the upper-left rim. |
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This 5 Reichsmark note was purchased from a militaria website for a very small price. It is in great condition with only minor creasing and scuffing to the edges.
The notes - front and rear - are pictured below. |
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On the left of the note is the Reichsbank stamp which reads 'Der Prasident Der Deutschen Reichsbank'. In the middle of the note, under the 'Funf' (which is 'five' in German) there is some gothic text which I translated. It basicially states that this note is to be used with the German Reich from its issue date of 15 June 1939.
On the right is a Nazi depiction of the typical Aryan man. |
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On the rear is an illustration of two socialist workers flanking an illustration of a building of some sort (within Berlin I assume). The words Reichsmark and Reichsbanknote are above and beneath this illustraion repectively.
There is also some text at the very bottom of the note which states that anyone who attempts to copy, launder or traffic Reichsmarks within Germany will be imprisoned for two years. |
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Although these newspaper coversheets are not WW2 era, I thought it would be nice to include them in this section. They are in fact WW1 coversheets and were purchased from a local auction house by my mother back in the 70's.
They were hanging on the stairwell wall leading down from my room but I decided to move them into the room to add a little more 'war-feeling' to the place!
I have no idea of their value today. |
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