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Posted 12/06/2009   4:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add tina to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
As I was sorting stamps I ran across this stamp that reminded me of a picture of my grandpa's what do you think?

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Posted 12/06/2009   5:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add abutt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting...The photo is of a German helmet with bullet holes. The Maltese cross on the paper would indicate a WWI grave. The stamp shows a French helmet mounted, obviously on a French grave. Wonder where your grandfather got that picture. Are the any more like that?
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Posted 12/06/2009   6:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add WpgLwr to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This was the typical way to bury soldiers during wartime, but usually instead of a piece of tree trunk, the fallen soldier's rifle was used as an upright (the bayonet stabbed into the ground) and the helmet put on top, sometimes with one of the dog tags for identification.

I think the photograph may be of WWII vintage, and either further indicated that it was a German grave, or that the fallen soldier held the Iron Cross.

As for the French stamp, yes, it shows a French grave.
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Posted 12/06/2009   9:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tina to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
yes I have many more pictures from ww2 I was mainly looking at how the 2 reminded me of each other
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Posted 12/06/2009   9:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tina to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
here are just a few for you Bud





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Posted 12/08/2009   08:23 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add spock1k to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
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Posted 12/08/2009   12:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add abutt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Tina...Wonderful pictures. I'm assuming that's your grandfather. I had two cousins who fought on the Russian front. Only one came back. He went on to become a big-shot in German radio & early Television. So many years ago.
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Posted 12/08/2009   9:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add johnstamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
great pictures tina!
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Posted 12/08/2009   9:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add oldtriguy1960 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for sharing the photos.
My Mom's Maiden name was Yeager and my maternal Grandma's maiden name was Heidergott so I've got some German ancestry. Seeing those pictures makes me curious about my German heritage. Been to Germany a few times while in the Air Force - It's a lovely place- would like to go back again sometime.

And yes, I thought there was a resemblence between the picture and stamp in the starting entry of this thread.

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Posted 12/10/2009   07:31 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Dianne Earl to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great Pic's Tina

Thanks for sharing.

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Posted 12/11/2009   5:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Knudson to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting photos. They look like they're in great shape, too.
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Posted 12/12/2009   2:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nuggethill to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
G'Day Tina great photo's of a very interesting topic,my father-in-law served in the German army in an SS division,I believe he joined it in Holland though I don't know which division it was.
I think there are still some photos around of him in uniform,when I remember where they are I'll post them.
regards Harry
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Posted 12/12/2009   7:02 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nic to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great pic Tina! thanks for sharing, reminded me of that nice cool place Germany, I always enjoyed my visits to Dusseldorf-Germany always for the Interpack for the packaging machines, and the Oktoberfest, wow!

Post some more pics!
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Posted 12/13/2009   09:14 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add spock1k to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
r you sure you r not getting sidetracked by oktoberfest
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Posted 12/13/2009   3:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Londonbus1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Did someone say 'OKTOBERFEST" ???!!





Oh the memories.

Londonbus1....time for a beer !

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Posted 12/19/2009   4:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Londonbus1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Beer anyone?

Merry Christmas to all.
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