From my reading of the advert the seller is just mentioning it in passing, and just as something he was told. He doesn't sound proud, pleased or even interested. The "dirty bird" is as good a name for the hoheitstabzeichen as I've ever heard!
I agree 100% with your comments Cantom on Nazi paraphernalia in general.
And where are you from "Sir Plus"?
Wherever it is, you apparently haven't heard of the Hague Convention, its terms, or the way Germany violated them in WWI, to say nothing of WWII, by employing methods they had agreed not to employ a few years earlier: poison gas and THE AERIAL BOMBING OF CITIES in particular. Zeppelin raids on London began in 1915. That was the first significant bombing of cities from the air. Germany repeated the habit in WWII, beginning with Warsaw and other Polish cities.
German cruisers bombarded three British coastal cities in December 1914, killing about 150, mostly women and children. No military targets were present, it was simply terrorism or "schrecklichkeit"; an openly declared policy by the way. I won't bore our regular listeners with all the quotes from German leaders and "thinkers" of the 19th and 20th centuries which amount to "there are no rules in war and whatever promises we made we can break if it is convenient for us".
I agree 100% with your comments Cantom on Nazi paraphernalia in general.
The Germans started the war, but it is the English who are responsible for making it a world war by continuing the conflict after 1941 when peace almost happened.
So you would support the killing of English civilians too? Since the final solution was not started yet, you can't say that the Germans were monsters or etc. If you support the murdering of one side you have to admit that it is justified on the other side too.
Also you are wrong that the Germans started the bombings of civilians, the English started it. Hitler refused to retaliate for 3 months because he was hoping for an Alliance with the British. Only after he realized it wasn't going to happen did he allow retaliation on English civilians.
And where are you from "Sir Plus"?
Wherever it is, you apparently haven't heard of the Hague Convention, its terms, or the way Germany violated them in WWI, to say nothing of WWII, by employing methods they had agreed not to employ a few years earlier: poison gas and THE AERIAL BOMBING OF CITIES in particular. Zeppelin raids on London began in 1915. That was the first significant bombing of cities from the air. Germany repeated the habit in WWII, beginning with Warsaw and other Polish cities.
German cruisers bombarded three British coastal cities in December 1914, killing about 150, mostly women and children. No military targets were present, it was simply terrorism or "schrecklichkeit"; an openly declared policy by the way. I won't bore our regular listeners with all the quotes from German leaders and "thinkers" of the 19th and 20th centuries which amount to "there are no rules in war and whatever promises we made we can break if it is convenient for us".
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