So my neighbor just gave me a book and on the back of the first page..

[Rickyy101]

The book in question is a pictorial documentary of Hitler's life. I think the arm band is Hitler Youth? Looks original, slightly yellow by now

Wondering if someone could give me some insight into what the other stuff means!

 

[Captain Paul]

no idea but im curious myself

 

[RMXC51]

Looks like a service number, and other data for a gunner in the Royal Canadian Artillery, named Charette. Not sure what A/TK means, possibly anti tank?

Awaiting info from those who klnow better.

 

[TheTooner]

Yes, RCA is Royal Canadian Artillery, and A/Tk Gnr is Anti-Tank Gunner. Gunner is the corps-specific usage in the artillery (British and British-modelled armies, e.g. Commonwealth countries) for the rank of private. C-122746 was Gunner Charette's army service number.

 

[polaris]

whatever it means, it was not written by somebody who writes German.

Because the German city of Wilhelmshaven is mispelled in a way a German couldn't do...

 

[CeeZer]

I may be wrong but it looks as it was a Brit who wrote it.

 

[Desert_Fox]

That is a cut of cloth of HJ emblems from a roll. They were most likely used for the earlier sports shirts for both boys and girls.

The Nazis loved their symbolism.... just had to have Hakenkreuz's on everything!

 

[gaff]

most likely these are war trophies gotten by Charette in Wilhelmshaven in 1946.

 

[John Sukey]

Brits found a good use for Mein Kampf. A book store that had a lot of copies before the war used them instead of sand bags on the roof.

Have a copy of Deutchland Erwacht that an uncle "liberated" on his 1944-45 tour of germany.

 

[Rule 303]

I may be wrong but it looks as it was a Brit who wrote it.

Can't be a Brit. RCA= Royal CANADIAN Artillery!

 

[TCBF]

The RCA manned the 17 pounder AT guns. The 6 pdr AT guns where manned by infantry in the a/tk platoons.