WW2 Propaganda Postcards

Back of the card says U- Boot Flotte Weddington mit Mutter Schiff Saar. Photographer is from Hamburg and having been there, sure looks like the place to me. :)

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That's a cool pic. Any idea of the year? You can just make out the Nazi flag on the back of the subtender. Thanks for posting.

Lets keep 'em coming...
 
fugawi said:
That's a cool pic. Any idea of the year? You can just make out the Nazi flag on the back of the subtender. Thanks for posting.

Lets keep 'em coming...
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The things you learn, when you start digging. :D


After 1932, the first plans for the construction of a German U boat fleet began. For the time being still secret, but after got Germany the right in the German-British naval agreement of 1935, U-boats in the ratio of 45% to the the British U-boats to build the first copies of the stack ran just four days later. There were boats of the type II. On the 27 1935, the first U flotilla Weddingen was formed from the first three U-boats and the mother ship Saar.

Judging by the casual look, I'm betting this postcard is pre-war. If you look at the ship in the background, probably meant as accommodation for the crews, it's appears to be a pre WWl battleship hulk , by the casement gun mounts.
 
fugawi said:
Those are great pics Suomi. (BTW congrats on Finland beating the USA today - should be a war next: Finns vs Russians rounds 3, 4, 5...)

I really like the carving on that puukko sheath. Any carving on the handle?

And that spear point is pretty cool too. Anyway to identify it or its age?

And by all means someone should try to get an oral history of your grandfather's exploits. They can be transcribed later.
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Well it looks like they couldn't follow through. Oh well, that is sports.

There isn't any carving on the puukko handle. My aunt stated that she wasn't sure if it was even the original puukko that my grandfather carried. The sheath you can see the date "1944" carved above the lion.

The spear could be from the viking era, but I am no expert. I do know that who ever forged it knew what they were doing, as I couldn't see a weld line around the cone.

Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away over ten years ago. All the stories are now second hand. I also had a great-uncle who fought for Estonia and escaped to Finland (after it was taken over). He then fought for Finland, until the Armistice. From there, he then fought for Germany against the Soviets. I was told that he had been wounded a few times. He never really talked about his war experiences, but he had no problem reading trashy dime store war novels.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
Ditto on the family history! If you don't already have one (or more), now is the time to find a good representative Finnish Moisin Nagant. Get your family members to tell their stories about grandpa before they go. Oral history is so important to identity, even if he was just a lowly Private living in a sod and log bunker for months on end.
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My Grandfather's Mosin is still with family in Finland. I would love to find a Finnish Mosin as homage to my Grandfather and Great-Uncle. I did find a SVT 40 to go with the bayonet. I consider it a "Finnish capture" that is 71 years late!
 
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