World War II (militaria)

[David]

Pretty cool score. Hold on to it.

All the shit my gradfather brought back my dad played war with and destroyed most.

Whatelse was all there?

[Bringit]

http://imageshack.us/

host your pics here! photobucket sucks

Yep. I just received a notice from Photobucket, that states that the images were offensive, and have been removed fromt the servers? WTF? That would explain why the pictures are no longer showing up.

[Denny]

Maston narced on you

[Broncojohnny]

Excellent thread. Host the pics somewhere else, I would love to see them. If your grandfather was at Bastogne I'm sure it took a toll on him.

[mstng86]

Awesome find. It still amazes me how much the soldiers were able to get back to the states.

What are the Maston references about?

[Rotortrash]

Yep. I just received a notice from Photobucket, that states that the images were offensive, and have been removed fromt the servers? WTF? That would explain why the pictures are no longer showing up.

So WWII was offensive I guess? WTF??? All you're showing are artifacts from a war your Grandfather fought in! No opinions were offered as to the meaning of anything!

I guess you can do that if you own a site. Sounds familiar.

Sorry for the rant. It just pisses me off when people call our history offensive. Thanks for sharing, great find.

[Chili]

My grandfather brought back some really cool stuff from the China / Bhurma / India theater but it was nearly all stolen when his house was burglarized back in the 70's.

[Vertnut]

Your G-Pa was a hero, man. That generation produced about the toughest guys in the history of this country. I wish all the images would come up, but you have found a true treasure chest of historical items. I had a bro-in-law that had the same "hidden treasure" from Viet Nam. He was the only one that knew about it until after he killed himself.

[jw33]

That is awesome.

[Vertnut]

The Nazis really flaunted their flag in occuppied territories and it was quite common to remove nazi flags when the allies pushed them out of cities and towns. I've seen one before that was taken in Belgium. It's a part of history and something that absolutely needs to be preserved. The flag with the 14/259 in the corner is a Hitler Youth Banner. Please do whatever it takes to preserve everything. I can understand why your grandfather never wanted to open that box again. What an awesome find!

It just hit me...Hell, that's a "limited edition" Nazi flag! Only one of 259 produced about 70 years ago! I wonder how many are left?

[Binky]

Fill me in on the Maston drama. Why would he be crying/narcing?

[David]

It just hit me...Hell, that's a "limited edition" Nazi flag! Only one of 259 produced about 70 years ago! I wonder how many are left?

LOL

Seriously though it's an HJ escort flag. The numbers in the upper left are unit designations.

[sc281]

Awesome find. It still amazes me how much the soldiers were able to get back to the states.

What are the Maston references about?

Fill me in on the Maston drama. Why would he be crying/narcing?

Sean had an avatar that had Obama in a Nazi uniform in front of the Nazi flag. Maston bitched like .... well... a bitch, and Sean was asked to take it down by the Mods.

[Vertnut]

LOL

Seriously though it's an HJ escort flag. The numbers in the upper left are unit designations.

LOL! I'll bet you still don't see many of them.

[David]

LOL! I'll bet you still don't see many of them.

I wouldnt say theyre super uncommon, but HJ flags can bring big money.

One thing bout the nazis is they loved flags and banners of which they make fuck tons.