From: Tom B <kaladorn@g...>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:26:23 -0400
Subject: Fliegerfaust bearers
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong: Sounds like your father's GF had some tank destruction badges. And if you say he had the Iron Cross 2nd class, that might have been an automatic thing (I think if you got the Knight's Cross, more correctly known as the Knight's Cross of the (order of?) the Iron Cross), you automatically got the ribbon/decoration of IC 2/c. If you could get a scan of the pic, I have two buddies that are WW2 historians (one a M.A. Strategic Studies) and medal/badge/uniform/weapon collectors. I have no doubt we could ID all the decorations and badges. (I'm should know what the arm patch means, but it escapes me just now, and the other chest badge I have ideas about but without seeing it or getting more detail I won't hazard my guesses). Drop me an e-mail off-list if you want some help ID'ing the full plethora of insignia/decorations (my buddies also focus fairly extensively on the Eastern Front - most wargames battles we play seem to feature outnumbered Germans taking on masses of Red Army forces...).