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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

Steyr 50 "Baby"

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:22 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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this is possibly Leirfjord Norway 1944 which explains the ski rack...
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:40 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

What is the meaning of the crossed hammers?
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:55 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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What is the meaning of the crossed hammers?

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:56 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

Rolling Eyes most likely the unit insignia but I cannot trace it...
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:01 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

meantime here are some mint boxed schwimmwagens

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:03 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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notice the large horn...
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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What is the meaning of the crossed hammers?


i was originally thinking a "Pionier Battalion" an Engineer batallion but could not find anything. A couple of generations too young i guess.
Crossed Hammers, "hammer and Pick", Hammer & Schlegel are coal mining insignia.
the wehrmacht was big on finding insignia they could "claim".
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:26 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:30 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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apparently the driver deemed it too long in the front. Corrected!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:47 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

interesting camo stencil style paint
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:04 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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Krafty!, use the local shrubbery as a mask for regional or seasonal upgrades.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:01 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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Baron, where did you find that one????

German miners association, "Bergbau" KDF wagen with the crossed hammer and mallet symbol on the rear fender and unique roof rack for mining tools.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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I'd be smiling too if I could drive a bug instead of a Jeep!
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Baron, where did you find that one????

German miners association, "Bergbau" KDF wagen with the crossed hammer and mallet symbol on the rear fender and unique roof rack for mining tools.

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It was taken in Norway.
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