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Luftwaffe mess silver?
I have what I think may be a piece of mess silver of a Luftwaffe squadron. It is a small silver cup (84mm high x 65mm across the rim) engraved with a list of names, "3.(F)/122" and the date "23.2.1943 - "; a space has been left for a second date. The cup was made in the Netherlands by Van Kempen and is hall marked for the year 1918. It has been dreadfully bashed-about and dented but it could easily be restored. For the time being I am leaving it as it is, until I know a bit more about it. These are the names engraved on the cup, in 5 rows:
Oblt Blankenhan Oblt Salecker Hptm Otto Stabsarzt Dr Leitner Hptm Gruhle Oblt Küppers Oblt Goldberg Oblt Riemer Oblt Wuttke Oblt Schultz Hptm Gruschke Lt Hemmer Lt Högl Lt Seubert Lt Mollekopf Lt Ziegler Lt Joseph Oblt Saile Hptm Wieser Oblt Asmus Lt Listing Oblt Hupka Lt Kasper Oblt Krebs Lt Ruttloff Lt Kolbeck Lt Lauter Lt Baumann Lt Wischerath Lt Eilers Lt Kurzinna Lt Rau Oblt Müller Oblt König Oblt Vieker Obzm Milbratz Does anyone perhaps know of a veteran of this squadron who might know something about this cup? |
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Re: Luftwaffe mess silver?
Dear fkano
You certainly have something of interest, which belonged to someone (as you have gathered) from 3 Staffel F 122. Whether it would qualify as 'mess silver' in the more conventional sense seems doubtful. For what it is worth, I think it might be commemorative, and as F122 was a stategic reconnaissance outfit, it might be worth checking whether 3 Staffel flew a significant sortie on this date, or completed 500 days at a particular place -the possibilities are quite wide. From a purely selfish point of view it is useful to have a list of 3 Staffel personnel. Saleker and Krebs' names I have seen on Luftwaffe reconnaissance reports, but the others are not known to me. Stick a picture of the cup up if it's not too bent! Just one thing -it's odd to read that the Cup is Dutch and hallmarked 1918- but that only tends to reinforce the impression that this was commemorative, and acquired locally to the then base of 3/122. Best Chris Going Quote:
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Re: Luftwaffe mess silver?
Hi Chris,
Check out the following link. There is an image of said silverware. http://www.mfipb.com/index.php?mforu...&showtopic=102 Best Regards Andy Fletcher |
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