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Abschussbecher/victory cups for Nachtjagd Abschüsse -awarded until July 1943?
Dear all,
I recently read that Nachtjäger were awarded an Abschussbecher (silver victory cup) for each individual victory claim, but that this was ended at the end of July 1943. Is that correct? And why was this discontinued? Cheers and thanks, Theo |
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Re: Abschussbecher/victory cups for Nachtjagd Abschüsse -awarded until July 1943?
hello
it was an idea from Josef Kammhuber to hold on the spirit for fighting by NJG. for each victory one Schnapsbecher and after 12 victorys (Schnapsbecher) he gave a trace. an atricle in german about Kammhuber , at end they stand some about it. http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-41760008.html |
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Re: Abschussbecher/victory cups for Nachtjagd Abschüsse -awarded until July 1943?
Thanks Lilsis for sharing this information, quite interesting!
Best regards, Theo |
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Re: Abschussbecher/victory cups for Nachtjagd Abschüsse -awarded until July 1943?
Theo,
A couple of years ago I have seen an nice row of those cups at the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung in Koblenz. See http://wehrtechnische-studiensammlun...e.de/home.html Maybe they can answer your question. Jaap |
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Re: Abschussbecher/victory cups for Nachtjagd Abschüsse -awarded until July 1943?
Thanks for the interesting pointer Jaap, I will follow this up shortly. Cheers, Theo
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Re: Abschussbecher/victory cups for Nachtjagd Abschüsse -awarded until July 1943?
Hello Jaap, Theo,
just a little remark. This webside does not build up any Wehrtechnische-... It seems provided from a Geschichtsverein e.V. (eingetragener Verein). Don't know what about write only for what I read. Best regards Manfred |
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