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BILL · 01-14-2002, 02:01 PM

It is understandable why everyone who has a WWII souvenir thinks that it came from an officer. If a GI was in a small town and there was a pile of discarded swords or medals they were most surely brought back as 'taken off of a dead/captured officer'. I have several nazi items that my dad gave me years ago and, believe it or not, they came from a dead German soldiers mother. She had been given her son's medals and SA dagger (no Luger or rifle). My dad never liked to talk much about his experience (Normandy, Omaha beach) so I guess it was not a 'good' experience for him. I think most of the blowhards probably didn't see much real combat.

01-14-2002, 02:01 PM	#5
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: SOUVENIRS It is understandable why everyone who has a WWII souvenir thinks that it came from an officer. If a GI was in a small town and there was a pile of discarded swords or medals they were most surely brought back as 'taken off of a dead/captured officer'. I have several nazi items that my dad gave me years ago and, believe it or not, they came from a dead German soldiers mother. She had been given her son's medals and SA dagger (no Luger or rifle). My dad never liked to talk much about his experience (Normandy, Omaha beach) so I guess it was not a 'good' experience for him. I think most of the blowhards probably didn't see much real combat.