What is it about Norme's avatar???

[sheepherder]

..."heeresseigentum"... Yahoo/Babelfish/Google translates this as "Army Property"...

Also, a general Google search says "Army Property"...hmph...I guess that's reasonable...

(See pencils on this site/page) - http://www.militaryantiquesmuseum.co...s+-+Field+Gear

Norme - What was your research results???

[Norme]

Hi Rich, I have always assumed that this clock was ordered, and accepted, by the Wehrmacht. It is both Waffenamt inspected and marked Heereseigentum, which, as you point out, translates to "Army Property". The Army may well have doled out a few of these clocks to the Navy and Air Force, as they did with Lugers, but I'm sure they kept most of them themselves. My nephew gave this clock to me a few years ago (see, even nephews have their uses), interestingly the person he bought it from thought it was a Luftwaffe clock, as Junghans made cockpit timepieces for Messerschmidt. Regards, Norm

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Norme

Hi Rich, I have always assumed that this clock was ordered, and accepted, by the Wehrmacht. It is both Waffenamt inspected and marked Heereseigentum, which, as you point out, translates to "Army Property". The Army may well have doled out a few of these clocks to the Navy and Air Force, as they did with Lugers, but I'm sure they kept most of them themselves. My nephew gave this clock to me a few years ago (see, even nephews have their uses), interestingly the person he bought it from thought it was a Luftwaffe clock, as Junghans made cockpit timepieces for Messerschmidt. Regards, Norm

Norm, my thought on looking at it closely was that it may have been an instrument that someone made a custom wooden enclosure for...but it would be logical for a naval or aeronautic clock to be 24-hour; not 12 hour...Even for an infantry unit it would make sense to be 24 hour...since you may be bunkered or otherwise hidden and not know whether it is day or night outside...

The wooden casement is too pretty for a combat unit...It's more like something an officer's secretary would have on her desk...To remind her when it's time for lunch...like right now...