Sharing the bring backs of 71st Division, Sgt. Woody Thomas who also happens to be my grandfather. Wish I knew the stories on how and where he got these, but that will remain a mystery. Obviously a wide arrange of items which at one point included some firearms, but those were sold before my mom was born (no capture papers that I have ever seen, but was told he had a few firearms that accompanied his trip home). The German RAD flag is cut-down from its original size.

 

There is also a set of brass knuckles that may be German made, but not sure. I'll get a photo of those tonight.

 

The last photo is a work in progress on a current display. I need to work on the framing for the division map, but it works for now.

 

Let me know your thoughts!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The gun pictured above is some sort of starter pistol that I believe is German made. Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

Wow that is really a neat grouping! It’s great to see the photo of your grandfather too with the group. Thanks for sharing with us!

Paul

You are very fortunate.

Very cool family history bringbacks!

 

Frank

You have some really nice stuff there and it's Ided too !