WW2 medals insignia and memorabilia

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My son
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Holy cow! Otto is one of my heroes! Great photo.
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Wow!
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What a pic


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Ad Lav wrote:Wow!
I'll see that 'Wow!', and raise it 'Wow Wow Wow!!!. :D
Coincidentally, I'm halfway through 'Tigers in the mud' right now :)
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Remarkable! When was the photo taken?

Doch merkwürdig! Wann hat man die Aufnahme gemacht?
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Herr Dr. Professor wrote:Remarkable! When was the photo taken?

Doch merkwürdig! Wann hat man die Aufnahme gemacht?
look at the lower left edge of the picture => holiday 2013
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look at the lower left edge of the picture => holiday 2013

You have good eyes
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Hello
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Thank you Frank!.
The amazement generated here by the Carius photo... :O is almost tangible, and palpable. :D For one thing, it's hard to marry up the image of the ultra-benign, gentle Grandfather (Opa) figure, with the story of a man who led some of the hardest of hard men, against some of the hardest of hard men. Someone who once contained more bullets than a revolver- and lived. 8O Yet, there he is- the genial pharmacist, and loving Opa figure with your lad. In posting the pic here, you've created a major sensation, I think. The equivalent of a jounalistic scoop.:wave: Do tell us more about your visit, to meet Otto. It will certainly top visits to meet 'Santa' in Norway. :D

Edit: Oh, yes, I forgot that back in the 1980s, I took my kids to meet the equally legendary Christopher Robin (Milne), at his bookshop in Dartmouth. By then, he was a tad bored with the business of being a grown-up version of a semi-mythical figure. Otto, by contrast, seems over the Moon, to meet folk. :thumbup:
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