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View is from the Crystal Cave trail yeaterday

Vet bring back bugle from Dachau. He had quite a collection that was split up by his family after his passing.

Thought this might be a SA kepi, but I doubt it. It is faded from what seems like a greener shade, under the eagle and flaps. Ideas?

Madeleine Riffaud (often cited, including in academic texts, under her maiden name or alias, such as Michaud) was a decorated French Resistance fighter. Operating under the codename "Rainer" within the Francs-tireurs et partisans (FTP) network, she engaged in sabotage, intelligence gathering, and armed resistance against the Nazi occupation in World War II.

Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes e.V. (OdR). Probably signed in 2004 for the organization’s 50th anniversary.

How rare are these? All the signers are deceased:

August Kaminski, Günter Frenzel,Max Zastrow,Erwin Kressman ,Karl-Walter Lapp,Kurt Schliessmann,Bruno Schmelzinger,Johannes Lutter, Eberhard Heder, Anton Müller.

These two large drawings came from the estate of a German collector who specialized in such artwork. Never had an ID on either.

First pic (B/W) is AI repaired. Yellowed version is the original. First one may be Marseille? Second one doesn’t show a KC but possibly awarded? 2nd pic is still framed and has notes on the back as shown.

Last pic is AI photo repair.

2nd to last pic is accidentally from another Soldbuch