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Bravescot
09-05-2016, 06:12 PM
Bravescot's Collection
I've been spending my weekend at my Grandparent's assisting them in clearing out their attic. whilst going through the boxes and one particular box caught my attention. Upon opening it and having a look through I found all these old medals from WW1 and 2 belonging to my Great Uncle and another older relative I have not yet identified.

http://i.imgur.com/0N3Mxq8.jpg

I'm deeply proud of the Distinguished Flying Cross I found which is in the top right of this image. It was won by my Great Uncle in August 1943 when he was a member of No.100 Squadron.

Kyle's Collection
I thought I would post some of my uncles Items. Here are some of the medals and things he brought back from the war. The pictures are old as I have not taken any recent pictures of his stuff and there is a lot more to his grouping then just this.

The grouping belongs to my uncle Edgar C Hoffman who served with the 12th armored division 714th Tank Battalion C. Company (Hellcats)

http://imgur.com/MP8DZFh.jpg

http://imgur.com/sBZNiCx.jpg


The story behind the purple heart is that my uncle was in the attack at at Herrlisheim France a little after the new year in 1945. Little did the 12th AD know they were going against a superior well dug in force! The 12th armored division payed a heavy price for this battle and the Germans nicknamed them the suicide division. Now down to the good part.

During this battle my uncle was one of the first tanks to go into the town well upon getting close to entering the town while getting shot at by AT PaK guns and machine guns pretty much everything the Germans could throw them. His tank was hit in the turret. Well this hit killed all of my uncles crew "he was the tank driver" He managed to crawl out of his tank though heavily wounded in his back and head. "he said he was bleeding like a stuck hog" Well once he got out of the tank he managed to make his way to a farm house near by. Once he entered the farm house he hid under the kitchen table that had a table cloth that touched the floor. Well after a little while he heard the door open and here the Germans came into the house looking for him. They managed to not find him some how. Shortly after this he fell unconscious from blood loss and the next thing he knew waking up in and out of consciousness he was on the back of a Sherman tank as it was backing out of the town and he said you could hear bullets snapping off the tank.

http://imgur.com/X9QeCAc.jpg



http://imgur.com/FGrtIXD.jpg


http://imgur.com/iCF9mxG.jpg

http://imgur.com/dLsWbj5.jpg


http://imgur.com/OnJkJyq.jpg

http://imgur.com/gs6zckg.jpg

http://imgur.com/dMt0Gk7.jpg

This is all the captured stuff he brought back yes both the pistol and K98 are completely matching he brought back three K98s matching like that one




http://imgur.com/5JkaYxi.jpg


http://imgur.com/9w9i3bX.jpg


http://imgur.com/8TWYOem.jpg


Above is one of his uniforms "post war because he was transferred to the 771st Tank Btn then"

All of his tanker manuals
http://imgur.com/tbRwUAI.jpg

http://imgur.com/zMxzLXl.jpg

Uncle Edgar is on the bottom left side with the T5 stripes

My uncle is one of 20 uncles who fought in ww2

If you have medals from your family you want to share feel free to post them!
Locke1740
09-05-2016, 06:52 PM
thats really cool! im interested to know what all is in there.
Bravescot
09-05-2016, 10:51 PM
thats really cool! im interested to know what all is in there.

As am I, if down one with a bit of knowledge could post that would help a lot. I know what 5 of them are but a few I got no clue.
Lyman Trumbull
09-05-2016, 11:48 PM
After doing some research into the medals, I have what I think are the correct names for each:

https://i.gyazo.com/b262dba261e8506f6be9e143156caf3b.png
Bravescot
09-06-2016, 01:28 AM
After doing some research into the medals, I have what I think are the correct names for each:

https://i.gyazo.com/b262dba261e8506f6be9e143156caf3b.png

I was doing some research as well and found it very odd that there were two British War Medals and two Victory Medals yet only a single 1914 star. I guess there might be three sets of medals there instead of the original two that I thought it might have been.

Thanks for the nice edition of the names but I think you might want to pick a different colour ;) hahaha
Locke1740
09-06-2016, 01:28 AM
Those are really cool, I wish my great grandfather hadn't thrown or hide away all of his stuff
Bravescot
09-11-2016, 01:14 AM
I was able to find out a bit more about the DFC recipient.

Flight Lieutenant Richard Raymond Howgill, Died 3/8/1943 aged 21 piloting Lancaster III ED704 HW-C, lost with all hands. Buried Kiel War Cemetery, 3.E.8.
http://i.imgur.com/739CjYI.jpg
A. P. Hill
09-11-2016, 02:37 AM
Pretty cool.
Grant97
09-11-2016, 10:59 AM
That's very interesting! :)
Mississippi
09-11-2016, 03:22 PM
That's a very nice set of medals you have. I only have two medals from my great grandfather who served in The Great War with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He received the British War Medal & Royal Canadian Artillery Medal.
Kyle422
09-11-2016, 05:39 PM
I thought I would post some of my uncles Items. Here are some of the medals and things he brought back from the war. The pictures are old as I have not taken any recent pictures of his stuff and there is a lot more to his grouping then just this.

The grouping belongs to my uncle Edgar C Hoffman who served with the 12th armored division 714th Tank Battalion C. Company (Hellcats)

http://imgur.com/MP8DZFh.jpg

http://imgur.com/sBZNiCx.jpg


The story behind the purple heart is that my uncle was in the attack at at Herrlisheim France a little after the new year in 1945. Little did the 12th AD know they were going against a superior well dug in force! The 12th armored division payed a heavy price for this battle and the Germans nicknamed them the suicide division. Now down to the good part.

During this battle my uncle was one of the first tanks to go into the town well upon getting close to entering the town while getting shot at by AT PaK guns and machine guns pretty much everything the Germans could throw them. His tank was hit in the turret. Well this hit killed all of my uncles crew "he was the tank driver" He managed to crawl out of his tank though heavily wounded in his back and head. "he said he was bleeding like a stuck hog" Well once he got out of the tank he managed to make his way to a farm house near by. Once he entered the farm house he hid under the kitchen table that had a table cloth that touched the floor. Well after a little while he heard the door open and here the Germans came into the house looking for him. They managed to not find him some how. Shortly after this he fell unconscious from blood loss and the next thing he knew waking up in and out of consciousness he was on the back of a Sherman tank as it was backing out of the town and he said you could hear bullets snapping off the tank.

http://imgur.com/X9QeCAc.jpg



http://imgur.com/FGrtIXD.jpg


http://imgur.com/iCF9mxG.jpg

http://imgur.com/dLsWbj5.jpg


http://imgur.com/OnJkJyq.jpg

http://imgur.com/gs6zckg.jpg

http://imgur.com/dMt0Gk7.jpg

This is all the captured stuff he brought back yes both the pistol and K98 are completely matching he brought back three K98s matching like that one




http://imgur.com/5JkaYxi.jpg


http://imgur.com/9w9i3bX.jpg


http://imgur.com/8TWYOem.jpg


Above is one of his uniforms "post war because he was transferred to the 771st Tank Btn then"

All of his tanker manuals
http://imgur.com/tbRwUAI.jpg

http://imgur.com/zMxzLXl.jpg

Uncle Edgar is on the bottom left side with the T5 stripes

My uncle is one of 20 uncles who fought in ww2
Mississippi
09-11-2016, 07:00 PM
Very cool collection you have!
Soulfly
09-12-2016, 07:11 AM
I was able to find out a bit more about the DFC recipient.

Flight Lieutenant Richard Raymond Howgill, Died 3/8/1943 aged 21 piloting Lancaster III ED704 HW-C, lost with all hands. Buried Kiel War Cemetery, 3.E.8.
http://i.imgur.com/739CjYI.jpg

We have such a cemetery here in Berlin too, its actually a sad scene as the lads lying there are mostly not older than 22.
Bravescot
09-14-2016, 05:18 PM
Damn fine collection you got there Kyle! You wouldn't mind if I added it to the OP along with my one? Going to see if we can fill the OP with a bunch of cool stuff for people to read and see.


We have such a cemetery here in Berlin too, its actually a sad scene as the lads lying there are mostly not older than 22.

Sure you can add it. would be neat to have a collection of peoples stuff they have from their ancestors.
Kyle422
09-14-2016, 05:24 PM
Damn fine collection you got there Kyle! You wouldn't mind if I added it to the OP along with my one? Going to see if we can fill the OP with a bunch of cool stuff for people to read and see.

Sure you can add it. would be neat to have a collection of peoples stuff they have from their ancestors.

Yeah I hit the edit button on mine and show how it edited your post as well Bravescot :(
Bravescot
09-14-2016, 05:44 PM
Ah you plonker!
Kyle422
09-14-2016, 07:45 PM
Ah you plonker!

I know I know mistakes were made!
adeninesmt
09-14-2016, 08:43 PM
Great collections Gents, thank you for sharing! Going to have to add my own personal ones along with my collection at some point. Although my personal stuff is rather recent from my time in the Corps, but I have a nice collection of WW1 and WW2 awards, weapons, etc.
Kyle422
09-14-2016, 08:58 PM
Great collections Gents, thank you for sharing! Going to have to add my own personal ones along with my collection at some point. Although my personal stuff is rather recent from my time in the Corps, but I have a nice collection of WW1 and WW2 awards, weapons, etc.

I am a huge ww1/ww2 collector and have weapons and uniforms from both wars. I have my great uncles 1911 and Springfield he used in ww1. I also have a Remington rand 1911a1 use by a Sgt in ww2 its named and has all the names of the battles he was in on the holster


http://imgur.com/TZHQJLB.jpg

http://imgur.com/y1ltQ1B.jpg
adeninesmt
09-14-2016, 09:04 PM
Wow that's quite amazing! Awesome collection you have there Sir.
Bravescot
09-14-2016, 09:06 PM
Small question adeninesmt: are you unable to us normal forum font or something?
adeninesmt
09-14-2016, 09:10 PM
No, I can. I just prefer the look of the other.
Bravescot
09-14-2016, 09:35 PM
No, I can. I just prefer the look of the other.

It's so sharp to read on mobile xD. Have to zoom in on it to get a proper read in.
adeninesmt
09-14-2016, 09:39 PM
Oh, sorry about that lol. I will leave it from now on to my reports and company thread then. Has a classy look to it lol.