European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse X i v i tuesday april 35, 1978 the stars and stripes mis Devotion to Hobby never flags � i Jaconsky Pago 9 Illus to abets ski e Holer turned then and lilt h unus ii and Iri picket lit tall eked in uld Novike. re Given Tork or w a Din Vitinu work a Rutial be was r rial Iris to Peroe i rough i week of n i stall writer of Kant the Sis ambassadors tothe v n Michl do Well to talk to an Anne Soldier Malm cd Here. Spec .1 Waller so can. A Zig year old native us . By. Has found peace in l commodity the i n. Has plenty of flags. Stein said he has 150 of them in the Den of his quarters. I be got peace Rich in this room the people in the have been trying for years and years Stern said his wife. . A 30year-old native of Jie dominican Republic wrote and placed thought on the door to the Den which re lets the meaning of his Flag collection when entering this room All hatred and prejudice must be left outside. This room remotes Good will and an open Arm to All Cople of All nations of the world so we May live in peace and Stern. Who has flags from every Conti nent would like some Day to have the a anal ensigns of every country and to display them in front of his Home on poles. I Hope to. I m trying like crazy to get one of his problems is keeping up with emerging nations and those which join or Are wallowed up by other countries. He oin cd to the Flag of South Vietnam As an us pc half olins collection. Steen said Are hags from the . The Cook at Brake Ca sern s dining facility has flags from All 50 states plus 26 is. National banners rang ing from the 13 stars of America s begin Ning to the present stars and stripes. Steen s Hubby grew out of another Pas Ime cum collecting. I figured it would be Nice to have a Flag with each set of coins he said another spinoff of his Flag collection is his wife s Hobby. My wife is re ing to collect dolls from every country i we flags he said. In addition to a . Flag his 73 other non american flags of the past and present represent a Cross Section of nations and International organizations. He gets the lags through correspondence and person Al contacts Leke esl be of vow month a us res justio""11 ripped his away it spec. 5 Walter Stern surrounds him sell with Only a part of his extensive Flag collection. For a lot of them. I write to the embassies Steen said while others come through making friends and sending them an american Flag in Steen said. A few of them like flags from some of the communist countries. 1 have to have made " for . Steen said the soviet embassy did not Honor his re quest but several of its satellite countries did. He estimates that his Hobby which he began after coining to Germany in 197-1. Has Cost him from $2,000 to $3.000. An old czarist flog Cost us $600. They figure it s Between 300 and 400 years he said of the Imperial russian Flag. Asked what his favorite flags were Stem replied that he prefers his 48-Star american Banner and the Flag of his wife s native land the american Flag he said is the prettiest in All the world. Sleen has no preference for his other flags. You can t really Rule out one Over another he said. He enjoys showing off his flags which most recently were displayed at the 3rd army Piv change of command. They Bor is photo by i cute Mills rowed All my International flags for the change of command he said. And when the Drake dining facility serves foreign foods Stern puts up the appropriate Flag or flags. It s kind of an Odd Hobby i he said when asked in he knew any other Flag collectors the friends he s made through Coll cling lags arc special to him. It s just like pen pals Only it s a Little bit closer. It Means More he said. Steen Hopes his 2-Ycar-old daughter. Angela will continue the collection following regulations to the litter 11 of think Dis Pupil around our ijuarlrr.-. Is u drag. Com dry " Fenato Tigris. Garbage is our biggest problem ins ii i Nide. Richard a born. So Man. Supply officer on the a dumped into the water. Hut prohibit dumping within $0 Miles us land. So Vicin the Ami riia is cur Hure. Thi 3str must by hauled away by i Urbar boats. Here one such garbage Barge carries a loud of rash from the big earner anchored off Naples. Leal. Is photo. Ele Mil in
