European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Military buffs collect dramatic memories tuesday. March 3,1387 the stars and stripes Page 9 from Pago 1. Then1." said Mason i Hiel ii the military traffic come Field of Tuv ill i Aich Barracks in Luil Eart. I probably have 5,000 patches and distinctive insignia which in t a whole Luas tar As collectors Hock cd. Milion and follow collect ors gathered sunday in the Rainbow club i Cambrai Frisch Cavern to buy sell Trade or just a Rusc through tables of insignia patches helmets uniforms swords and Meda is. You gel Jour hands on anything you ran keen the Good stuff and Trade the Mason said. Tic search is inc Challenge and i m still very much in the searching the pieces alone Aren t important the history to me is the most important thing you win conic across said Slaff sol. I ire i Gram of the a Lily air div at Kamlein All if can sit Down witha Veteran and hear his stories that is As important to me As a pin or More than 40 years after world War ii american and germans arc or Lii n insignia and War Mories at the Uva meets. Cyrus Lee. U team lick at up Orlid Cilly ill by a Elutil in i Lilian is piecing in Gellick the his try of a German Veteran of a old War 1 who was in Lite . In elite 1 an or Zinkl a Grenadier i Siuri he Lucca Hie covers of a Urmit Inyl Mitiu Siuiok. Lee has cure full placed a Lincis. Dancu Nienan badges and Oiler items Illus rating inc Cir Mai ilife. "1 in i him i luring a Liiv he was sell ing some items Lii Al lie Loki d loins brother and we Sal to own ainu talked i or two Lee said. When All these a cleans die. An entire Teci Ion of his try will be lost if we. Don l find some Wujs lop Reserve it frit Meier of Fuenfh it Gan his collection of american military Crest alien he was with the Ier Inan army and . Soldiers at gave him some crests As presents. I liomi1 from the army with 17crests, and thai was inc beginning he said. The 17 creels multiplied to 10,000 obtained through meets and swapping by mail with collectors in the United states. Meier s collection includes an unusual Crest called n Beer can insignia so named because of the thin Metal the South Viet namese used to make them for inc Amer ican military " s insignia representing the 57th medical l Al helicopter patrol ambulance is a Liny medic wearing Agreen helmet and wings. This is a lifetime he said. I have 28,n t crests loft Lei like Meier Tom wll colors limit their collections to a particular Lime Pei ind or Type of insignia. You can t do it said stuff sol. Clary Ciu inn of Kam Stcin a. Vou Haw to specialize old Cnoc it is Loo Broad. You have to know what you Are looking for said Tiu inn who is assigned to the Iti he . Forces police so. I m a third Reich insignia dealer hatches As Cul Pitlor inspects u German Imperial a hell. Band Frump in Riihl s c Nisi medal iridis Mituri i t la till shuts Iurii to ii Lili r i ruin a i i a re he id Hall Kull ii. Kiun in a ii i i Siun Furtini Tiv a i i girls Iralu Pullitt sets photos by Ken George
