WSS104SL Assassination of Heydrich (2 Viewers)

[Louis Badolato]

Hi Brad-

I plan to go in 2008.

This year was an expensive one. Three major collections of Silk Road and SOHK items and three Bf-110.

I'll post pics of my SR and SOHK by the end of August.

Pierre.

Three BF-110's! Very nice choice. I also have been spending a bit on the warbirds, I just can't resist them!

 

[nmrocks]

Hi Brad-

I plan to go in 2008.

This year was an expensive one. Three major collections of Silk Road and SOHK items and three Bf-110.

I'll post pics of my SR and SOHK by the end of August.

Pierre.

Pierre,
Please post a pic of the 110's as well, I'm sure there most impressive, especially together.
Ray

 

[jazzeum]

Wow!, three Birds. Very impressed. Can't wait to see photos. I'm sure you'll love them. I'd like to sneak one more in this year but not sure I can manage it.

 

[Pierre]

Louis, Ray and Brad-

I will receive one directly from K&C (the one that was made at 10 exemplaries). For the two other camos, I have an agreement with my dealer. I should have all the three in December, at least that's my evaluation.

Yes, they will be great display side-by-side.

I thank a short time to take my decision. The Bf-110 is one of my hundred favourite WWII airplaines and which camo to choose (Battle of Britain, Desert and/or Winter)?

Pierre.

 

[Combat]

Louis, Ray and Brad-


I thank a short time to take my decision. The Bf-110 is one of my hundred favourite WWII airplaines and which camo to choose (Battle of Britain, Desert and/or Winter)?

Pierre.

And Heydrich flew a ME110 in combat. How is that for tying up this thread?

 

[Pierre]

And Heydrich flew a ME110 in combat. How is that for tying up this thread?

Was it during the Battle of Britain?

Pierre.

 

[Combat]

Was it during the Battle of Britain?

Pierre.

'Reinhard Heydrich - The Biography Vol.II/Enigma' by Max Williams:


'As soon as war had broken out, Heydrich was impatient to see active service.He obtained permission to fly as a Luftwaffe Reserve Officer with Bomber Group KG55 and first saw action on 12th September 1939 as a gunner.
(...) An ME 110 was also piloted by Heydrich, flying over England and Scotland on reconnaisance missions. During a mission in Norway, he over-flew a shot-up aircraft on landing and crashed, breaking his arm. Both Hitler and Himmler were aware of his sorties as an arm in plaster was difficult to conceal, but he was at pains to show them his duties as Chief of RSHA would not suffer as a result. In doing so, he kept from them the actual number of times he was engaged in skirmishes with the RAF.(...)
On Heydrich's return to SS duty, he was proudly sporting a newly awarded bronze combat mission bar on his left uniform breast.
(..)
Heydrich's next opportunity for aerial combat came during the Russian offensive. He flew numerous times over enemy territory and was engaged in several dogfights behind the lines. It was during one of these flights that he was forced to crash-land behind the Soviet lines, in the vicinity of Berezina. Eventually he was rescued by a German combat patrol. Lina Heydrich describes this incident as follows : "..Reinhard comes home, dirty, unshaven and very upset...He landed behind enemy lines, had hidden for two days and two nights and made his way on foot back to German units". (..) Heydrich was awarded the silver bar for combat missions and the Iron Cross First Class. Hitler noticed the new decorations and was horrified at the thought of his Security Chief being captured by the Russians. From then on, he was strictly forbidden to undertake such dangerous flights again. Luftwaffe Reserve Major Heydrich was grounded.'

 

[damian]

Ron
What do you mean when you say It is not our civic duty to buy little lead men. That kind of talk is what has lead to the whole current moral, finacial and polictical impasse that we see in the world today. It was Aristotle whoiincluded in his list of virtues the purchase of little lead men. St Aquinas himself felt that the collection fo toy soldiers was a unique virtue that lead directly to the higher good. This trend continues down thorugh modern po;itical and ethical theory. John Stuart Mill explicitly stated that buyin huge collections of little toy soldiers directly contributed to the higher good of all society and even Kant felt that is was our deontological duty to stuff our houses full of these toys. So I would beg to differ but it is an absolute moral and civic duty that we continue to do this. Even if the rest of the world has fogotten this little lesson then we have a repsonsibility to further it.

Regards
As always
Damian Clarke

 

[Harrytheheid]

Nice one Damian...

 

[Capitolron]

Ron
What do you mean when you say It is not our civic duty to buy little lead men. That kind of talk is what has lead to the whole current moral, finacial and polictical impasse that we see in the world today. It was Aristotle whoiincluded in his list of virtues the purchase of little lead men. St Aquinas himself felt that the collection fo toy soldiers was a unique virtue that lead directly to the higher good. This trend continues down thorugh modern po;itical and ethical theory. John Stuart Mill explicitly stated that buyin huge collections of little toy soldiers directly contributed to the higher good of all society and even Kant felt that is was our deontological duty to stuff our houses full of these toys. So I would beg to differ but it is an absolute moral and civic duty that we continue to do this. Even if the rest of the world has fogotten this little lesson then we have a repsonsibility to further it.

Regards
As always
Damian Clarke

Damian

I know - I lost my head !

After reading your post I realize that I have completely ingnored American History and the World of Toy Soldiers - bot have gone hand in hand throughout the years. Here are some examples:

"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Toy Soldiers" - Patrick Henry

"I regreat I have only one Toy Soldier Collection to give for My Country" - Nathan Hale

"We hold these truths to be self eviedent that All Toy Soldeirs are created equal" - Thomas Jefferson

"Four score and seven years ago when Toy Soldiers came to America" - Abraham Lincoln

"We shall make the World safe for Toy Soldier Collecting" - Woodrow Wilson

"Ask not what your Country can do for you - but, what you can do for Toy Soldiers" - John F. Kennedy

"Read My Lips - No New Toy Soldier Taxes" - George HW Bush

How could I ever forget these great quotes.

Ron

 

[maddadicus]

You forgot " I did not play toy soldiers with Miss Lewinsky "...William Jefferson Clinton

The Single Toy Soldier theory by Arlen Spector

Names in the Hiedy Fleiss black book, ( Hocker, Dorset, Marlborough )

" A toy soldier a day ,keeps the doctor away " ...unknown demented, sick ,twisted, should be patient of an asylum.

Michael

 

[damian]

Or Rene Descartes who said
Cogito Ergo Sum which can be translated into "I collect toy soldiers therefore I am."

Give me toy soldiers or give me death
Regards
Damian

 

[damian]

Was the name ACNielson not in Ms Fleiss's little black book then? Just the old glossy manufacturers. Maybe that's why they went out of business

Regards
Damian

 

[OzDigger]

You forgot " I did not play toy soldiers with Miss Lewinsky "...William Jefferson Clinton

Michael

LOL, imo you win the quote competion Michael.

Give that man a cigar....well, maybe it's best not to with a quote like that

 

[Peter Reuss]

I believe that if you consult the Book of Armaments, Chapter 4, Verses 16 to 20, you will find, "Then the toy soldier cometh upon the earth for the enjoyment of the people. They shall come in sets of three. . Three shall be the number of the figures and the number of the figures shall be three. Four figures shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three. Five is right out."

Well, so much for the classic 7 figure sets. And perhaps Andy and Ana need to pay attention and quit making 4 figure sets...

 

[Louis Badolato]

One, two, Five, uh three, run away!

 

[Pierre]

'Reinhard Heydrich - The Biography Vol.II/Enigma' by Max Williams:


'As soon as war had broken out, Heydrich was impatient to see active service.He obtained permission to fly as a Luftwaffe Reserve Officer with Bomber Group KG55 and first saw action on 12th September 1939 as a gunner.
(...) An ME 110 was also piloted by Heydrich, flying over England and Scotland on reconnaisance missions. During a mission in Norway, he over-flew a shot-up aircraft on landing and crashed, breaking his arm. Both Hitler and Himmler were aware of his sorties as an arm in plaster was difficult to conceal, but he was at pains to show them his duties as Chief of RSHA would not suffer as a result. In doing so, he kept from them the actual number of times he was engaged in skirmishes with the RAF.(...)
On Heydrich's return to SS duty, he was proudly sporting a newly awarded bronze combat mission bar on his left uniform breast.
(..)
Heydrich's next opportunity for aerial combat came during the Russian offensive. He flew numerous times over enemy territory and was engaged in several dogfights behind the lines. It was during one of these flights that he was forced to crash-land behind the Soviet lines, in the vicinity of Berezina. Eventually he was rescued by a German combat patrol. Lina Heydrich describes this incident as follows : "..Reinhard comes home, dirty, unshaven and very upset...He landed behind enemy lines, had hidden for two days and two nights and made his way on foot back to German units". (..) Heydrich was awarded the silver bar for combat missions and the Iron Cross First Class. Hitler noticed the new decorations and was horrified at the thought of his Security Chief being captured by the Russians. From then on, he was strictly forbidden to undertake such dangerous flights again. Luftwaffe Reserve Major Heydrich was grounded.'

Hi Doug-

Thanks for the infos.

Pierre.

 

[Harrytheheid]

LOL, imo you win the quote competion Michael.

Give that man a cigar....well, maybe it's best not to with a quote like that

Cigar's okay....just as long as he "doesn't inhale it". LOL.

 

[maddadicus]

I believe that if you consult the Book of Armaments, Chapter 4, Verses 16 to 20, you will find, "Then the toy soldier cometh upon the earth for the enjoyment of the people. They shall come in sets of three. . Three shall be the number of the figures and the number of the figures shall be three. Four figures shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three. Five is right out."

Well, so much for the classic 7 figure sets. And perhaps Andy and Ana need to pay attention and quit making 4 figure sets...

As a dealer ,bet your favorite passage of the Book of Armaments was the multiplying of the 2 vehicles and 5 toy soldier figures into enough sets to feed 5000 collectors..Michael

 

[Peter Reuss]

As a dealer ,bet your favorite passage of the Book of Armaments was the multiplying of the 2 vehicles and 5 toy soldier figures into enough sets to feed 5000 collectors..Michael

Where do you think we got all this inventory???