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<p>[QUOTE="Greg Sebring, post: 1115184, member: 12186"]andyscouse,</p><p><br /></p><p> I'll ask Dad the next time I talk with him. Dad has told me that his post surrender time in Berlin was slow and boring at times. I have several belts dad wove from parachute shroud lines,(another fad at the time). There were organized Divisional football games played in the '36 Olympic Stadium and practice glider flights to keep the men occupied, (in perfect weather and field conditions they were tricky to land...basically, a controlled crash). I have another ring Dad had a German jeweler fashion for him from melted silver coins. It has glider wings engraved on the top with Dad's initials and his girl at the time (my mother). Inside is engraved "Berlin '45" and there is a "800" stamp which tells me the jeweler watered down the coin silver a bit. I also have a bracelet Dad bought somewhere in England made with three pence coins dated between 1899 to 1920 (Victoria, Edward, & George).</p><p><br /></p><p>Greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Sebring, post: 1115184, member: 12186"]andyscouse, I'll ask Dad the next time I talk with him. Dad has told me that his post surrender time in Berlin was slow and boring at times. I have several belts dad wove from parachute shroud lines,(another fad at the time). There were organized Divisional football games played in the '36 Olympic Stadium and practice glider flights to keep the men occupied, (in perfect weather and field conditions they were tricky to land...basically, a controlled crash). I have another ring Dad had a German jeweler fashion for him from melted silver coins. It has glider wings engraved on the top with Dad's initials and his girl at the time (my mother). Inside is engraved "Berlin '45" and there is a "800" stamp which tells me the jeweler watered down the coin silver a bit. I also have a bracelet Dad bought somewhere in England made with three pence coins dated between 1899 to 1920 (Victoria, Edward, & George). Greg[/QUOTE]
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