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<p>[QUOTE="TJ1952, post: 2323818, member: 76413"]Just a little history that might help you from where I sit.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was stationed in Germany (Bavaria) back in the early 90's. On our days off, we would look for and hit the German flea markets. We were looking for WWII Nazi memorabilia, coins, currency, military equipment/insignias/medals, etc.. items with swastika's. Back then it wasn't outlawed or illegal (not sure how it is today) but it was definitely verboten! All items with swastika's were covered up and not displayed prominently. Those items were under the tables, in the back or out of view....those were the items we were looking for. We would point to the covered up items, they knew exactly what we were looking for. The German sellers knew we were Americans and you could definitely tell by their <b>attitude</b> and <b>body language</b> that they were not happy or comfortable selling us those items....ever though they were making money. We grabbed as much of that stuff as we could afford.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TJ1952, post: 2323818, member: 76413"]Just a little history that might help you from where I sit. I was stationed in Germany (Bavaria) back in the early 90's. On our days off, we would look for and hit the German flea markets. We were looking for WWII Nazi memorabilia, coins, currency, military equipment/insignias/medals, etc.. items with swastika's. Back then it wasn't outlawed or illegal (not sure how it is today) but it was definitely verboten! All items with swastika's were covered up and not displayed prominently. Those items were under the tables, in the back or out of view....those were the items we were looking for. We would point to the covered up items, they knew exactly what we were looking for. The German sellers knew we were Americans and you could definitely tell by their [B]attitude[/B] and [B]body language[/B] that they were not happy or comfortable selling us those items....ever though they were making money. We grabbed as much of that stuff as we could afford.[/QUOTE]
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