busboy Posted November 21, 2000 Share Posted November 21, 2000 A friend of mine's grandfather recently gave him an old WW2 coat that he "liberated" in Germany. It is a wool overcoat, and a dim green in color. On the left sleeve, there is a small green armband a few inches above the wrist. The Armband has "border troop" in german, followed by "dur DDR." As the most knowlaged WW2 junkie in my area, my buddie asked me about it and all I could figure was it might be some kind of volkstrum or customs guard. Anyone here know what it means? ------------------ busboy CO, 99th Dragons A Warbirds Squadron 'We will heat you up' "It is well that war is so terrible, else we would grow too fond of it." -Robert E. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Germanboy Posted November 21, 2000 Share Posted November 21, 2000 It means it is not WW II but post-war communist Germany Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) Grenztruppen means Border Guard. They were the ones shooting people who wanted to flee from the communist state. Apparently their uniform and helmet was based on late-war designs. They also goose-stepped (aka 'The funny walk') ------------------ Andreas <a href="http://www.geocities.com/greg_mudry/sturm.html">Der Kessel</a > Home of „Die Sturmgruppe“; Scenario Design Group for Combat Mission. [This message has been edited by Germanboy (edited 11-21-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted November 21, 2000 Share Posted November 21, 2000 This sounds like an after the war East German Borderguard coat. This could explain the DDR,Deutsche Democratische Republik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted November 21, 2000 Share Posted November 21, 2000 Sure it's a WW2 era coat? Sounds like an East German article - Deutsche Demokratische Republik. ------------------ Grand Poobah of the fresh fire of Heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawBroon Posted November 22, 2000 Share Posted November 22, 2000 You hopeless Grogs. Any query on Nvidia site would yield this result: DDR stands for Double Data Rate. Excuse them... ------------------ And NO Bauhaus I didn't say SELF EXPLORATORY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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