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« on: 28 February 2010, 12:51:12 »
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so, what can you tell us about this one?

1. challenge: bike? brand and type plz! (I have the details on this one)
2. car? brand and type? what does the 'N WH' means?
3. location? Vejle?
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« Reply #1 on: 28 February 2010, 15:03:43 »
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Veijle seems to be a town in Denmark which would make the date of that picture 1940. Motorcycle probably a BMW R75 (although I admit I don't know much about WW2 motorcycles), thte staff car could be anything, including a requisitioned civil car. "WH" is the abbreviation for "Wehrmacht - Heer" and is the standard code to identify vehicles belonging to the Heer, although that usually was displayed on the license plate (if requisitioned, they might have handled that different, though). The "N" (if it actually is one) I have no idea about - my references don't show that letter for any unit safe the sPzJgAbt654 and the 371.InfDiv, the latter having very different insignia from what is shown here.
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« Reply #2 on: 28 February 2010, 16:07:58 »
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Quote from: Earl Grey on 28 February 2010, 15:03:43
Veijle seems to be a town in Denmark which would make the date of that picture 1940. Motorcycle probably a BMW R75 (although I admit I don't know much about WW2 motorcycles), thte staff car could be anything, including a requisitioned civil car. "WH" is the abbreviation for "Wehrmacht - Heer" and is the standard code to identify vehicles belonging to the Heer, although that usually was displayed on the license plate (if requisitioned, they might have handled that different, though). The "N" (if it actually is one) I have no idea about - my references don't show that letter for any unit safe the sPzJgAbt654 and the 371.InfDiv, the latter having very different insignia from what is shown here.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vejle

BMW is correct (and not a real challenge with bikes in German service  Knipoog ) type is R61 (http://www.r61restoration.com/)

WH: Wehrmacht-Heer

N maybe to do with Nord? (Scandinavia)
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« Reply #3 on: 20 March 2010, 18:13:39 »
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Quote from: Koen on 28 February 2010, 16:07:58
BMW is correct (and not a real challenge with bikes in German service  Knipoog ) type is R61 (http://www.r61restoration.com/)



While you are definitely right with this one, it is not clear from start: we had DKW (NZ) and NSU in a total more than BMW.

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« Reply #4 on: 20 March 2010, 22:09:26 »
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Quote from: TechAdmin on 20 March 2010, 18:13:39
Quote from: Koen on 28 February 2010, 16:07:58
BMW is correct (and not a real challenge with bikes in German service  Knipoog ) type is R61 (http://www.r61restoration.com/)



While you are definitely right with this one, it is not clear from start: we had DKW (NZ) and NSU in a total more than BMW.

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oh yes? interesting... thx
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