Karl's Collection and Reenactment Photos

[Walt's Daughter]

Info and explanations from Karl - mystery solved...

 

hello marion

i know its been a long time since i have written, its mainly because i am running out of subjects lately due to fact and the distance to the end of ww II is becoming greater and so many participants fade away. we still are running our military historical roundtable and there is always somebody coming up with some interesting news. attached are some photos of which i believe you have asked me before what it could be and i believe i could not answer what it was, maybe the baseplate of a mortar whether german or american i had no idea and i must skip what i answered a long time before. now filing through military weapon photos in the internet i located a good picture of the american 120 mm mortar with a good view of the baseplate and i am quite convinced that this is what the old photo showed. additionally i placed a photo of a painting of the castle of my hometown with adjacent garden ( hortus palatina) and in the background the city.the painting is from the 1500 century.i am still after two photos of a ponton bridge that was built in the first week in april 1945 on the neckar at heidelberg. due to my spinal problems i am kind of hindered and it may take more time but i am determined to locate them.so untill next mail best wishes to all the chards and good luck for the future.

yours truly
karl