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Robin's introduction.
Hello everyone,
I am Robin Jansen, i am 15 years old(almost 16) and live in the city of arnhem. I hav etwo badges of the manufacturer JR Gaunt. One dutch badge with a dot after the r and a airborne cap badge which i got from a british veteran. Best regards, Robin. |
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Welcome to the Forum Robin and may your two badges be the first of many as you take on a fascinating hobby. If you were to send me your address I will send you some to maybe spur you on, enjoy and cheers, Dean.
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Welcome Robin.
It's marvellous to see younger people taking an intertest in this hobby, I only wish there were more. May you have many years of pleasure whilst collecting, researching and gaining knowledge, which you will find plenty of on here. Regards Brian |
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Hai Dean, If i understand this offer, when i send you my adres you will send me some badges? And are there any costs otherwise my mom would go crazy. |
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good for you robin. its nice to know that there are still youngsters out there who are interested in history and collecting badges.
You will find, at your age, that many adults are more than willing to donate and help to encourage your interest. pm your address and i will see what i can dig out too. im only 28 nearly 29 myself but some of the guys on here are ancient, some as old as 40 we will all do our best to help you out with any questions. phil
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I am Basicly stunned. Here in holland people are as generous as U guys. And if they offer something like this, they ask for a few euro's.
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Welcome to the Forum Robin
peter |
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[QUOTE=phil2m;
im only 28 nearly 29 myself but some of the guys on here are ancient, some as old as 40. phil[/QUOTE] Wach it Phil, there is a bloke on here who at 83 is only a few years older than me. It's OK Robin, I can say things like that to Phil - he is a good friend of mine, and like many others on this forum, you will find him a great help. A very warm welcome. Regards, JohnG
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Thank you all for the welcomes.
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I consider my wrist to have been slapped john
we're all only as old as we feel phil
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Hi Robin,
Welcome to the forum mate. I have only been here a couple of weeks myself. My old man used to have a rather large collection of Gaunt car badges, which I was lucky enough to get the S.A.S. version of before he sold all the rest. Great to hear you have a couple of badges yourself. If you want your collection to grow, you have certainly come to the right place. Welcome aboard and good luck. Matt |
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Welcome Robin
How lucky to live in Arnhem, surrounded by the history of operation Market Garden in 1944. I live in Brisbane, Australia, and used to visit Utrecht once a year for a meeting. The day before would spend the day visiting sites and memorials in the Arnhem-Oosterbeek-Westerbouwing. Good luck with your collecting |
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Jumbo, it's a 15 minutes bicycling(i spellt it right? correct me please) to the bridge an an hour walk to the bridge. Ever bin at the airborne museum?
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Robin
I have been to the Airborne Museum several times, the airborne cemetery, a very spiritual event the first time, the drop zones, the bridge, and just about every thing of importance. St Elizabeth"s Hospital took a bit of finding, because it no longer exists as a hospital. Do you take an interest in operation Market Garden ? Collecting the badges of the units involved would be a good exercise for you. Cheers Peter |
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Hi Peter,
yes i have a interest in market-garden. I don't know why. The only thing left to do for me, is to visit the dz's. |
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