military funeral honors

[jopaerya]

Hello All

A other function of a artillery piece in a military funeral was to be used as carrier for the coffin .
Here some examples from some funerals of high ranking officers , the first photo is from funeral
of Erwin Rommel .

Photo's = BaMa . Beeldbankwo2 and Ebay

Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

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[Sturm78]

Hi Jopaerya,

Your second photo is interesting. I had never seen a 10.5cm leFH18 limber fitted with solid tires.
It seems a contradiction

Sturm78

[jopaerya]

This gun where the coffin was layed on looks to me a l.F.H. ??

Photo = Ebay

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Jopaerya wrote
This gun where the coffin was layed on looks to me a l.F.H. ??

I think 15cm sFH18

Sturm78

[jopaerya]

Oke , thanks for the information .

Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

Here a Ebay picture of the funeral of General Gawantka , could be in Prague looking at the signs on the shops .
http://ww2gravestone.com/general/gawantka-georg

Regards Jos

[ain92]

Funeral of Friedrich August III, 1932, Dresden — le.F.H. 16 used:



Fritz Todt funeral, February 1942, Berlin:

Looks like le.F.H. 18, isn't it?

[der bunkermann]

anyone know what this is?.. looks like 10.5 cm Leichte feldhaubitze 18?

german funeralparade at ''het buitenhof'' in Den Haag.. (note the cameraman!)
i wonder who's funeral it was..

gr, Tim

[jopaerya]

Hello Tim

This could be the funeral of Gen. Seyffardt , looks there are also N.S.B. uniforms beside the coffin .
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Seyffardt

Regards Jos

[der bunkermann]

youre right!
here the footage from the camera on the picture: (hofvijver in the back!)
http://deoorlog.nps.nl/page/mappen/7803 ... 3&d=780194

[jopaerya]

This should be the funeral of Werner Mölders ( Luftwaffe Ace ) in 1941, picture is from Ebay .

Regards Jos

[AlifRafikKhan]

Is there any speciality for the type of the guns used. I see there's only howitzer only...

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

I'm guessing they were best suited for carrying a coffin. Would be hard to place one on a 8,8 without having an extra section between gun and carrier. Probably wouldn't fit on anything smaller either.

waleed

[AlifRafikKhan]

Thank you Waleed