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NEPHEW OF A RCNVR HERO – PART III

Flotsam & Jetsam

Every sailor gathers bits and pieces of their travels and keeps them squirreled away as souvenirs of their life at sea. Able Seaman William Dearl Trickett was no exception.

This installment is a selection of the random memories he kept in his Wartime Log.

Meal Ticket #12. Address of Billet or Hostel – 38, Rue de Taciturne. Address of Feeding Centre – 63, Rue de La Loi. These are addresses close to one another in Brussels, Belgium. Uncle Bill must have stayed here after his liberation. 38 Taciturne is a non-descript building that now houses the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung EU Office, the oldest political foundation in Germany. 63, Rue de La Loi is a larger office building that holds the Belgium Permanent Representation to the EU. The meal ticket is not punched, so it might have been extra or the former POWs moved on before they could use them.
A 10 Reichsmark banknote issued in 1929. It was replaced by USA ‘Occupation’ banknotes in 1945. Present worth – $3 CAD
Narrative of a British Free Corps recruiting flyer. In 1943, the Nazis began a program (The BFC) to recruit POWs to fight against the combined Jewish/Communist European threat. Uncle Bill would have received this in his camp.

Only 12 men joined the BFC and the only ‘action’ they saw was when 10 of them were sent to the Russian front in March 1945. None of them fired a shot.
Above: A Chocolate Aguila (Eagle) bar wrapper. Nec plus Ultra would mean the ‘Ultimate’ candy bar. Below: A cigarette package from South America
A 20 and 10 Reichsmark banknote issued in 1929. Below is a 2 Rentenmark banknote that was worth about 50 cents CAD when issued in 1937.

These papers appear to be German food slips and stamps. The line at the bottom of the second one makes it clear that the owner should take good care not to lose them.
Left – A Hitler 1 pfennig postage stamp. Upper Right – A CCCP 15 Kopeck (cent) 1943 coin worth about $1. Bottom Right – A Norwegian 50 Øre – Haakon VII WW2 German Occupation coin, date unknown but issued between 1941 – 45.
Egyptian address of Ali Mohamed Hamamo. A 1 Rentenmark note issued in 1937. A POW issued 10 Reichspfenning note that was not legal German currency. A 5 Reichsmark note issued in 1942.

Blair’s LinkedIn Profile

Blair is a personification of a ‘Jack of All Trades and Master of None’. He has held several careers and has all the T-shirts. Time to add the title Blogger to the list.

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