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Because it's really beautiful, and it's extremely rare!

Nicole on the side blurted out: "Marshal Staff!"

"Marshal's staff?"

Just now, Zach and Davis were both porters, and Xiang Weirong planned to move several boxes for MG42 machine guns in order to make the aisle more relaxed, but as soon as he got started, he felt that there was a problem with the weight of one of the boxes.

Light.

When I opened it, I found that there was a long box with a very intricately made eagle logo of the Third Reich.

When I opened it again, it was covered with velvet, and there were two very delicate sticks, one long and one short, which were trapped, especially the short one inlaid with gold and silver, which was extremely exquisite, so I took it over and let Zhang Nan take a look.

Zhang Nan put on his gloves again, and took them off just now for writing, so he picked up the short one and said: "Brother-in-law, this is the scepter of the marshals of the Third Reich, this one is red, it should be the marshal's." ”

It's really exquisite!

It is not surprising that Xiang Weirong did not know the German marshal scepter, even if some World War II-themed movies were imported from some Eastern European countries friendly to China a few years ago, there should be very few shots of this thing.

Even if there is a "marshal" dangling with an imitation in his hand, the movie will not introduce what this "stick" is and what it is for......

There are only a few Chinese people outside the work, and everyone who received education earlier can now come into contact with people and things related to the West, and this marshal's staff is not enough to beat with eight poles!

No one recognizes it, but it feels like it should be more important.

Now in the eighties, knowing that my brother-in-law doesn't know the mystery, Zhang Nan said: "This thing originated in ancient Rome more than 2,000 years ago, and this short and thick cylinder was the herald of Roman generals.

At that time, a section of wood was hollowed out in the middle, and some were made of parchment, and the written orders were placed in it, and after it was sealed, it was sent by the herald.

By the time Crassus suppressed the Spartacus uprising, the herald design became unique and elaborate, with metal, hides, and gemstones.

Every Roman general at that time would think of a way to make his herald unique, to make it easier to distinguish it, and to show off it.

The tradition of the Roman legions 2,000 years ago was passed down to the Nazi Third Reich, and the communication function of the herald has long been replaced by modern communication methods, and the cylinder used by the ancient Roman herald has also degenerated into the marshal's staff.

I remember that the French marshals during the Napoleonic period and the British marshals during World War II and before World War II also had such marshal scepters.

To put it bluntly, this thing is used to symbolize the responsibility and authority of the marshal, and it is quite imposing in the hand. ”

Zhang Nan said and gestured in his hand, and learned the movements of the marshals of the Third Reich in the documentary, trying to hold the scepter in his hand.

"If you can't learn, you won't have that taste without that skin. ”

Without the aura of a superior person, it feels a bit nondescript to fiddle with this.

Xiang Weirong also took it and tried it in his hand: it was very heavy, because the material made of this thing was basically precious metal, and it was wrapped in a layer of red gold velvet in the middle.

"Very little?"

Zhang Nan nodded, "There were very few at the beginning, except for Goering's dead fat man, it seems that no marshal has a few scepters."

Between 1935 and 1945, Germany promoted a total of nineteen field marshals, five air marshals and two naval marshals.

And in July 1940, Hitler promoted Goering to the rank of Reich Marshal, a rank higher than the other German marshals.

The high-grade characteristics of this thing and the small number of people who received the medals were made separately in a custom-made way, and the main materials were inlaid with precious metals and gemstones, and the length was 49.5 cm, and the cross-sectional diameter was 3.4 cm, and the distinction between the branches of the military was based on color.

The color of the Field Marshal's Staff is red, the color of the Admiral's Staff is sea blue, the Air Force is azure, and the main color of the Imperial Marshal's Staff unique to the Fat Goering is white.

There would have been two of Goering's marshal's staffs, and one of Keitel's marshal's staffs, which should also be in the United States, and it is said that the Soviet Union also kept one, but it is not known who originally held it.

The whole world knows about those four at the moment, and this should be the fifth one to be discovered!"

As soon as Zhang Nan finished speaking, Nicole added a sentence on the side: "Usually in the middle of the marshal's staff, there are 20 to 24 Nazi eagle marks, 20 to 24 iron crosses, and in the lower part near the metal heads at both ends, there are the signatures of the grantees, the date of award, and the signature of Hitler, the Nazi Führer." ”

Xiang Weirong listened to the first half, and just wanted to count how many eagle emblems there were, but when he heard the second half, he simply handed the scepter to Nicole.

As soon as Nicole took it, she couldn't help but say, "It's really a bit heavy!"

It's really exquisite, with a gold army eagle logo relief on one end of the octagonal head, surrounded by floral shapes.

Nicole read out the owner's name: "Otto Moritz Walter Moder." ”

"Hitler's firefighter, I remember he was supposed to commit suicide. ”

Zhang Nan was a little unsure.

Jenny's World War II historiography on the side is obviously very good, and said: "It was a suicide, it is written in American textbooks, because the Ruhr Battle is the main battle of the US army, so it is clearly written."

Moder committed suicide in defeat on April 21, having previously violated Hitler's orders to completely blow up the Ruhr industrial area and was denounced as a traitor by Goebbels' propaganda machine.

However, it is said that Hitler, after learning that his former confidant Moder had committed suicide, said: If Moder can do it, then I can too.

Nine days later, on April 30, Hitler committed suicide with a gun.

I've also seen a World War II documentary about Modell, who is probably the most groomed of the 19 German field marshals. The most impressive thing is that during the military parade, he likes to stand on the open-top Mercedes-Benz car, lift a polished long riding boot on the back of the front chair and then raise his hand to salute, looking very energetic.

As to why his marshal's staff was here, perhaps he had placed it in Berchtesgaden before, and it was supposed to be his residence here. When they finally hid, the subordinates probably wanted to keep some good luck with the Master of Defense, or the simplest thing was that they didn't want the Allies to capture the Marshal's Scepter, so they were brought into the mines.

But how it will always be a mystery. ”

Jenny finished taking out another longer "stick" from the box and gesturing it in her hand, "It's like this." ”

She also learned from Modell's style.

"This is also a scepter?"

Xiang Weirong figured it out, but the appearance of these two "sticks" is too different: the long one is much thinner, which is a bit similar to a horse whip.

When Nicole heard this, she said, "This is a scepter."

Compared to the official marshal's staff, the German marshals also held a simpler and lighter marshal's staff.

The difference between the marshal's staff and the scepter is generally different in the occasions in which it is used: the marshal's scepter is used for large-scale and solemn official ceremonies and activities, and only the scepter is held in peacetime, and is usually used on military occasions, general private styles, and front-line command vehicles. ”

Saying that, Nicole took the rod in Jenny's hand, compared the length, and said: "The length of the rod is 78.5 cm, of which the length of the black leather staff is 62 cm, with a decorative belt made of German black, white and red. You can see that there is a silver toe at one end, and a silver handle at the other end, with a round petal decoration attached to the top, and the name and time of the award of the scepter are also engraved on the lower part of the hand. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the end: "The handle part is also inlaid with Nazi eagle marks and iron cross reliefs, which are distinguished by the eagle marks of the army, navy and air forces, and this rod also belongs to Moder."

Alan, you are the only one in the world who can have a set of marshal's staff and staff of the same person in the Third Reich. ”