German Geocoin Die Ersten und Die Letzten (Silver German Geocoin)

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Origin:
United Kingdom
Recently Spotted:
In NCL- Travel Bug/ Geocoin Hotel

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Current Goal

To be placed in any caches in Great Britain or Germany that have a connection with the Royal Air Force or the Luftwaffe.

Messerschmitt 109

About This Item

German Geocoin (Silber)

This Silber Edition German geocoin is named after the autobiography ("The First and Last") of Generalleutnant Adolf Galland, a brilliant fighter pilot who shot down many British aircraft based in Essex airfields like North Weald during WWII.

During the Battle of Britain, Adolf Galland led Gruppe III of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" flying Germany's best fighter plane the ME109. He scored his 40th victory on 24 September 1940. By 1945 he notched up over 100 kills and survived being shot down 4 times.

He was not popular with his Luftwaffe Commander in Chief Hermann Goering whom he frequently argued with. Goering, irritated by the Luftwaffe's inability to clinch victory, asked the young ace sarcastically what more he needed, to be told, "Herr Reichsmarschall, a squadron of Spitfires!". Galland said later that he preferred his own Messerschmitt 109's but was not prepared to let Goering get away with the jibe.

He was famous for his hospitality to downed Allied pilots throughout the war and became good friends with British fighter pilot aces Douglas Bader and Bob Stanford-Tuck after the war.

The actual German geocoin stays with the owner. This is a replica for placing in the cache in an attempt to discourage those lovely non-muggles who like to "collect" (ie steal) other people's geocoins.

Please do not log this geocoin if you have not gone to the trouble of finding it in a physical cache. No Event caches please. Logs suspected of being virtual swaps will be deleted.

This is not a regular trading item. This geocoin is a travel bug with a mission. If you do not intend to log your visit, please do not take this item. Please try to place it in another cache within a fortnight.

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Tracking History (2743.6mi) View Map

Dropped Off 9/23/2011 SandS.GE placed it in NCL- Travel Bug/ Geocoin Hotel North East England, United Kingdom - 431.17 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 9/12/2011 Shiftyr discovered it   Visit Log

Seen by SandS.Ge
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 9/12/2011 SandS.GE grabbed it   Visit Log

Retrieved it from [url=http://coord.info/GC1VJ1Y]Ge - Po (GC1VJ1Y)[/url]
Discovered It 8/13/2011 HerculesBob discovered it   Visit Log

Das Stück Papier mit dem Tracking Code im Cache "GC1VJ1Y Ge - Po" entdeckt.

Danke und Grüße
HerculesBob
Dropped Off 8/10/2011 spätabends placed it in Heiden - Kreuzweg Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 14.16 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/9/2011 spätabends retrieved it from Dülmener Lost Places 2: Jüdischer Friedhof Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   Visit Log

Today I found the geocoin at the old Jewish graveyard in Dülmen. Greetings from spätabends
Dropped Off 8/7/2011 joergundheike placed it in Dülmener Lost Places 2: Jüdischer Friedhof Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 179.5 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/2/2011 joergundheike took it to Theresienstrasse in Rhodt Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - 152.27 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 8/2/2011 joergundheike grabbed it   Visit Log

Today we found it in "Theresienstraße" in Rhodt unter Rietburg, Rheinland-Pfalz. We will take you with us to the Ruhrgebiet until we find an adaquate place related to the Airforce.
Dropped Off 7/17/2011 raligoldi placed it in Ge - Po Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 9.45 miles  Visit Log
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