A nice collection

[Brigardefuhrer]

Nice photos John , if I can find a nice Tombak High Seas Fleet with plenty of gold wash on it .........

You and me both James.
EKII mm52 Gottlieb&Wagner,my latest find at the Chatham fair an EKI 107 Carl Wild.Unmarked EKII and miniature EK& spange.

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[Brigardefuhrer]

HJ proficiency badge in silver and 'Der Mutters Kreuz'

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[Franz repper]

Post more sir's I am enjoying this will try and post some of my riders badge ,might be a fake but I only paid 8€ for it

[Brigardefuhrer]

Ribbon bars and citations,for black WB,Silver (repaired with section of page from paybook) and Ost front medal.An EKII and SWB citation to the same man,an 'Iron Cross' wound badge,note silver for one wound,later in the war if you suffered a bad wound and made you unlikly to able to earn the EKII,you were automaticly awarded the medal with the wound badge.John

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Note I keep my paper work in acid free comic book bags and backing boards,ordinary plastic bags can cause damage.

[Brigardefuhrer]

Imperial EKII citation and medals,the 1914 EKII and the Turkish 'Iron halfmoon'

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[Brigardefuhrer]

A very rare WWI cutout wound badge in Silver,made by Godet of Berlin in 938 silver and a cut out WB in black.Also a Krieger verdienst medal,colonial award.

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[Brigardefuhrer]

Reverse shot of KVD and case and a Silesian eagle IInd class

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[Brigardefuhrer]

Obtaining books on medals and badges is more important than buying the first medal/badge you come across,they may be expensive but they will save you money in the long run and in addition join Wehrmacht awards forum,German combat awards forum,they have a 'priceless' amount of information on them.
In the mid 1970's these were the 'bibles' on medals and are collectors pieces in their own right

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,now a new generation of books,written by collectors for collectors,here are examples,'The Iron time' history of the Iron cross,the EKI,War merit cross,War badges of the Kriegsmarine,the Flak badge and the Infantry assualt badge.Well good hunting fellow medal mongs.

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[Sarge]

Here are some of mine - wound badges first.
Sarge

[Sarge]

My Iron Cross family

[Sarge]

"the rest of the story"

[Sarge]

My Cassed Mothers Krosses

[Sarge]

Almost forgot these. All of my Bw Iron Crosses togather.

[Brigardefuhrer]

Very nice collection,I do like the cased pieces.John

[Brigardefuhrer]

My latest find at W&P an L/11 Deumer EK1,it came with an unmarked box,but I've had a Deumer marked box for thirty years and I have paired them up.John

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