Dave B

Here is the case that the 57er came in,now with its new "occupant" Oh its with a 20 marked Zimmermann EK1 that came in today as well.

Dave

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Dave, I'd just like to complement you on your great photography. Have you been on a course?

Tony

Cough,ahem....errr yes! Ok I admit it,I couldn't be bothered to take photos/scans of it so I used the ones Tony sent me :food-smiley-004:....nice one Tony!

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Checkout this bobby dazzler vaulted 57er that my mate Tony picked up in the Fatherland for me!...cheers mate!It came cased but the case is a wartime one so it lost out to a TR KVK1 without swords

Dave

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Ooop's frst post, whats going on here ? LOL I've cocked up some how quoting Gordon ????

Dave you tart, I never knew you had those ! Very nice.

Kr

Marcus

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Thanks Marcus.................they are cased as well!!!

Dave

Howdy Marcus Cuz.

Good to see you here!!

Dave,  a shot in the dark....... S&L ???

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Yep!...well half right The without swords is a 4 marked Steinhauer and the with swords is a 62.

Dave

Dave,

Nice Austrian mount.

Page 50 maybe??  

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Yep,thats the one mate!

Dave

Dave,

I'm with you on this one. These have been freely available for several years at under ?30. If you have a look at Nick Morigi's site you will find them still available today.  (Nick isn't trying to pass them off as genuine, they are sold openly as copies)

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Gordon have you on file an actual Steinhauer spange to compare the fake to?

Dave

I don't think I have ever seen one in the "flesh",great looking badges!

Dave

Hi all,

On another forum there is a discussion about L/16 EK2 spanges and they have been given the thumbs up,I have always thought they were bogus.......am I right or wrong....again

Cheers

Dave

Excellent info and great scans Gordon! What exactly did one have to do to be awarded these badges?.....was it number of missions only?

Also what are the current prices for both grades and types?

Cheers

Dave

Yours was made by Paul Meybauer Tony,it looks fine to me mate.

Dave

Moi,dodgy!! .............I am deeply offended

Gordon,could you possibly start a thread about those U-boat Combat clasps?.....I'm pretty unfamiliar with them.

Cheers

Dave

As I said in my email Tony,common to all Floch's is the "loose bottom" 3.

Nice one Laurence wub.gif

Dave

Great photo Gordon,that RK sure does look familiar

Tony mate sshh,don't tell Sarah!! I'm just off down the docks.....errr I mean shops

Dave

I'm reading "The Boat" at the mo and feeling all nautical

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I wasn't sure what forum to put this in but as its got TR military awards in the pic,I thought this one would be ok.

Dave

Yes surprisingly,I would say its an 84 as well!

Anyone have a guess at the makers of these 2 KVK's just by the obverse pics?...I know you know Gordon!

Dave

Very nice Jim! I have never been able to pin a parade mounted EK2 down,they are always sold before I can get a look in.

Here is one you don't see everyday.

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Do you pehraps recognise this one Jim mate?......on a page of a certain book maybe??

Dave

Beautiful cross Gordon but I prefer the pics you sent me

Dave

Oh-oh Tony mate,not this again

Btw,can you have a look at his belt buckle with a loupe,is it HJ,Heer?

Dave

Wow! How did you find that out?

Do you know where he came from? We have a Dave Bloor on the forum. Did he survive the war?

Tony

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There was a fighter pilot called Bloor as well Tony mate,he flew in the Battle of Britain!

If these two men were really herioc and won tons of medals,then they are bound to be relatives of mine

Dave

"Bucket residence,Lady of the House speaking!"...of course "Bucket" is pronounced "Bouquet"...yeah Keeping up Appearences was great!

The chunky girl is Dawn French and the programme is called "The Vicar of Dibley",another great show.

The department store prog is an old one,it was called "Are you being served"......the staff's catchphrase was "I'm free"

Not sure which one you mean with the father and son,unless its "Only Fools and Horses"? Delboy and Rodney were brothers.

My missus loves CSI and Law and Order,I try not to watch ANY TV....unless its about the War of course

Jim's a Trekkie!! ,have you got an anorak mate?

The British programmes that you REALLY need to watch are the Blackadder series especially Blackadder goes Forth,fantastic mate!

Dave

Tony,tell Jim how good Blackadder is!

Now, if only I could talk Dave out of that mint 100 EKI.......?

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I'm easily tempted Jim mate

Dave

Oh look,isn't it nice!

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Thanks Dave.

Another stupid question.  Is the difference in the various patterns the inscription only??  Are the obverses all identical??

Oh, and are these still reasonably priced??

Jim

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Yeah the obverse is always the same on all 3 patterns and yes I think they are still reasonably priced,the gold can fetch a bit though.I personally like them with the award/issue number.

Dave

BTW Dave,

I love your avatar!! I hope to have one like it some day.