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I picked this bar up within the last year from Heiko - not sure if he ever showed it off. A bar to a Captain or Major who served from the late 1800s through the mid 1930s... he wears the ever interesting Black/White EK with Non Com HC combo as well as the bronze China-Denkmunze with FAUPING bar. The award at the end is, I think, a Weimar era DRK award. I am curious as to why he would wear this medical service award as compared to any other, especially given his rank and long career. Comments and feedback? Posted in the wrong forum - perhaps a moderator can move it up? :cheers:

Excellent, Rick. Thank you!!

both pages...

Here's his Draft Registration Card. He was born in Iowa but registered in California. He was a bartender before the war and tried to claim an exemption based on his being the sole supporter of his mother.

This bar looks good (although the cotton is weird). I doubt that it was a Combatant EK redressed with a NonCom ribbon. This combo, but with Black/White ribbon, would be a pretty unlikely bar. Is the EK tied down?

Thanks Claudio. I originally though LS, but then I got carried away. I should have known... :blush:

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Baden Policeman portrait - he proudly displays his medal bar... Baden War Service Cross Honor Cross for Non Combatants Merit Cross of the Order of the Z?hringen Lion ??? Kaiser Centennial Medal Baden Bronze Jubilee Medal, 1902 Hungarian Commemorative Medal Is the third place medal a Merit Cross? He has it prominently displayed in front of his other medals.

Here's one to a senior Doctor from February, 1944.

A very interesting group. I bet he was pretty psyched to get transferred back to Feldgendarmerie Abt 757 in Norway.

Thanks Chris - I have read these articles in the past - they are excellent. However, I was curious if there was any info about IR117 in the Regimental history in early November. http://www.1914-18.info has the 25 ID around Le Quesnoy at that time. (it is interesting that this town was liberated by New Zealand troops exactly four years after the date of this doc).

Here is a great doc to Offizierstellvertreter in Infanterie-Leibregiment Gro?herzogin (3. Gro?herzoglich Hessisches) Nr. 117 dated November 4, 1914. My best guess is that it was awarded for actions during the first battle of Ypres. Perhaps the unit had suffered considerably since the First battle of the Marne and the Race to the Sea. Chris - I saw that you have a single EK2 doc to this unit as well (from August). Do you have the regimental history? Is there anything you can share about this man's experiences in October/November?

What was the final answer?

Kim - Thanks so much for the info. Any idea as to what this helmet (Hungarian Model 50) is worth?

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Years ago I picked up this helmet described as a Russian Ssh40 Steel Helmet from World War II. It is in excellent condition, complete with liner and chin strap. I know its tough to be certain but can anyone give an opinion as to whether it is from the Second World War or from sometime during the Cold War? I have included 4 images below. The last one shows two markings, a stamped 2 on the inside of the shell and another stamp on the underside of the chin strap. Also, you can see that the padding is cloth with grass or straw packed in. It doesn't have the usual black leather pads. I actually posted this question on another forum a long time ago. I'm considering selling it but wanted to get some more opinions before potentially parting with it. Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Can anyone tell me the parent unit of Feldartl-Regts. Nr 505, especially during the last days of the war?

Verifying his name will only make the price go up. Now it's going to go up to $80,000!!

Nice looking Godet bar with Saxe-Meiningen Honor Medal in Bronze. Bars with tags are great, but I wouldn't dismiss a nice, historically significant, bar just because it lacks a maker's label.

The cross looks good but I can't believe the bar is anything more than a fantasy piece or a one-time item for the original owner.

Heres an example of a "We" EK1.

That exact style of case is rather common along with similar style cases with the same inscription. Here's an example of a similar case with the same inscription...

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