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Mmmmm...that is a dirty one. But in my opinion, I wouldn't clean it. It has honest dirt on it and the ribbons and bars are identifiable. Could you show the back too please...

Hmmmm....The stamp SILVER in English, the uncommon pin, the rough back and the angled pin and clasp hardware...I don't think it's German. The fact that this is not a recognizable maker silvermaker stamp and is just impressed with the word "SILVER" leads me to believe that this is a trinket piece.

Thanks for the infomation! So I guess I have to wait two years. Did you read that recently or was that a few years ago and the goal to have it done by 2014?

Hello; I have been meaning to ask this question for a while and I was recently asked by a collector; Are there French records of German POWs? I am trying to cross-confirm the pilot, Ldr Kurt Luedtke (and his observer/gunner, name?) that were shot down and captured by the French on January 31, 1918. Between the front lines and Paris. What POW camp was he taken to? What was name of his Observer/gunner? Thank you in advance for any information you can give me.

....but the reserve price was...? I'm sure it was high.

It is a real testament to the quality of the steel that the blade isn't worn down after over 36,000 uses and sharpenings. My mom had some old farm kitchen knives and I have seen how a blade can be reduced through years of hard use.

Any illustrations? A guy showing an exacerbated method of snowshoe walking could be interesting.

Hello Artan; Sometimes a person just needs to discuss a subject out loud to help find the answer for himself. But in this case I would have liked to help you, but I just didn't know. Regarding your tunic and the twelve pointed star....YES. Very similar. Good research. Do you know the era of the jacket?

$2,500....give or take $2,450 depending on certain annoying details, like the veracity of the piece. without photos, nothing can be estimated.

"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" -Morgan Stanley Glad you could drop us a line Rick.

No, No. That's ok. You are right. It is their cold weather. When you have 80F degree summers and then when the themometer drops to 70F, your wife is going to call out; "Wear your long-sleeve shirt today Dear. It's nippy outside."

"wore in cold weather"...in New Guinea! -that just seemed funny to me. Thank you for showing.

Wow. All that "ice". Amazing work and may I say, more difficult to achieve than just buying the latest output from the mines and putting them in settings. Diamonds can appear to be all the same in clearness and brightness, but all stones can be graded by cut, carat, color and clarity. It is these last two catagories that are really important here so that in the field of diamonds, one of the stones doesn't look "dirty" or more blue or gray than the others. Thanks for posting. Let me know when you can borrow them for a while for you, and your friends to examine closely. I would like to see the construction and maker-marks on these beauties.

Has any of these bars surfaced since 1987? Have the winning bidders had them in Riker mounts -for the last 25 years! Great bars. Thank you for posting these pages.

That is an GREAT group of document, photo and medal barrrr.....wait...did the medal bar loose it's battle bar that is shown on the photo? Strange, he served in WWI (HK w/Swords) but they didn't give him any other decorations until 1934. Not even the war help medal.

Everything is "tank" something. "Tankeinsatz", "Tankrückzugskämpfe"

Great information. A nine month convalesce. it sounds like a serious enough wound to take time to heal before returning to the front and, three years later, he was awarded the VWA-black.

Mmmm, the man was obviously one of the new, Calvary-Observers with Hussar Rgt #17.

Hello Paul; I could make it out on the photo and couldn't read it on the doc, but what grade VWA did he earn? Where was he wounded? Great group and accompanying research items!

Mr. Piekenier; You mentioned a naval dagger engraved with Chorus' name. May we see it please?

56 victories. That would date this writing to sometime after June 25th, 1917 (the date of number 56). His 57th victory was July 2, 1917, however we can't immediately assume that this pilot would have been informed of #57, especially when it needed to be confirmed and taking into account the communication network. So we might conclude that he wrote this note to his family in the last days of June 1917 to mid-July 1917.

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Great stuff. Keep the photos coming!!