Claudius

turk medal -reverse

turk medal -obverse

key -reverse(?)

key -obverse(?)

Hello TerryG; I have three items that I would like translating. They all belonged to the same person and I'm hoping that combined they will present a clearer portrait of the recipient. The first is the TH document. Would like to "read" the name that is at the top and if the body copy is any different from the translated doc above. The second is the handle on a key??? At least that was what I was told. The lower portion is broken off. I'm hoping that the cast inscription on the obverse and the reverse will reveal what this object is and what it was used for. The scan is bit poor, but my EPSON scanner was confused by the 3D item. The third is an unofficial Turkish medal. I don't know if my gentleman was "awarded" this or if it something he picked up on his "travels". At any rate, he didn't have it put on his medal bar with his other Turkish awards. Please let me know the price to translate. And we'll have to figure out a way for me to get payment to you -that will be the tricky part. Thank you, Claudius

Korrekt. A corporal in charge of eight men. At the Battle of Spichern they broken into the open and attacked homesteads that laid along a main road leading to the border. After a fight to capture the buildings from the enemy, the French, in contrast to their defensive tact they exhibited earlier that day, took the offensive to regain the lost buildings. Firing with their Chassepot rifles that had over twice the range of the German's Needle guns, Blume's men and the other seven companies inside had to endure the pounding without effective response. Twice the French infantry assaulted the homesteads and twice they were fought off. Afternoon turned to evening. From out of the setting sun, the French Calvary charged from down the west road and plowed into the Hanoverian's position. They were repelled. This allowed additional German units to move through the farm houses and onto the slopes that flanked the French's fortified and elevated position on the Heights. Other units went west and fought into the nearby village of Sterling and a forge's slag heaps. In the twilight the battle was over as the French surrendered the field. (this is the abbr. version from my memory) Does #2965 on the list mean anything? Does the listing have any other details? Anything...?

danke ;)

I'm sorry...this link is not working for me. Can Glen and his EK2 winner's list be accessed another way?

---stand-by--- i should have something for your friend.....

This joke is so far over my head it has an air traffic controller involved. I think a lot of us could benefit if those in-the-know would get out the "paper and crayons".

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This looks like a typical K.A.G. EKI. Except the pin on the back has been twisted out more. Has anyone seen this? I feel it was a personally done by the recipient to accommodate a thick piece of clothing. Like an outer coat or heavy tunic, perhaps even a naval tunic. What are other opinions?

Thanks Claudio. I tried to paste pictures, but I couldn't get them to save/post. The spange is greater than the sum of its parts. A small premium for the medal bar.

Now that it's over...did anyone win this bar? Is it identifiable? http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...em=350207147762

Thanks Erik for falling on these "swords" in order to show us clearly 57er's obverse and reverses. Hope they didn't set you back too much.

Wow. That's cool. Yes, I hope it can be narrowed down. Right now I'm 0-2. About a month ago I remember that Detlev had a group with a medal bar that had two of these identifiers. But that bar had seven awards and came with a small photo of the recipient. It's sketchy, but I believe from L-R it was; EK2, WGMMM, Baden(?) Verdienst, LuK, HK, Wurt.LS(9year?) and a Deutshen Volkspflege medal.

I concur with the freezer advice. The combined cold and dryness is beyond what mother nature trained these little buggers for and they, and their eggs perish. I read an article once about libraries using them for their older books. Some bugs would be resistant to the chemicals and others would retreat from the gas chemicals deeper into the books...but the cold. The DEEP cold finds them. Go to sleep bugs. Go gently into that good night...

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I rescued this bar from a dealer's darkened corner three and half years ago (at no small price). I thought it was a unique combination with 50% of the awards being relatively scarce medals. I've tried, but the stamp on the GMMM ring is unreadable to the camera, but I can see under a loop that it is indeed a "333".