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    Stogieman

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    1. Stogieman
      Bad SMERSH ID
    2. Stogieman
      the cover:
    3. Stogieman
      And in keeping with my starting theme.... here's last night's listing of FAKE documents. The MVD one is very bizarre as the Gramota appears to be an "awarding document" for the MVD Honored Employee Badge sans anyplace to put a serial number in... Say what!????
    4. Stogieman
      Wow. A late-war gilded zinc example with "closed" crown. Now that's a rare bird!
    5. Stogieman
      Very nice bar WildCard! Is that the Jubilee Medal on the end?
    6. Stogieman
      A) Yes. Yes. B) Yes. No. C) This one I do not know the answer too, but I have no recollection of a W?rttemberg only recipient list. D) Yes. Oh yes, There's also: E) You'll have a lot of competition for the bar you're looking at ;>)
    7. Stogieman
      Ha Ha, we've sucked in another Imperial victim...... errrrr I mean a new Imperial collector. The slope is very steep. The slope is very slippery. There is no bottom! Enjoy our ride!
    8. Stogieman
      Nice original cross in one of the most heavily reproduced of the cases. Slightly unusual size/shape for this style. My advice, hit the case and the liner, then remove the inserts and hit the paper backing of the case. You'll know if it glows. If it doesn't, chances are it's OK, if it glows, you've been "had". Good Luck, Rick
    9. Stogieman
      OH yes, yours is in exceptional condition. You will rarely find it with all thelittle trim pieces intact like yours. very, very, very nice!
    10. Stogieman
      Hi Richard, I have seen these with the EK2 & EK1. I believe they were sold independent of the cross itself.
    11. Stogieman
      This one is #15. I spotted it on eBay of all places. Frankly, if the fakes look this good, it's almost worth having a fake. Of course the badge was offered only as "original soviet badge". Supposedly, located in Australia.... however he had multiple negative feedbacks that he was really in Belarus.... You can make your own conclusions.
    12. Stogieman
      Yeah, I'm in the office but the book is at home. I should buy another while I still can...
    13. Stogieman
      Of course he also has 3 lots of loose ribbon for sale as well. I'd love to think he's hanging up his hat, but I'll believe it when I see it.
    14. Stogieman
      I can't see a cut on the suspension ring. The ribbon certainly looks old/correct but it's one of the older brass suspensions. The color could be the scan, but the ring at the top doesn't look the one on Igor's site.
    15. Stogieman
      Wow, that's pretty nice! Interesting to see the "special" book for the medal as well!
    16. Stogieman
      Reverse:
    17. Stogieman
      Is this one OK? The ring/attachment doesn't look quite right to me.
    18. Stogieman
      Thought it would be interesting to point out the hundreds of bad MGB, KGB, NKVD, MOOP and MWD ID's and documents circulating on eBay. Here's a really cheesy NKVD document:
    19. Stogieman
      Saxony was interesting (isn't it always??!). The First Class Cross always had the wreath. Swords denoted the war-time award of same. Now, the really fantastic ones are pre-1914 in real gold. Drop-dead gorgeous with the Scharffenberg ones being of the utmost quality. Much nicer (IMO) than the Roessner & Glaser pieces.
    20. Stogieman
      Hi David, actually, what you have is an Albert Knight 1 w. Swords and an Albert Knight 2, no swords. Fabulous bar!
    21. Stogieman
      Hi Ralph. I love the 2 minis. Top-shelf! The frack bars are pretty spiffy too!
    22. Stogieman
      oooooooo Lippe-Detmold! Very nice bar and despite the fact that it's tough to find mounted; many collector's seem to overlook this small cross.
    23. Stogieman
      Hi Prosper. I seem to recall seeing a photo of that bar floating around the net last year. I cannot remember where it was! ??
    24. Stogieman
      And here's the aftermath of his efforts...
    25. Stogieman
      Beautiful little badges. Top quality!
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