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here's a little beauty that came through here!

Here's a Destroyer in the box. No finsih was on it... looked like it was never applied either! Leftover stock at the end of the war?? No clue, but the detail was unbelievable on the die-casting!

Here's a nice pair of Baqueville french-made KM badges in their boxes:

Always nice when those numbers match! here's the inside, with a nice little note from the recipient... or was it his brother, I don't remember now!

How about showing off some dull little cardboard boxes for these awards?? very, very hard to find! Have any?? Here's a Sports Badge Box!

Fantastic pieces and groups. thanks for letting me see what these should really look like.

Here's a photo from my buddy Mike...... he's selling off his collection and I'm grateful to have this awesome photo of what he had!

Here's a pretty rare Luftwaffe GAB box. Again, late war piece inside:

here's the badge inside:

No, not a bunch of "normal" blue/black cases! Show us your cardboard boxes!! Here's a pretty rare late-war PB in one!

........ speaking of which, this odd type of case was also used on this PG 1870 EK2!

Here's how it was awarded. A spiffy side-by-side compartmented case!

I had a drop-dead gorgeous BSW Glider but I cannot seem to find the pix. Larry is quite right that the BSW wreaths are often cracked at the rivets like this. perhaps the press was a little to powerful when finishing the rivets. It seems to be primarily BSW ones that exhibit this little clue....

Hi Reini, in my experience, the boxes are generic. You will find anything from GAB, IAB to KM in these mottled boxes. Having said that, I see more Austrian origin badges (LDO in Wein, etc) with this style. The KM was a Souval piece. The same holds true for the brown-mottled boxes, plain gray ones. Anything froma numbered RK GAB to a Juncker ACB....... I think the boxes were simply "stock" items and the piece was popped in and sold that way. Occassionally, the gray ones pop up with ink-stamped titles. I've seen those primarily with KM/Luftwaffe badges.

Rick is quite right. The Adler der Inhaber is pretty scarce. I've had 2 cased, seen ~3-4 more cased....... This is the first one I've ever had/seen in a mounted group. Now, with all the discussion of the first piece, let's not overlook the last. The Silver Merit Cross to the Brunswick House Order is pretty darn spiffy as well! Again, a first for me as a mounted group. The BHO was (IMO) one of the neatest Orders in Germany. 2 medals, 2 Merit Crosses, 2 Ritterkreuzes, Commander's, Gross Kreuz, etc., etc., etc. They always came in a stunning red case with only a small gold crown impressed upon the lid. To me, always one of Germany's finest!

One more from me:

Nice, nice, nice. IMO these Mayer spanges were one of, if not the best!

Same KM Badge, this one's a Juncker, different box. Yummy!

Still my favorite KM Badge!

From the "Austrian Closet Find", or was it "Basement Find"??

What? KM Boxed badges? You bet! Show us yours!

IAB's??

This one should pop a few eyeballs!

Oh Marcus, are you watching!!!! How about those yummy, rare, 99.9% thrown away cardboard boxes?? Let's see 'em!!

Well Chet, I think this looks much better than the xerox you mailed me! My congrats on an O~U~T~S~T~A~N~D~I~N~G Medal Bar !