Stogieman

Thanks!

What is SDA?

Thanks, I don’t realize that. It’s a dead ringer for a bar I owned years ago

The Saxon Bar is right but opening bid is 600 Euro! Your right, bars have been adulterated, messed with and monkey fingered as my old friend Rick Research would say.

Well, I crawled eBay.de and saw some extroidinary medal bars, but the pricing really puts me off. Is this really we’re we’re at these days?

Nice collections! Years ago I had many cased Austrian orders and medals. The craftsmanship was wonderful!

I had one of these cased years ago, they are beautiful

Having difficulty with this. The seller has a tremendous number of listings, all with the same bizarre broach. Many are clear copies but many others look legit and have sold for big money. Opinions please?

My Father In Law’s service ribbons on his WW2 uniform, USMC

BTW I grew up in Westfield

Hi Bill, thanks for the information. My Mother In Law was from Springfield during and after the war. She eventually remarried to an island hopping Marine (I have his uniform with service ribbons), (my wife’s father). They moved to East Longmeadow and she lived her life out in Chicopee. Ken was buried in Margraaten (sp?) but eventually reinterred In Springfield. She visited his grave faithfully for her entire life. Overseas it turned out he was buried near my Great Uncle’s brother. You should have seen her and my uncle hobnobbing at gatherings. He flew photo reconnaissance in B-17s during the war and actually had pictures of the cemetery. I have his brother’s Purple Heart. He was KIA as a prisoner cleaning up ruins in Scharffamberg (sp?) when a second wave of bombers came through. small world!

Bumping this one too

Bumping up, great examples in here to study

Hi Claudio, pretty sure both are original RK badges, no idea on current prices. I parted ways with mine years ago. They should be in here somewhere though. I’ll see if I can find the thread

War Department letter with citation for his Air Medal crew picture

A couple of patches and a picture of Kenneth War Department letter with citation for his Air Medal

Well, someone broke the group. When I bought it it was a photo, ribbon bar and monogrammed silver ware. What a shame

Too funny! Thanks! What a bizarre face!

Kenneth was the Co-Pilot of a B-17 shot down over Belgium during WW2. He was my Mother-In-Law’s first husband. Here are the awards she received from AAC for him. After she passed, the group came to me. I have reams of paperwork on the group including telegrams, letters from the WD, photographs and a large scroll from the President. The photos of him from training before he left for England compared to after being through multiple missions show the true horror our men went through. A sad group. Note the Sweetheart pins he gave her as well. More to be added as I sift through the group.

Gilded yes but I don’t believe they were bronze

I don’t believe this bar is legitimate but I’m curious as to what the black ribbon is? Can anyone help? I have no memory of this ribbon. Thanks

Final bid was $105.50, someone is going to be very disappointed

Hey! I used to own that bar! Came from Nieman, there was his personal silverware with the bar, did you get that too?

Thanks Daniel! I appreciate your hard research! Vielen Dank!

What a stunning bar! Very nice to have a photo as well