Stogieman

A blast from the past for Antti to enjoy!

Your photos are posted, but take forever to load up for some reason.

Here's an interesting 1950's Military Pilot, 3rd. Class. But wait! It has a flat space and a stamped serial number! The screw nut bears a Czech maker mark, so....... does anybody know..... is it Soviet, or a slavishly copied piece used by the Czech military???

As an example: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=8850&st=0 Well worth the wait and the expense..

Ralph's set is still one of the nicest little groups I ever came across! Solomon, magnificent packets!!

This is a "Thank You" given to Germans who donated their gold to help finance the (WW1) War financing....

Wow Ed, looks like an awe-inspiring trip! Thanks for sharing these with us. I look forward to the full report!!

I think if I was to list all my favorite things it would eat up all the bandwidth....

Looks like Anhalt ribbon to me!

The case is exceptionally rare. I've seen 2 or 3 variations, all very, very hard to find, elevating this very common medal into rarified status!

Greg wins the beer.... The award shown at the head of the listing is NOT the one he is selling. He;s selling the crappy COPY shown in the small photo at the END of the listing..... classic bait & switch.

Study this ad carefully: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/KNIGHTS-CROSS-2-CLASS-WITH-SWORDS-OF-THE-ZAHRINGER-LION_W0QQitemZ6639207966QQihZ012QQcategoryZ13965QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/KNIGHTS-CROSS-2-CLASS-...1QQcmdZViewItem</a> For a beer, who can tell me what's wrong?

cosinus, Welcome to the forum! Two of my favorite things are the same as yours!

I would be delighted if anyone can help me find this missing piece. Thanks!

Reverse. Seek, and ye shall find.

Correct one, pin variation:

A little closer:

This badge is interesting on several levels. It's an amazingly convincing attempt to fake an issue bavarian Pilot Badge and (one of) the new generation of rubbish that has been created to fill collector demand. Some key issues: A) very sharp/unfinished look to the edges. No German made that badge. B) Reverse pattern of wreath is incorrect, I will not say more publicly, but they have not managed to get it right yet. Study originals, you will see what I mean..... C) Hinge & Catch are almost there. Again.... look at an original.... D) Wrong top to the crown.... the (ahem) "manufacturer" appears to have confused Prussia with Bavaria... If it had gone cheap, I would have bought it as a tool to help others differentiate. better scans would have revealed much wrong, I believe. But my days of shelling out $4-700 for fakes is over. Here's a (sorry it's a small one) photo of an original with its' award document.

Hi Andrew, any idea who ended up with it? I would always strive to put things back as a group.

Another compelling point here is the order was most likely stripped because it was gold........ b@st@rds.

Carsten Ziege has one in his auction of 24.6.2006

Oh, NICE packets!! Now, you need a beige Silber FAM, Bronze FAM in both styles of packets and all 3 styles of cases and...........

Not a Prussian War Merit Cross. "War Aid Service Cross" would be a closer translation from 'Kriegs=hilfsdienst'

Ahem.... Slovakia, is NOT Czechoslovakia......... Ahem! (My Slovak relatives are rolling in their respective places of internment as I read this!)