Stogieman

Greetings Matthias, nice bar with an unusual style to it. I like how they attached the swords bar!

Hinges!? Now that would be interesting to see!

Hi Chris, I cannot imagine a relative of the Saxon putting a (insignificant) Prussian decoration on the St. Henry Ribbon. I would venture someone just "filled the space" after the fact.

Hi Mike, check with any of the major German dealers. Archival folders (acid-free) are available in A4 and the other common sizes in the EU. I have some larger vinyl free folders here as well that I'd be happy to share.

Exactly gentleman......... now, the fun part is...... I have seen two (2) EVER! One of our fellow Forumites now owns the second one!

200- Euro......... as my Brit friends are fond of saying "Pull the other one"

Hi Joe, absolutely no animosity on my part. I've never met him and certainly never done any business with him. I find his descriptions to be marvelous works and someday hope to meet his creative writing staff. Maybe, I can even get a job working for him too! I mean, he's been selling Eva Braun's underwear for going on 20 years now. I don't know which US GI dragged home that pillaged trunk of (now) treasured undergarments, but he certainly had his work cut out for himself!

I think the only other endless supply situation you can compare this to is the mysterious "General Bader's Trunk" situation in Hawaii a few years back.... Why "General Bader's Trunk" yielded an almost continuous supply of eBay items by seller DonHoHo for three (3) years.... culminated finally by the mysterious appearance of a pair of "tighty-whitey" men's underwear purported to have been found in a SECOND trunk of General Bader's in another state!

Reputedly, these undies had an Iron Cross on the backside and "General Bader's" initials marked on the tag by his Mommy.......

Shortly thereafter, all "General Bader's Trunk" items mysteriously disappeared from eBay and have not been seen since!!

The most famous tagline you can find from Mr. Snyder is "This is the real deal", which I believe he may have actually trademarked thereby forbidding the use of this phrase by any other seller of militaria in perpetuity.........

Animosity.......... Moi??? I think not!

Now that's about as interesting a group as they get. Could I get an extreme close-up of the badge please? Front & Back of course! Nice group! Very nice!

Hi Richard, nice bar. The Frack bars have been getting harder to come by these days!

Yeah, maybe the widow of Vietnam Vet's as that cross was made in the early 1970's. He probably mailed it home after he stripped it from around the neck of a German Pilot flying some funny red plane that crashed in the bush outside the wire, just past the unmarked minefield he had to go through to retrieve it. of course, coming back he was blown apart by a mine and his arm/hand.... still clutching the retrieved piece landed in a foxhole with his buddy who then mailed it to the widow as it was the dead soldiers whispered dying last wish...........

yeah, I'll buy that story......

Closed at 200- Euro......... who can tell me why??

OK, here's a very nice Bavarian Medal Bar with 3 simple, unimpressive pieces. 150- Euro and counting. Who can tell me why it's so rare?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Here's the reverse

I don't think this is real. Your task is to:

A) Convince me I am wrong

B) Tell me why!

Impressive collection Chris. I've always liked the MC groups, to my non-Brit collecting eyes, it has always been a beautiful cross!

Ladies & gentleman....... note the pin on the back of that RK in Tombak....... very similar to the pin on the back of numerous Auxiliary Cruiser Badges we ascribe to Juncker.....

And many, many reasons why copper would not have been a suitable base metal to work in as well! Nice honest badge!

Hi Jaques. Wonderful fotos. I am surprised with the number of SC's on those uniforms and struck by the fact that not one of them has a LC PAB!

I think he forgot that he left everybody hanging!

Mr. Snyder has a reputation bordering on the spectacular when it comes to some of his merchandise and some of his claims for same.

Ladies & Gentleman . My very large "attaboys" for the wealth of information, cameraderie and encouragement offered up to Mike here today! That's what these "halls" were made for!

Hi Gerd, now that's an interesting star, ribbon and spange!!

Shot of the back. This is the eBay #

http://cgi.ebay.com/Imperial-German-Order-...1QQcmdZViewItem

To me, this puppy is way over the top and with our recent discussion of RAO fakes with Andreas, well.... let's just say I'm having a hard time swallowing this as the real deal.

I have no interest in this piece, just curious what the consensus is, to me, it's bad, but I am suspicious type

Hi Jeff! Awesome piece. First time I've seen one "in color", so to speak. Lovely enamel and a rather interesting ribbon combination!

Yes, I should have mentioned this.... a "sweet" price as well!