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Double honor crosses.

A very unique bar that I would be happy with.

I see Der Ritt has one for sale too.

Id be careful while you remove the filter since there may be remanents of any chemical agent that the guy might have been exposed to.

The reverse. I can see him sitting there stamping and filing. "Making copies...."

A truely unidentifiable life form. Here is what a lifetime of collating and stapling will get you.

Wouldn't a good observer badge be worth just as much?

For Luftkrieg.

So who was the recipiant Andreas?

If you scroll back thru the thread and read the replies you will find several reasons why it is not good. You are already on the way to healing though, denial being the first step. Sorry to see you got taken.

Rick, here's a stupid question. Could the EK device on the ribbon indicate award of the EK1? That is how its done on the 57er bars.

A very educational thread. Keep it coming, please.

Now you are adding an acidic componant. I guess people wearing orders shouldn't drink mojitos.

Note the battle entries. I have all his papers and will add them as time allows.

The other side.

My uncle dug out some interesting items linked to this grouping. The box arrived today (7 days for a Priority Mail parcel). I opened it up and a stack of documents and pictures were staring me in the face. Here is the initial enlistment discharge document.

"Putting large chunks of gold and silver (not plating over!) creates a potential battery and electrical discharge situation." I've never heard of this. I thought gold, silver and other precious metals were stable and didn't do things like this.

Its a shame really that we are all questing for the truth yet we have so many petty divisions based upon personal preferences. We end up limitting ourselves because of this. Just a thought from someone who frequents many forums.

An interesting combo for sure.

Hi Tom, I saw the first bar and almost bought it. I didn't see the second or it would have been mine.

For Stogie.

Not considering you only had a very few makers/variations versus the industrial production that was to come.

Most white Americans were tainted with racial undertones back then. It was a societal norm. Helping rebuild industry was not a bad thing. I doubt he was asked to help build industry so that Hitler could hurry up and start WW2. Had Hitler been able to quit after Poland (or after absorbing Czechoslovakia) those awards would probably be displayed proudly at the Henry Ford Museum. Because they display a swaz they are automaticallt tainted forever in most people's minds. This is a condition that has hung over the hobby almost since the beginning.

And what service would that be? I thought they were recognizing his contributions to manufacturing cars.

If the theory is that bronze was for navy guys then the ferrous finish theory s a no go. If you go to all the trouble making a badge that won't rust then why put a rusting finish on it?