Robin Lumsden

Photo was taken on the Koenigsplatz in Munich.

Better look at the gongs..................

...............with a nice medal bar.

Sorry Ed.

I slipped into 'grumpy old man' mode there for a moment.

:banger:

"Give it away"? More humor?

Well, I don't think it's funny.

Giving this lot away was a tragedy...................for them as well as us.

It wasn't taken from us...............we gave it away.

'For God and the Empire'.

Oh...............why did we give it all away?

I'm surprised the governing muppetry hasn't abolished this 'politically incorrect' Order.

Here you go...............

http://kits.kitreview.com/roden424reviewrb_1.htm

The star in question looks perfectly good to me.

Here's another..................apologies for the quality of the photo.

...........you got the least hair but the most chin.

How cool it is..................to share one's birthday with Kaiser Bill.......................and Mozart.

Calls for a haughty pose.

Hello Ken.

In my old Force, any officer qualified to receive the medal who was at that time subject to a discipinary punishment (Fine, Reprimand, Regulation Warning, etc.) had the award of the medal postponed until his/her record was 'clean'.

I think this practice actually varies from Force to Force.

A few FOI requests around the Forces might be a worthwhile exercise.

In my case, I think the medal was for 22 years undetected crime! :D

Maybe they'll 'up' the Specials' medal from 9 years to 20/22 years!

That'd make even more sense.

From the photos, they all look OK.

Bigger pix would be appreciated, though.

The viking ship one is a rarity.

The top one is Paul Hausser.

The bottom one should be Hans-Adolf Pruetzmann.....................but it isn't.

I very much doubt the originality of these.

Archie.

Save your cash!

Looks more like a Croat to me.

Trefoil etc.

Rick.

Your research is truly astounding.

I'm bamboozled at how you can come up with these answers.

Respect to you!

Could it be Franz Schmitz?

He was an RK holder also in the DRK.

On second thoughts..............doesn't look anything like him.

Still, not too many RK holders in the DRK.

The fake ones appear regularly on eBay.de

My youngest (15) thinks its " really cool" , " the way it glows in the dark".

Remember it's (very slightly) radioactive, I believe.

Too much exposure and the wee one might be glowing in the dark instead!

Leigh.

To the best of my knowledge, these should always be in bullion.

............can be addictive, though.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category...Archive_by_year

Looks to me like a simple retouched photo....................the EK1 has also been retouched.