Jock Auld

Guys, As stated above, I have boxes of these but this is the first I have for a Man Extra large.

To add to the mix. http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/orders-decorations-third-reich/prototype-ehrenkreuz-der-deutsche-mutter-655416/

Guys, What do you all think of this? One of a kind for only 2 and a half K? http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=https://www.weitze.net/onload/shop/gastfotos/60/117960/117960_1.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.weitze.net/militaria/60/Ehrenkreuz_der_Deutschen_Mutter_Prototyp_des_Herstellers_Deschler_Sohn_Muenchen__117960.html&h=750&w=684&tbnid=uxtMxTj9dXq7WM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=82&docid=29jFz5-rHo-eMM&usg=__GvNGUmSbrcGqlDabCFV4Zu6kImA=&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI08Pl_PjOAhWD1hQKHYYnAuEQ9QEIIDA It is coming under a bit of fire on other fora! No wonder. The name may carry weight Ned but it is no one person, a group of folk under one name touting to the needy punters. They scower Europe looking for anything they can put on their site and I know a bloke that sold them a bent RK and stated so but the scout took it anyway saying it was now an accepted original???? Bit like on WAF with a signed COA that the son put in front of the father and he signed it, then apologised for being wrong. How much more complacancy can this hobby take?

Nobody got any more info on this? Are there 2 accepted types or more? Was the hoard distributed in the US or perhaps in Germany by one of the big houses such as Weitze or the likes? Is there a undisputed issued example with provenance somewhere?

Paul, It is nothing fancy there are quite a lot of HQ Battery tags out there. I dare say there are a sheit load of tags we have all never encountered as military abreviations for units seem endless?

I think any poorly stored zincer is on a hiding regardless of how good the original finish was. The EKs that they produced do stand up well though. I wonder what the base metal was for the EK that the finish survives so well?

Steve, If it is not correct then how did it get amongst what you bought? I should have a good look at the vendor, cheeky pikey that he is.

Got anything paper you don't want? Trade? Nothing fancy as it is more rust than relic! I can garuntee nobody died in it as it was from a training area.

Tony, That lot was from the local scapy in Bergen. Two lads that collect work there so I don't normaly bother any more but one is on leave since he has a new baby on the scene and I was just checking up on the other guy (the B team) to make sure he hadn't missed anything and sure as eggs! He had! If we don't find it it gets crunched and sent to China or burned in the power station.

Thanks for the info, I find the WW1 books particularly dificult to decypher.

Thanks for the film link. They have always been good at recyling.

Guys, Again a gift today. MM100. A bit rough....

Guys, Again, a gift today.

Guys, A gift today from a German pal, he keeps his eyes open for me at the markets. It is a bit tired but still, it is what it is. I like the blue coloured masks with black rubber as you don't see as many. I think the blue denotes 'Magnetic'? All the usual markings inside. Markings inside.

Guys, These two books are stiched together. Seems well filled out. Last lot

I know the feeling as stuff is now stacked on the stairs to the cellars.

Guys, I think these would have been aimed at the Luftschutz type folk or as it states military recruits. If anyone has a specific interest in any of them let me know and I will scan them.

Stunning pieces, is it especially dificult to work on the enamel on the Brit waterbottles? A bit shiny not that adhesive as a surface?

Guys, This is a bit poorly. I suppose you could still club someone with it!

Guys, This was also with the scrap. You can see where the liner holes are still visible. The damage to the enamel is where someone tossed it in the scrap.

Fixed.

more pics Files are too big? Last few and my favourite part, it is lucky it is still with the booklet after 70 odd years.

Guys a very useful little book for junior commanders. Complete with its table of Orbats and order of march. Of note in the tank section there is no metion of the T34 that was to cause so much alarm later. It is only the same size as a Soldbuch! This is just a sample of the contents as there is quite a bit with 58 pages.

Guys, Been out to play today and this was rightly in the scrap but I could not leave it there.

Guys, In same skip as mess tin, complete set! I always take these as they could be used by fraudsters, at €2 the pair it did not break the bank.