Gordon Craig

Gentlemen, Here are the pictures from the zipfile. Paul, I don't see the shadow you are referring to. Perhaps you could tell me which of the photos have the shadow you are referring to. Regards, Gordon

Schwerpunkt, Ludwig Baer mentions TENO helmets in the English, single volume of his three volume helmet series in German. On pages 330 and 331 he talks a bout ""a special protective helmet made of improved steel (Edelstahl)), which was also known by the name of "Thale Steel" (Thalestahl) after the city of manufacture". There are no TENO decals on any of the helmets pictures on these pages. He also mentions that these special helmets were worn by other organizations "rural police, field police, SS/SD, TENO, Army, Luftschutz". On page 332 Baer shows a picture of a light weight helmet with TENO decals. I had a quick look through Baer's three volume German helmet books and couldn't find anything on TENO helmets but perhaps I missed. I am leaving shortly for a flight to Florida so I didn'r have time to go through Baer's books with a fine toothed comb. Regards, Gordon

Interesting badges. New to me but very interesting. Thanks for posting these images. Regards, Gordon

Richard S. You may have already seen these articles but here is what I have found on the internet. A very nice award by the way. Please post a picture of the reverse of the award. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Black_Star http://www.liverpoolmedals.com/Order-of-the-Black-Star-of-Benin-Grand-Cross-neck-badge-and....html https://www.emedals.com/europe/france/french-colonial/order-of-the-black-star http://www.emering.com/medals/french/benin.html Reards, Gordon

Daffy Duck, Nice set of awards. The ID tag says that he was a prisoner of war in Oflag XIII B. Here is a wiki link to some info on the camp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_XIII-B Regards, Gordon

300te, It is very possible that you have seen this info before but I will post it anyway. Regards, Gordon https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2485.html and a thread from the GMIC that includes information on one of the crew men of U508 when she was sunk. info on U508 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-508 AND ON TYPE IX boats. https://uboat.net/types/ixc.htm Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, If you wish to review the GMIC rules regarding the posting of text or pictures in relation to copyright please refer to Guidelines, section 2.4. While 2.4 does not implicitly rule out the use of copyright material it does provide "guidelines" for doing so. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, These two artifacts came to me together but that doesn't mean belong this way. I'd like your comments on authenticity. The IWM site has identified the badge as being worn by the Polish First Grenadier Division in the Polish Army in France. What confuses me is that the badge was made by Kirwood and Son in Ediburgh. The second artifact is marked to Oflag.XVII.A and numbered 16078. I'd like to know if there is any way of matching the number to the name of the holder of this dog tag. Regards, Gordon

Duncan, I bought a lot of 25 medals from India earlier this year through ebay.com but I have not seen this dealer advertise since. Perhaps if you ask your question on SAGONGS you might bet a better answer. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, Thanks for these additional suggestions. I have had a friend check the medal roles for the George VI Commemoration and there were no awards to foreigners listed. This answers my question and the original reason for posting the request. As usual,I learned a lot from my research. My thanks again to all who participated in this thread. Regards, Gordon

Deelibob, Thanks for this interesting thread. Too bad that you were not able to add the GSM to the sports medal. Regards, Gordon

GreyC, Your suggestion has proved to be the answer to my request. I received an email this morning from German Foreign Ministry with the information that I was seeking. Thanks again for your assistance. Regards, Gordon

Carol 1, Thanks again. Any information is useful especially that on Romanian medals. Not a lot of information available on Romanian medals etc. on the net. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, Thank you for your suggestions. I will certainly follow up on the leads you have provided. Regards, Gordon

Carol 1, Thanks for your quick response and helping with my confusion. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, From my research there appears to be three different models of this award. One without the crown; one with the crown; and one with swords and the crown. The one with the swords and the crown would indicate the military side of this award. But why have two different civil awards? Who would have been awarded the one without the crown and the one with the crown? Please ignore the ribbons. These are just illustrations from the web to illustrate my point. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, Does any have a list, or know where I can acquire on, of German diplomats assigned to their Embassy in London, England in 1937? Regards, Gordon

Only a guess on my part but I would say yes. Thanks for posting pictures of the pin and cap badge. I have the cap badge but I haven't seen the small pin before. It's unfortunate that neither one is maker marked. Regards, Gordon

avsaribar, Thanks for that info. Very useful knowledge. Now I am really glad that I did not bid on this piece and the box. I already have a Bbco piece and I paid a lot less for it. Thanks again for the heads up on these boxes. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, Some of you may have seen the auction for this cased TWM on EMEDALS. As much as I would like to have a cased TWM in my collection I just could not bring myself to pay the asking price. It sold for for US$670.00 plus commission and shipping. Regards, Gordon

Larry, And I hope that you don't mind me calling that. Interesting bar and comments from SA Gongs. The SA Gongs comments are somewhat confusing. They site the absence of the 65 and 71 wars when they are clearly on the bar. The absence of the Republic medal is curious though. As for the absence of the year Long Service, do the regulations call for them both to be worn at the same time? Or is the fact that you have the 20 sufficient and the wearing of the 10 year Long Service is not necessary? I lived in India for two years and the absence of a medal on a medal bar does not really surprise me. If you try to put western thought in India that really won't work. Two entirely different worlds. I'd also like to draw your attention to page 32 of the Medals Catalogue of Pakistan. Specifically the 65 and 71 war medals. Someone has mixed up the pictures of the two medals and if you try to use that as a guide you would be totally confused. Anyway, thanks for your thread. It helped me learn a few things. Regards, Gordon

Chris, Your welcome. A big part of collecting is sharing knowledge with others. I'm glad that the GMIC community could help. Regards, Gordon

Christopher550, So you want to do your own comparison? Well here goes. Here is a link to a web site that compares original and fake/repro Third Reich daggers. https://www.realorrepro.com/article/German-Army-Dress-Daggers . As a long time collector of German military artifacts, I have seen countless articles supposedly brought back from the war by returning servicemen, and sometimes by German vets themselves, that are not authentic. I can assure you, as others have in this thread, that the dagger you have posted pictures of was not made during the period of time covered by the Third Reich. In addition, the handle on the original daggers is not likely to have been made of ivory. Regards, Gordon

Christopher550, I agree with J Temple-West's comment. The dagger in the pictures that you posted does not look authentic to me. Here is a link to Wittman's site, a well known dagger collector, that shows what an authentic WWII Luftwaffe dagger should look like. http://www.wwiidaggers.com/41282.htm Regards, Gordon

Gefreiter, Yes RAD had black backing to their SBs. Regards, Gordon