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I've been interested with Reuss things for quite some time now, but I haven't started to collect them.. ..yet.. Don't get me wrong, Baden is my main interest, but I do have to expand to other states to keep my collecting viable. Besides there aren't many Baden awards left that I could acquire. I got one nice item from Christian that I will post in a while. So any and all members who have Reuss honor crosses and other Reuss things, please share them so we can ! I may have something to add to this thread too In a little while..

Thanks for the Closeups Andreas! As for Darrells questions: The Evil one.. ..Is the other one. If I did take any pictures and I'm not saying I did, those would be so classified that I would have to shoot myself for even trying to describe whats in them.

Holy Smokes! Bigger IS better! Thanks for the enlargement Rick! So you're in Brazil Claudio? Wow. I thought I had gone along way.. Seen any nice awards there? I hear the older Brazilian ones are quite nice..

Thanks Guys! It was a pleasure to meet you too Paul. Yep, thats Andreas' stuff..

And an imperial tunic, this is actually the only imperial tunic I remember seeing there.. Thats what I got, thanks for your time! If you want to see pics of some more general stuff, I've posted a thread at WAF.

Some nice medalbars..

Some hessian awards. The grand cross of the order of Ludwig is larger in real life then what you'd think. The Saxon SEHO isn't bad either..

A nice Baden pickelhaube of garde regiment 109. It's a shame it's priced at 10 000 $.

A prussian garde set..

Some more still..

More pickelhaubes..

I finally made it across the pond. The flights were very tiresom and long, but that was forgotten as soon as I set my foot inside the show. Now thats what I'd call a big event. Most of the stuff was US naturally and there were only a few guys with Imperial stuff around, so the material benefit consists of 4 books that I got. But that didn't really bother me. I was able to meet so many old friends and combine names with faces thats it's still hard to put them in any order. I even got to meet the Evil Twinns! One of them is indeed Evil.. I also met Oak leaf winner Walter Schuck and had a long talk with him in german. He was happy to see a finnish face there, especially because he was stationed in Finland for three years during the war! Here are a few Imperial things that I spotted there, first off some pickelhaubes.. (sorry about the small size, but my per post limit isn't bigger than that..)

Working.

Summa Summarum Part 4 "01" 1 with mark on eye "3" 2 "4" 1 "7" 1 "800" 3 "800 CD" 1 with thick ribbon ring "CD800" 10 "CDCD800-3" 1 1 on buttonhole bow "G 800" 1 "Wagner & Sohn" 2 W 3 W&S 1 W-S 2 WS 1 with WS on the eye 1 with WS overstamped with a "Z" 4 WuS 1 JWS "Sy & Wagner" 2 SW 12 S-W "A" 5 "B" 1 "C" 1 "CN" 1 "ED" 3 "EW" 2 "D" 1 "D.A.G." 1 "E.O." 1 "Fr" 7 1 with incuse mark and "D" on the eye 3 with various marks on the ring "Fr W" 1 "FW" 1 "G" 8 1 with "800" in the reverse ring "H" 5 "HB" 2 "HW" 2 "HBN" 1 "III" 1 "I.R. 950" 1 "IVI" 4 "IW" 1 "K" 5 "KAG" 8 "KM" 2 "KO" 22 1 with large stamp 3 with small stamp "KP" 1 "L" 1 "LV" 2 "LV11" 1 "LW" 5 1 with boxed dot on eye 1 with halfmoon and crown "M" 2 "MAL" 1 "MEH-3" 1 with magnetic frame 1 with overstamp of core "MFH" 2 "MM" 1 "n" 3 "O" 2 "R" 14 "RSCH" 1 "RW" 2 "S" 6 "Silber" 1 "T" 1 with mark in the eye "U800" 1 "U" 1 "V" 5 "WA" 2 "We" 3 with "We" in the little ring "WG K" 1 with mark on the eyelet "WHW" 1 "WILM" 12 1 WILM 800 "WMS" 2 "Z" 6 Partially identifiable 1 C(*)W 2 *M* 1 D* 1 *A "Circled dot" 1 "Square" 2 Unmarked 32 1 with magnetic frame, "teat" 1 with brass frame 1 unmarked, one piece construction, brass 1 unmarked, sheet steel blued core 1 unmarked, four piece construction with stamped core 1 unmarked with wide frame Illegible 9 Thank you for your support.

Thanks guys!

Thats a great ribbon bar Christian! Many congrats on obtaining it!

Well, my german has rusted a bit in the past few months, but there are a few comparison pics that I find interesting and rather scary. Here is the WAF thread: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...401#post1271401

Whatever the purpose, It is nicely made and it's rare to see such pieces manufactured post-ww2.

Have you guys read the article that Marc posted at the imperial forum in WAF? It's pretty heavy stuff.

Thats a very nice selection of EKs Greg. Good job!

Paul, I'd hardly call your collection a humble one. It's big and varsatile! I'm really impressed.

I like the case, It's just enough crowded to give out the right look. As for the other case, well.. ..You've obviously got your hands full!

Very stylish indeed, I like it!

Lately I've been thinking about US navy uniforms, mostly because of a good tv series (JAG). I collect german awards and nothing is going to change that, but that doesn't mean that I cant be curious.. What I'm interested in, is a complete navy admirals uniform (service dress blues) with coat, trousers and the hat. I've checked marlow white website, so I know what a brand new combination costs. I naturally cant order one directly from the maker because i'm not a US citizen. So how much does a used modern set cost? And is it possible (legal) to acquire one? Thank you for your time.

Thanks Joel!