Gerd Becker

his son, Crownprince Friedrich Wilhelm

Kaiser Wilhelm I.

Hello everyone, does anyone of you know this book? Title is "Der Krieg gegen Frankreich 1870-71" and its printed 1895. Its about the war 1870/71 and describes very detailed, what happened. There are some very nice prints and i though, the members here maybe enjoy it to take a look. First, the book cover:

Thanks, gentlemen. There was some shill-bidding going on there, but after some information, i got, this member is NOT a shill-bidder, but just a Mongolian Collector. I am sorry, if i spread some confusion. Gerd

Fantastic story, Wild Card Did you get the document for the medal as well? I have never seen a Hannoverian Lifesaving Medal before. Absolutely mindblowing Thanks for sharing this treasure with us. Gerd

Guys, just for the case, any of you buy from the ebay-sellers pumbark or artreti, they are somehow connected and they bid on their own stuff with another identity. Take a look on this feedback: Edited out Just a new collector gone mongolia mad or are these sellers trying to cheat?

Someone mentioned unissued Orders books of the later type for this order. Maybe its one of them? A 7.9XX Number should be awarded around 1971 I have one, numbered 73.462, which was awarded 1974

Super nice group, Ed. Thanks for sharing If you don?t have it yet, here is the Unit-History of the 116th Rifle Division: formed on 13. January 1942 from the 457th Rifle Division in the Transbaikal Military District with: 441st Rifle Regiment 548th Rifle Regiment 656th Rifle Regiment 406th Artillery Regiment 246th Antitank Battalion 250th Sapper Battalion 178th Reconnaissance Battalion The 457th had been formed late in 1941, so none of the elements of the 116th Rifle Division had been in existence in any form for more than three months, when it started west for the active front on 7. February 1942. By 2. March the division was arriving at Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, and on 23. March 1942 it was assigned to the 50th Army in the Western Front. It stayed there until August 1942, when the division was shipped south and added to the 1st Guards Army in the Stalingrad Front. By the end of September the division was moved to the Don Front, and it fought throughout the destruction of the German 6th Army in Stalingrad in the 66th Army of the Don Front. The 116th went into the STAVKA-Rerserves in February 1943 in the 66th Army. In early May 1943 the division was assigned to the 53rd Army in the Steppe District (later Steppe Front). On 3. August 1943 the 116th was in the first echelon aussault wave in the 53rd Army attack, that broke through to liberate Kharkov. In honor of this feat, on 23 August the division received the honorific title "Kharkovskaya". The division remained in the 53rd Army in the Steppe (after 20. October 2nd Ukrainian Front) until January 1944. During the fighting around the Korsun (Cherkassy) Pocket it shifted to the 5th Guards Army in the 2nd Ukrainian Front, and by the end of February 1944 the 116th became part of the 52nd Army in the 2nd Ukrainian Front. It remained part of the 52nd Army for the rest of the war. After a few weeks in the STAVKA Reserves in late September and October 1944, the 52nd was moved to the 1st Ukrainian Front, and the 116th Rifle Division ended the war in the 48th Rifle Corps in the 52nd Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front. (sorry for the typos, did?t had a coffee yet)

I read somewhere, that the Halingol Medals was one of Zhukovs favourite awards....

Ya know what i mean, man

Jan, regarding the Honorary Labor Medal, the most recent type seems to be from aluminium. I guess, you have seen it on ebay too, right? Gerd

Its not unusual, that an order was downgraded, but a downgrade from ORB to MMM is really a slap in the face, like Rick said. Wanna see the Medals too

Is it Galina Vishnevskaya? Was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Honored Artist of the USSR and several other foreign awards. She is married to the famous Violinist Mstislav Rostropovich and they run together the Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation, which cares for the health of russian children.

Thats really a tough one, Chuck. Especially as you get on google thousands of hits for websites with russian mail-order brides, when you try to find out somthing about a russian woman Is she a singer? Gerd

Thanks, Jan

Hello gentlemen, can someone tell me, if this Victory over Japan Medal has the right screwplate? Thanks Gerd

Good points, Dave. I don?t know, if these were his or if he had them on consignement. Gerd

Yes, imagine, it got lost in the mail Nah, the buyer probably flew over to pick up the stuff. Maybe even with his own jet

Like it seems the buyer took a few other goodies as well, like the Kutuzov 1st class, the Nakhimov 2nd class and the Uhsakov 2nd class. What a package!

Lets say it this way: I can?t see myself ever buying something from this dealer. In my opinion is nearly everything overpriced on his website. I mean, would you buy three common Campaign Medals with documents for nearly 300 Dollar? This pricing policy will displace a lot of people out of the hobby. But as long as it sells, why should he care?

Thanks, guys. I got it now. Gerd

Edit: Already answered

Like mine is!

It could not be better. Thanks so much to the good and the evil Rick (please chose yourself, who is who ) There were not much Orders and Medals on this show, but i couldn?t just let these pass, as they are all looked good to me and the price was right. Thanks again, guys. Gerd

Wow thats really a nice enhancement to that badge. Nice one Jan. Gerd