Gerd Becker

Thanks, Gentlemen. Rick, no paperwork with this group unfortunately. I cannot prove, this all belonged to the same person, but i got it together and the combination makes sense to me. I would LOVE to have the paperwork for this group though. Gerd

Very simple, Bob. Its : "Ach, Humbug!"

Paul, as far as i know, the newest edtion is with ALL pictures in color. Gerd

Thanks, Rick. Maria Strunk von Recklinghausen, thats too funny. Ah, a pseydomym, thats why i couldn?t find anything about him. Gerd

Hi David, i have some connections to WW2 throught my Mother, who was a Marinehelferin in Kiel in WW2 and won a Bravery Award (KVK with X), my father and my uncle, who were both in the RAD. My father later became Luftwaffenhelfer (he was still very young then) and my Uncle fell in Stalingrad. I have the deathcard of my uncle in a RAD-Uniform and the KVK with swords of my mom (my greatest trasure). Thats all, what survived over the last 60 years. you have a most interesting Family history! best, Gerd

Indeed, you could be right. Friesian names are often very similar to Dutch or also English names. Actually i allways thought of Dutch to be a hotchpotch of Dutch and English. What would you have paid for this card? Just want to know, if i did right Thanks again Gerd

Partisan Badge For Peoples Liberty 1941-1944

Second is the Bulgarian Partisan Antifascist Union (BPFK) Badge

Hello Gentlemen, i bought this small group of Bulgarian Partisan, as the price was right and i really liked it, even if these are most common medals and badges. The Medal and the badges are very sharp strikes, especially the badges can nearly compete with soviet manufacture. First the Medal for Participation in the Anti-fascist Struggle

Hi Paul, sorry, i have missed your question. Lets take some examples: Baden LS-Medals and Bavarian LS-Medals are VERY rare, for example. I think, i have never seen one. You can only guess, what the price would be. Hamburg-LS-Medals are at about 700-800 Dollar and some LS-Medals from other states are also in this price-range, maybe a bit higher. These are just a few example, you have to save a while, if you want to go for all of them The Prussian LS-Medal with "Koenig" is quite rare, i would say 300-400 Dollar, the later one with "K?nig" is more common, you can get one for about 80-100 Dollar, i guess. You should buy the Nimmergut-Cataloge, its available on ebay, best resource for German Awards, at least for Imperial. The prices are wrong, like in every other priceguide, but it shows a lot of German imperial Medals and also TR-Medals. I think, the new one is complete in color. best, Gerd

Thanks, Chris Joe, sounds like a Dutch name to me as well. Gerd

Wow! Very nice bars, every single one of them!!! The 1813-bar is just fantastic! And the 2-place Braunschweig bar is wondeful and an interesting combination, its hard to find both of them mounted and these both together on a Medalbar is a HIT!!! The Hessian 5-place bar is very nice as well. A fighter of WW1, who also fought in WW2 (?KVK) and went in civil service then. The Saxon HonorCross is also eveything else than common, especially mounted on Medalbars. The 2-place W?rttemberg bar may be common, but its a lovely example. Great stuff, Ed. Thanks for sharing. Gerd

The second one is the "Sportabzeichen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik "Bereit zur Arbeit und zur Verteidigung der Heimat" in Gold" Its to the same person, he got it 8 years later.

Hello everyone, i found these two badges on the fleamarket today. They seem to be the GDR-Version of the Soviet Ready for Defense and Labor badges. The first one is a "Sportabzeichen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik "Bereit zur Arbeit und zur Verteidigung der Heimat" f?r Kinder in Silber" with document. The badge is made of plastic with a little metalplate added at the bottom. What does the little plate signify?

Reverse: Thanks for looking Gerd

Here is it complete: From which period is this photo?

Hello Gentlemen, i found this photo-postcard on the Fleamarket today and i would like to ask you to help with his name. As far as i can read it its: " Dr. jur. Adolf ?? H???pel als Lt. d. Res. im bayr. Feld.Art.Rgt. in W?rzburg" Can someone help with the name? Thanks in advance Gerd

Thanks for clarification, Rusty. Gerd

Rick, if you didn?t see them already, take a look at these at CollectRussia: http://collectrussia.com/DISPITEM.HTM?ITEM=11764 http://collectrussia.com/DISPITEM.HTM?ITEM=12831 I haven?t handled any real ones of these either, but these look really good to me and they come from a reputable dealer, so i trust on it, they are ok. best, Gerd

You are most welcome, Greg

AWESOME Thanks for the pictures

You are welcome, Paul. Yes, online translators can be funny sometimes. Except the Prussian ones the Imperial Lifesaving Medals are very rare and pricy, so think about that twice best, Gerd

Thanks, Ed. On a closer look its indeed probably a HSL than an HSU. They could be worn together, as far as i know. Gerd

Mustt be after 1968, as he is wearing two HSU-Stars. Here is a (free) picture from wikipedia.org He wears three HSU-stars on this picture, can someone tell me, what he got his third one for? Gerd

Very nice group with an interesting story Gerd