Gerd Becker

Thanks, Danny. Found it Gerd

Dave, do you have a tip, where i can get a copy of that book? Thanks Gerd

Thats a really nice group, Eric. Thanks for sharing Btw, what is OF? best, Gerd

Danny, take a look on Charles Sharps series "Soviet Order of Battle". They are available at collectrussia, for example. I have two volumes about Rifle Units (Volume 9+10), if you need info, let me know... best, Gerd

Thank you, Danny. I have a few more badges, will post them later.... best, Gerd

Hi Danny and welcome Gerd

I didn?t know Tony, but allways read his contributions with great interest. I am very sorry to hear, he suddenly passed away. My deepest condolences to his wife and family. He will be missed. RIP Gerd

I guess, all of them are not real. The one, Stogieman posted the closeup from, had a chance, but i think, the spange is the easter-chick spange, if i am not mistaken and the precendence on that bar is wrong, but still not impossible. So i am splitted on that one. Ok, lets start from the beginning: First one has that ugly Volkspflege- fake-device on it, so its definately fake. Second one has four(!!!) campaign-medals(What is Nr. 5?), which was not allowed (2 were allowed) and the SS-device allways makes me suspicous. FAke! Third one, 10 year NSDAP missing, weird combination, WMC with X and WMC-Medal? Precendence is wrong, oh, yes, i forgot the double devices on the last one and this one has them too, isn?t that strange? Fake! Forth one has again three campaign Medals, which is highly unlikely... Fake. Fifth one: See above Sixth one: You don?t want me to start, right?

Rusty, this is a good forum with a nice athmospere, you will like it, i guess. If there is interest? You must be kidding... PLEASE go ahead and show us some of your gems Gerd

Hi Rusty, nice to see you here Can?t wait, until you post some of your trasures Gerd

My guess is, that its not the General Honor Decoration, but the (i?ll better take the german name) Krieger-Verdienst-Medaille? I have never seen one of these on a non-combattant ribbon before too. Gerd

So you mean, it won?t make sense to send the order for this group to Alexei? Nice group, Rick. I am glad, it ended up in your collection

Yes, i already thought so, Bryan Just to avoid misunderstandings. The one on his website is sold, but you should ask him though, as he has quite often documented ones. best, Gerd

Be very careful with Russian and Soviet badges, Rick. I also don?t know much about them, but i have to agree with Kim about the enamel and the screwplate. Such rare badges i would only buy from a reputable source and never from ebay, except, i was 100% sure. There are aweful lot of fakes of these early badges out there, like it seems. best, Gerd

Nice one, Bryan. They are very attractive, aren?t they? Btw, i highly doubt, Alexei would split an award book from the order. He didn?t offer you the same OOR with and without book, did he? Gerd

LOL Of course i know, what you mean, just could not resist And i agree 100%. My OOR in that group means much more to me than the single undocumented one, which is in better condition. I was very lucky to get one in a group, as you mostly see them either undocumented or single with orders book. Gerd

That from a Non-Investment-Collector?

I agree with Rick and Ed. If you want one, try to get one at least with orders book. Like both noted, they are not much more expensive than undocumented ones, but you will be happy in the future, that you got a documented one. Gerd

That should be Capture of Budapest Capture of Vienna As i know, Andreas knew this for sure, i will let him ask the next question.

Thanks, Kevin. You have some very nice and rare DDR-medals. Thats a good photo, which shows the remarkable difference in quality very good. Ed, i have never seen a good photo of the Armed-Struggle-participants-Medal. Thanks everyone for sharing their treasures. Gerd

Kevin, this is the first time, that i see numbered DDR-Medals. They seem to be rare, to say at least. Is it possible to trace the owner with that number? What are the numbers, I can?t read them completely? And i can confirm the statement, the earlier, the better the quality. The threw out zillions of these medals, after the wall was gone already and you could buy the most of them on German ebay. Its really hard to find some earlier issues nowadays, and if, they often go for a crazy prices. Very nice examples in this thread Gerd

Yes, i would like to see some good photos as well. Someone has one of these? Eric, nice avatar Gerd

Thank you, Kim and thanks to your friend Gerd

It came in this box, but i don?t know, if it really belonged to the Insingia inside.

I agree, impressive collection. I had this set for a while, before it went to a my good friend Marcus Hatton. Gerd