Ralph A
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Yes. Akagi. The "Red Castle." I'll post some more pictures from the album this weekend.
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EK 1914 Put Some Iron In Your Cross
Ralph A replied to Ralph A's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Well friend, we've just the thing for you! Requires no cooking! Satisfaction guaranteed.
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EK 1914 Put Some Iron In Your Cross
Ralph A replied to Ralph A's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Has your cross lost its iron?
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Flaccid phalera got you down?
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This ain't good english: "THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM CHEAP KNOCK OFF MEDALS..." Must insert "THAR" after "THEM." ok. - the management
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8. All for now. See others in the Tinnie Database thread, this sub-forum.
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Netherlands had them too:
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The looped end can be confusing...
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How to re-tie japanese sake cup boxs....
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The medals in question. Acquired separately from the documents. Thanks for looking.
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The kikkumon is lovely...
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The award cases themselves are intact - hard to find them without a piece missing; the wood is almost "balsa-like" and therefore very delicate. Also, a closeup of some of the document details.
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Rising Sun 8th Class document to the same army infantry soldier. I plunked down an EK1 to help give a sense of scale to these documents. They are large.
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This was rolled up with it:
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Golden Kite 7th class award document, named to SHINOZUKA JISABURO-san. The "kanji" reads: SANJUU NANA HACHI NEN SENEKI KUNKI KOUKI: "Russo-Japanese War Award Document"
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Now you want to see what's in the long wooden boxes, eh?
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As to the other box... it holds a Buddhist tea ceremony cup:
