Ralph A

Speaking of which:

I think I have about a dozen of these in my tinnie collection. I thought they were day badges.

Named to H. Barenscheer. Sorry for the delay; I forgot about this thread.

Finally, here is one I acquired as a ribbon bar, but upon examination I found hooks for miniatures. Thus...

Reverse:

This old salty dog is interesting, in that its centennial-piece ribbon has been applied over a ribbon for a general campaign medal. I wonder who will win the face-off?

This is the only bar I have, with a brown backing. For a brown shirt?

I wanted a single Silesian eagle piece for my collection (having had none) and this came along:

Yup. I have tinnies marked both ways, and Weitze has a flight badge in a case - the case being marked one way, and the badge, the other.

All the boxes are unmarked, and identical in size and construction.

Here's mine:

Lately, its an obsession. All maker marked; left to right, Godet, Wagner, CD800, KO. Enjoy.

I'll swim against the current, and provide a counterpoint. I disagree with the "desecration" and "damage" statements. The pieces are to you heirlooms first, and collectibles/acquisitions second. You're the direct descendant, so anything you do to the pieces (within reason) seems to me to be instead part of their history. But given your concern, consider having them engraved on a minuscule level; lazer engraved in a discreet place - say, the side of an arm. Just a tiny script to "perzonalize" the pieces, invisible to the naked eye. Like the One Ring. That being said, I would not do anything to them, were they mine. I think your reason to so do is not good; though your concern has some merit.

Sliders.

You'd think with all those wounds, he'd have an EK1. Why might he have been overlooked? Three points for the correct answer.

What makes this soldbuch so interesting?

Oops! "Serving girl" is what I meant. "Serviererin." Thanks. (Rick: gee... you'd think I would have caught THAT. ha haaa)

Case markings. Thanks for looking.

This is why I collect Imperial.

Reverse:

You can read about them Here.

I'm in a good mood, so I think I'll share this little beauty with you good folks.

It seems she had an interesting job - as a secretary at Dr. Goebbels' Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Thanks for looking.

Meet Frau Streubel.

Here are some of the tools he used. There are a great many more, but these will serve as representative examples. Thank you for looking.