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Major Fritzaugust Hopfen IR 346

1914 EK1 mm KO

I scan and print the back of the card to minimise taking the original card out of the photo corners.

I rest the medal on felt which I glue onto strong card and insert in the 'photo window'.

I also display the translation (as best as I can get, and maybe this could be researched further?)

Inlay print "The Photographic Album"

...

Victorian Album

Hello all

I would like to share with you my ongoing collecting project.

I specialise in collecting German Imperial medals and I try to obtain fieldpost with pictures of recipients wearing their medals.

I used to collect TR as well as German Imperial and only the medals, which I displayed in medal cases. As time went on I realised that the medals are just trinkets of war and not really researchable. Also the price of medals keep going up and up and my budget stops me just buying and buying! So I needed another 'edge' to my collecting of medals. I sold off my TR for many reasons and came up with the idea of German Imperial medals and fieldpost/photos linking a story with the medal.

The medals I collect are not the actual medal that the recipients are wearing in the photos but just a 'link' to the medal.

I keep these medals and feldpost/photos in a beautiful English Victorian photo album which has a leather cover and gilt edged page leaves, brass clasp (although I guess this will not function as I fill up the album with medals, but thats cool with me).

I feel that the way I am preserving/cataloging my medals is very satisfying and I can get this book out whenever I feel like it and look through and peruse my trinkets and photos, wheras when in display cases I was forever taking the case off the wall to get close ups. After 3 years of collecting I feel that I have found my 'Specialism'.

I am always trawling through sites to look for period feldpost/photos that I can research and put a link to my medals so if anybody wishes to offload any that may be of interest to me then please drop me a PM.

Thanks to all at GMIC who have assisted me in my quest and a big shout to Rick whose help and assistance is very much appreciated

All the best Rob

Thanks Jef

Is Wervik in or near Ten Brielen? I believe the latter is on the French/Belgian border North west of Lille? The writer dates this "Tenbrielen 17.4.71"

Thanks Rob

Not far from each other according to Google Earth

ooops 17.4.15

17.4.71 is MY birthday

lol

Thanks Jef

Is Wervik in or near Ten Brielen? I believe the latter is on the French/Belgian border North west of Lille? The writer dates this "Tenbrielen 17.4.71"

Thanks Rob

Thanks Bernhard

That is great thanks for your help

Rob

Hello Gents

Can anybody translate this script for me please?

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks Rob

Thanks Ruby and Stogieman

I seen this one on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.de/1-WK-orig-Eiserner-Halb...1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks ok to me but the reverse is quite different to mine. It is silver stamped and the pin catch setup is different also.

What do other members think on this one? variation? which is what I think?

Rob

LOVE the crown!

from the muffin crown to the....

toilet plunger crown???!!??....

joe

The crown reminds me of Cartmans (South Park) woolly hat!

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reverse

Tpt and 2 ribbons (some reason the pics are a bit blurry on this one?)

Hello Gents

I recieved this today. No pun intended but it did strike a chord with me being an ex-Royal Marine musician, so paid a couple of euros for it.

All I know about it is the trio are from Detmold-Hiddesen and the trumpeter is holding a Bavarian trumpet. These horns are different and harder to play than the usual trumpets as they have rotary valves (the 3 rotors to the left of his hand, like the french horn) and not piston valves as is the norm. When I played 'reeds' in "Die Best der Broadway" Euro tour 1998 the trumpetman (from Sydney,Aus) was learning the Bavarian trumpet in Detmold!!

The ribbons would be EK2 and a ?

I would have thought Lippe-Detmold kvk but the ribbon is not one of these?

Any info on the text, etc would be very much appreciated.

Rob

lol

"...Hey_you the Rock Steady Crew..."

At least they didnt have to buy a 8ft square piece of 'lino' and a can of 'Mr Sheen'!!

Congratulations on discovering a new keyboard horror (how do you FIX that, BTW? )....

ctrl+alt+ down arrow put my screen back where it should be.

WoW

That is fantastic Rick!! More than what I hoped for thanks alot!!

Rob

best I can do on the close up

his awards...

front of the card

his name major.............IR 346

and not sure whats written underneath his name? kampfe......?

Any help with the translation please?