Ulsterman

Cool!

Yup, there are several variations of the Korean medal, the silver ones from Sweden being the best regarded. A certain medal dealer in the UK claims these are not Korean War reissues. I claim they are. Those in the middle describe them as " "Commemorative". Every medal that had Emperor Selassies' visage on it was mysteriously remade and reissued under the Derg. Many new medals were created and the old Orders abrogated ...but allowed to be worn until the Pseudo Marxists began to use this as an excuse to weed out the opposition (real or potential) on the Ruling Councils. Things got VERY ugly after Mengistu came to power. Very,very ugly....as in death squad,torture, kill your children in front of you ugly around 1984-88, Especially for older veterans of the imperial Guard and Korean War vets. North Korea had a few advisors in place in Ethiopia, there were thousands of GDR and Soviet specialists and tens of thousands of Cubans.

Was the Sacred Treasure awarded to Senior Officers? I thought it was an NCOs/ company officers' award.

$650 minimum.

The picture is gone. Note that the Editor of the OMSA database has re edited my original uploads for political reasons and possibly to coordinate with the mistaken identification used by a British- French medal dealer. The modern UN Service medal is definetly Owains' dove medal as shown and the Korean vets society have confirmed the three lozanges are a Derg reissue of the Korean War campaign medal. Apparently old silver ones were required to be handed in as Marxist silver confiscation, but this only happened around Addis.

Yup. That's what Im saying.

Not to my knowledge, but that guy - I'd wager, was an officer (Captain) by 1952. Two Purple Hearts and only one Good conduct medal...and no national defense medal yet.

Cool! So, what sorts of fakes are there? I know these were awarded to British navy men, but that's about it.

Most often I remember body armor over shirts in summer, but anoraks in winter. I have a few photos I can post.

John Franklin I believe has a complete roll. also, Paul Dawson may have a copy. try them on Facebook via Project Hougomont.

Hmmmm...no Grimsel in my Blood Order list. Maybe an Austrian?

Hptmn Grinzel?

That colonial photo is outstanding! I love the colonial cap badge!

Wow! Lots of good stuff there!

I can not tell because the photo is so small on my iPad, but I think the woman is Railways, maybe a tram conductor.

Heh heh. I have found the Luftschutz medal surprisingly rare, at least in documents. While there were 500,000 Luftschutz 'officials' in 1938. (according to Littlejohn) out of a membership of @ 12 million. Littlejohn notes it was also passed out to Ordenspolezei and other officials. I have never seen the LS award noted in any Militarpass, even Luftschutz ones. I read just now that the first Luftschutz awards were made on April 30, 1938....a bare 6 weeks after the Anschluss. I suspect that this medal was also suspended during wartime, but can not find the Fuehrebefehl that says this. There is a reference at the U. Michigan Library Index of. Fuehrebefehl banning various Service awards in war time, but it is a title only...no specifics. I reckon the 'wrong' placement of the Austrian medal is a further indication of its 1939-1940 manufacture. Very cool. I wish it was mine.

Ok. that argument makes sense to me. I have argued for a decade that the BB&. co. Pins were actually American made and exported to Germany and then affixed to TWMs made in Germany.

Congratulations! May I suggest an article for the OMSA? I would love to read a write up, as I missed the OMRS convention.

well, the regs are definitive primary sources. I have read a few articles in the Austrian Review and am auditing a class on Austrian Nazis at the moment. The Anschluss was completed with marked efficiency....smiling, with a clenched fist behind the back. Potential opposition was nullified at every conceivable corner swiftly by a flood of German officials of all stripes. Austrian units had German officers and men transferred into them rapidly, as did police, trains, post services, schools, etc.. Even most Austrian Nazi party officials were given 'individual ' mentors' from Germany , putting a few Austrian noses out of joint, but ensuring a very smooth 'coordination' into the Reich. As per Hitlers' rhetoric and decrees, Austria, or Ostmark, was declared a legal entity as a Land' in 1938, just like Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover etc. , given appropriate Gauleiters etc.. Given the political tenor of the time, my guess is that this meant Austrian decorations were given the same precedential order as other ' state' medals. Obviously there was a bit of confusion, so the regs clarified in 1940. One can imagine the conversation in Herr Ecks' medal shop. Customer: " I see you put the Ostmark war medal as a foreign medal at the end" medal maker: " Yes, it is appropriate" customer: "So you disagree with the Fuehrer and believe that Ostmark is not and should not have been part of the greater Reich?" Medal maker:"oops"....."perhaps a 50 % discount? " Given the rarity of the Luftchutz award and when those started to be handed out to Luftschutz officials, that is a very cool bar.

Awesome! very,very German.......'your papers are not in order'

I remember seeing these fake IH medals on a reenactors' website @ 3-4 years ago.