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Looks original to me. $250-$275? The Ek2=$40 HKx=$10 Pol.LS=$00-$125 Olympic=$100 (actually rarer than the police medal?).

God lord! I had no idea they were compiling a complete database. They are over half way there! Interesting to compare the Wutemburger recipients with the iron helm list too-

well, Gordon wrote the book on these- but I don't like it.

that's new (to me). How long have those been awarded? Who makes them? Do they come with a certificate? Are they for combat wounds only? :Cat-Scratch:

Yes-the badge, very rare and now faked, was to Greeks only. here, the obit. clearly refers to a medal. Allied officers who were liaisons with the royal Greek forces, as well as staff officers, received a number of Greek awards.

ah-understood-almost certain guilt by association..... It is VERY troubling that he has this level of knowledge.... had I seen that at my local medal show i'd have snapped it right up thought myself lucky. sigh-

......also-the Royal Greek navy was in Egypt. This chap may have been one of the officials who assisted in suppressing the anti-allied "navy revolt".

Great bar!! He starts the war as an NCO or Fahnrich and gets promoted! Neat!

Note the boots, single cockade,1918+ wound badge, civvy-style flat caps etc.. I reckon this is 1919/20 and those are war graves personnel.

This one is interesting (post 61: KVKx/LS/LS/Anschluss/R CaC). It shows regulations/precedence sophistication not often found in make-a-quick-euro ripoff specialists. Are we certain it's a bad one?

Fantastic bars!! I especially like the old navy vet turned Beamter one on the right.

Interesting!! I had marked his bio for some reason. Have you seen the Golden St Henry book? He got the medal for a very bloody grenade-tossing, night action against British troops near Foureaur.

wow- I still think of them as $75 uniforms! That shows how old I am. There are probably more US WW1 uniforms about than any other country. Almost all WW1 US vets coming home were given new(er) uniforms at the demobilization depots. I once had a friend who told me he wore his uniform(s) for almost a year afterward because he couldn't find a job and had almost nothing else to wear. Also, he often got a free coffee and doughnut around Toledo as a returning vet . Of course, I still see 1945 issue Ikes and 4 pocket jackets for $25-$35 at flea markets. Sometimes the ribbon bars and badges are worth more than the uniform itself ("smelly, moth-eaten, ugly old rags" according to my wife).

That's a lot of EKs there. May we see the medal bars?

scratch???? Dear God! That is a great piece. You should enter it in the BMSS show this spring.

I would be VERY interested. I too have always admired this unit. The northern Italian troops were superb in battle, unlike their southern cousins.

I look forward to seeing more! Had they succeeded, I wonder what would have happened?

Good Lord!! That is publishable!! well done.

Nafziger has also done a "bare bones", but quite useful OOB for almost all the WW1 nations. The german ones are quite useful.

He was a true Gentleman. I only knew him via cyberspace, but he certainly enjoyed chatting about imperial items. He would have loved the GMIC. All three of those bars are just stunning. You are a very lucky man to have them (esp. the 2nd one-WOW!!). RIP Mr. Colson and thanks for all you did .

A most fantastic collection!! This is one of the most interesting threads we have had here this year! I had the pleasure of indexing many of Bonhoffers' papers in grad school some 15 years ago. He was quite a man.

"relatively" is a bit of an understatement wot? great piece. new?

The Landespolezei (Oberst?) looks VERY familiar. The center table I think is very heavy with Bavarian Royals-I think I see a Ludwig, Rupprecht and the ever-challenged Alfons.

The mystery deepens- I found this in a junk shop in Maine for $2. Jeff Floyd identified the medals as Venezuelan and maybe the man is a policeman @ 1940 or so. Very odd. The medals are certainly mounted South American/Belgian style (the mid 1930s photos of Cubans are similar). There were random Hungarian refugees in Maine. There has been a bunch of Levente stuff found here and there over the years.

a bit more-thanks' to Doc, who took some photos of the ground where Paschal fought (hopefully they will upload) I can illustrate further this thread. Paschal was still alive in 1869, retired as an Oberst aD.. He joined the Legion on St. Partricks' Day, 1812..