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I've never seen this one of Ernst before. the 1923 shots of the SA are interesting too.

There really is some fascinating stuff in there: It's a pity they put the Johanniter upside down though in 1977. It seems in the 1920s everyone was out in the streets marching. By the early 1970s they were committee meetings with a drink in their hands.

wasn't Hertzog's a chocolate and candy company?

Even one for me-(1982), the best year ever:

One for Gordon and Torsten: It really is all in there.

another famous one for Ed:

Something for Rick:

Something for Ed:

what sort of retribution? Push-ups, loss of privs. etc. or a solid thumping?

and for Gordon (who probably owns this picture anyway):

Italian fascist troops in 1944:

For Prosper and others:

For the ribbon bar enthusiasts and Russian scholars:

No kidding . there is something for EVERYONE in there. For the Hungarians (Hunyadi,Gordon C.,Zsolt,Peter etc.):

It has to be an oddly mounted Russian Zeal medal.It is in last place and it is bigger than the Centenary medal by almost 20%! (by my crude screen measurements) making it about 5-5.5 cms in diameter.

Somebody else probably thought it was him and wrote in the name.

Very cool stuff. What did they do in the war? Was Lannes any relation to the Napoleonic Marshal?

My guess is @$350 +/- $50. $250-$300 for the BMVOx4 seems to be the going rate and @$100 for the others. Spangenbonus is subjective.

Good lord: Great photograph, but what is the medal on the far right of the NCO on the far right? It looks enormous. Russian Zeal medal perhaps?

Interest! very much so. Thank you Gentlemen. This is one of the best internet discussions of the year! Great forum this- :jumping:

In the same vein. This is a recent acquisition from Addis. This is a Derg replacement for the earlier "Refugees' medal", which the Emperor had awarded to those who had assisted refugees during the Italian occupation. Loosely translated, this says" Celebrate ( the) Homecoming" (Return to the Motherland) and dates: 1936-1940 (Western usage). It is believed to have been issued in 1981 or 1985, at the height of Mengistus' power. Blank on the reverse, it is of bronze and almost certainly was struck in the DDR. The right hand image is a mirror image to display the medal ribbon. Derg campaign ribbons seem to have been in a triple striped, (of equal width) pattern with the outer edges repeating.

you had a good weekend! :Cat-Scratch:

And here it is at last, my purchase of the year: dating the photo to 1930-34.

very,very cool. The Wittelsbachs ( notibly Prince Alfons) continued handing out other dynastic awards well into the TR era (although Rupprecht, to his credit, hated Hitler and ended up on the run from the Gestapo in Italy until liberated). Rumor has it that Hitler himself was given one of the wedding coins/medals and that is one of the reasons they were never banned in 1935. Perhaps allowing the Wittelsbach awards was a nod to the special status of Bavaria to the NSDAP. Roehm certainly wore his wedding medal. Somewhere out there I'll bet there was a memo on the subject. I have pondered for years about what the odd little trifold medal in the picture below could be.....

On a lighter note, this summarizes the Cold war off the coast of northern Canada... :rolleyes: