Ulsterman

two comments- 1. I thought the state 25 year medal came before NASDAP awards and 2. the KVKx means this chap either did something brave in an air raid OR he was in Wehrmacht/Luft/KM uniform (80%+). people did switch back and forth-but it was infrequent.

I just saw this thread. I remember this belt and am 99% certain that it originally had additional buttons and cap badges, mostly British/Canadian and US DIs on it- as well as an EK1 and a wound badge or two. A GREAT piece of history. There has also been a Bread bag floating around that is slowly losing its bits and pieces that were originally on it. The guy who brought it in originally offered it at $400. It's notable because it has a HJ armband sewn onto it.

...and heavy.... numbered too! (#8801). No idea what it is, but it came in a wonderful red box, which given its construction, I suspect was once Hungarian.

Here's a little piece Rick and I picked up today amidst the grey mist, amidst an almost empty Hall today. As yet untranslated...it's stamped metal, but the enamel on the star is very nice.

nice!

Pity you were not there Paul-the VC flags were exceptional-and Rick had a special, very special present for you. i saw it. it's very,very nice.

Great snaps! Interesting that the chap at the bottom handing out the awards has no centennial medal. By the SUPERB Munkasor jacket-the Teachers' award really makes it and that double medal bar is FANTASTIC!!! _A three jump salute!

Do you think these two men ever worked together?

Two new youth badges-I presume from the 1960s-70s by the construction.

So #4 is a Munkasor officer type?

Gordon and CD- I certainly hope so, 3-5 pages typed, throw in some illustrations front and back and a document or two along with the above flood pictures (isn't there a modern version of this medal) and you're there-all a quick evenings work. Think of the fame, fortune and general street cred that will be your just reward!

Hmmm-this is why we need pictures of them being worn! Is #4 bar there-a Munkasor medal with a red ribbon?

you know-there's a good JOMSA article in these...

so these were for teamsters? have you ever seen documents?

oops-I forgot about the Vietnam awards-they are few on the chest these days. And of course the Saudi and Kuwaiti campaign awards and UN awards (do they count?).....however, i can say with definite certainty that the Maine National Guard turned a blind eye (didn't care) to foreign awards being worn in the early 1980s. I was once at a parade at the Auburn armory where a WW2 Canadian vet showed up in full gear-complete with stars and Volunteer medal AND a Croix De Guerre! He wore them as a lower layer to his US medals and the Maine ribbons (Maine only has(had) ribbons).

no-although there are stories. The NCOs handbook has a chart of what is allowed, what may be allowed with permission and what has blanket permission (e.g. bundeswher parachute badge). This is different by service. I don't think the Marines allow anything that isn't a US award.

Isn't that a cap badge? Still, 3 euros very well spent.

Sorry, I lost the thread... Anyway, i went over and spoke with the sergeant and he suggested the National guard (well, they gave me a teeshirt as they were ease dropping) so here: SSGT Rick Campbell 207.430.5505 richard.campbell8@us.army.mil or 1-800-GO-GUARD.com They said "no problem with the green card, provided you're a "good catch".

Silliness. 11.7 million? I thought Germany only had a population of 80 million total in 1914.

The song itself was a very popular pub song from the 18th century. It purportedly had vague Jacobite sentiments-or "radical" ones, depending upon who you read. the tune is catchy though. One of my ancestors was one of the senior officers killed at Bemis Heights-he was shot scalped and hacked to bits -as was his father 20 years before -and his son in 1814! They put his remains in a basket and canoed him down the Hudson for burial at the family house plot in the Rennslarwyck. His gravestone has a tomahawk on it.

Nice Becker medal.

a few years back - this particular fantasy was said to be sold by Klietmann himself at an OMSA convention. A most interesting statement..."Let those who have ears, hear"... A

Ah- welcome! I have never encountered your site before-but having looked at it-it is wonderful. Welcome, welcome indeed!

Wow! Scary world out there.

Pretty-but still looks "fresh" and "glittery". I hope you avoided the con. The hobby is filled with them.