Ulsterman

bravo! Bravo! Huzzah!

1. It is a pip on the shoulder board

2. It is # 243

3. Picture was taken in the latter half of 1918-19 as he also wears a black wound badge

Alas-no name (yet)....

Amen to that! I must say, that blue certainly does contrast nicely with the gold of the award and the red and white of the rest of the case. And looks like it has a nice clasp on it too!

Yet another terrific find! I'm so tempted to mortgage the house and fly over there and load up with tons of goodies!

Dan

You and me both. if only Jetblue flew there-and they let me have my passport back

Were these also made in PLA factories?

How much do these go for in China?

I suspect this is a mere coin turned into a souvenir medal, but since I have zero arabic, who knows?

Can anyone help me i.d. this little medal who recently arrived at my house? Many thanks.

You're right Werner.

What's the number on the Saxon's boards?

The medal though was only to senior NCOs and warrent officers/deputy officers though-or am I wrong?

Officers got the Albrecht Order-the enameled piece.

This guy got promoted to Obrlt. dR-from the ranks!

very cool. It's always a good day with something new and Hungarian here!

Dave-that is beautiful!

Yes I was looking for a better translation and that hits it on the head

Next time you are at Newmarket in May-look for these on lapels.

I think that is merely a wedding bouquet.

What's the postmark on the back of the card? What was your Opas' name?

Ulsterman,

When you say this Saxon was bumped up, bumped up to what? I ask this because I was trying to think of what a deputy officer is and I could only come up with a Feldwebelleuntnant. This soldier has a pip on his boards. I have never heard of a Feldwebeloberleutnant, so what am I missing here? Would that not then make this fellow just a regular Oberleutnant? And is it just my old eyes or is that an enlisted national cockade on his cap? The state cockade looks like a regular Saxon officer's, but that other one sure doesn't look like an officer's to me. Strange.

Chip

It's an odd picture to be sure-but look at the LS medal. NCOs only. He got a promotion.

These are still made and worn today. it might be more correct to say the "German Bloodstock Association".

Definitely... outstanding!!!! And that case is a real beauty too. Yet another variation. One could almost just collect the cases!

Keep findin' them great goodies my friend! When you come back you'll have to open a full blown Hungarian museum.

Dan

Ditto!

...and now a special question for Rick...

Which kind of people have a bar like this....?

Deputy officers who were war time volunteers and later became teachers, civil servants or the like -and who lived until 1936.

The man below was an NCO who got 'bumped up'.

thanks! Interesting stuff

The "Hungarian Revolution" one. It has some nice pictures in it.

neat-have you seen the Osprey book? Ever see any Kadar hussars tunics?

Gentlemen:

What is this one? Image borrowed from auction site, credit applied, published for educational purposes only.

Is #2 light manufacturing (handicrafts?)?

O.K., not the greatest scan, but heres a nice one-the sports medal. Established before the Communists seized power in 1949, this was still awarded and allowed to be worn until 1990.

This is the silver class. I am still working on the translation of the criteria though in both the big and tiny book. Again from our friend Farkas's medal shop.

Can you imagine the ribbon bar of the Brigadier on the ground in Korea in 1951?!

I would KILL to see that picture, in colour.

Frankly, given the violation of ascribed copyright for H & S (especially if you are scanning a reprint) the OMSA will not run an ad that violates its ethics rules.

As a lawyer, hear me well when I say this, you are entering deep waters here.

H &s is still copyrighted to the original authors and copyright was claimed by others only 20 years ago.

Ranklists were government publications and part and parcel of military material that was surrendered in May, 1945. Ranklists are public domain.

here's another one:

Excellent worker for exports (foreign trade commerce). I have no clue where or what one had to do to get this one.

By the construction materials-1970s-1980s.

ooooh-that airborne carrier jacket is niiice!

Check to see the Combat medic badge hasn't been removed though- I can't see how he got that rack and not have received one.

Funny enough, I was in the Salvation Army yesterday and got you something CD! It's odd, but has character.

Chris boonzaair is going to die.

Really nice group.

personally i think he's about age 28-30 in that photo.