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Sure Claudius, when I get back.

cool thread.

wasn't there a thread on theses at the Axis History forum? I seem to recall some sort of Patzwall addendum of two pages after his initial booklet.

Outstanding thread!

I have been culling the Papal monthly encyclical which here is still bound in the Bishops Palace and goes back to the 1870s. the Magazine details Papal awards and so far I have @ 450 German names up to 1910.

From what I can see, fewer awards went to Germany than Ireland, so awards seem to have been rationed informally by Bishoprics, or even ArchBishoprics.

Farcas. no I do not lie. the medal you sent me was a cast copy. the mint ones are of much better construction. yours snapped at the ring at the top in the post and one can clearly see the cast zinky crap Chinese sports medal type construction.

I will be happy to post it here upon my return.

I have the Schutzenbund awards catalogue from 1990 but am away from my bookshelf at the moment. when I get back I will identify the ones that I can.

Why do you say this was an AUSTRIAN and not a seconded German Feldwebel Lt. Type?

so, the Royal coachman ?

The book, The Royals and the Reich details his truly twisted pathetic career/life. Like so many Germans, he was seduced by Hitler, although in his case he admitted to having a strong homosexual attraction to Adolf Hitler. He was openly jealous of Eva Braun. Speer used to joke about it.

he was and is an embarrassment to the Windsors.

Hmmmmmm....what is the thought behind Dean's combination being a fake? I would have looked at that and thought Baden lower middle class govt. clerk who got invalided home between 1914-1917 and then did DRK /relief work.

What do you think the odds are he was wearing this bar when he died? I reckon Germanys' first casualty of the war.

as of yesterday I now have in my hands some very old Orden magazines, which outline the Derg promulgated medals of 1979. The Wound, bravery, national service and long service/merit medals are all detailed. the replacement/reissued imperial campaign medals are not, which I take as further proof that they were issued in the mid 1980s.

many thanks Bene Menti auctions!

Ah! How much do hese go for nowadays?

Ant I aircraft defense huh? That early I would have thought radio/signals or Air Force training.

I think it is a white Russian Medal of Zeal award for service in Russia in 1918-1919. Taylor's often used what was on hand. Given the lack of any other awards, I reckon this is some sort of Major/ Lt Colonel in some sort service corps/technical branch about 1947.

wow! Love this.

I have been looking for a book on French gorget s

they seem to be still affordable and nice to look at. also many were "there" when history was made.

I believe Karen got a gallantry award in the Balkans. I think I rRemember seeing that name in a Spinks circular .

The Levente had some great medals and badges. In this case, I think this is a military sports tournament medal from the Horthy period. the Levente fought with the SS during the siege of Budapest. My neighbors Dad was a 16 year old half Jewish Levente volunteer who drove an ambulance during the siege...and was given an SS uniform parka and cap to wear. Later he was a pow in Russia, was repatriated and got out of Budapest after 1956 and became a US citizen and ran a CVS. He lived long enough to vote for Obama.

Cool! what did Butenko do?

by the way, saw the flag of the 461 st last year. it was offered to me for a mere $300.

Dude, seriously, that may the rarest and best thing you own. An EK1 to An E2 for a brutal slugfest against the USMC? it would be like finding an RK doc. To one of the Panzer oGrenider officers who broke the 108th in the Bulge or a Sacred Treasure awarded for Iwo Jima.

if you ever want to sell,

act ually, I do not think I could afford it.

I am amazed that ARB or Glenn haven t turned him up. I am going to print this out and send this off to the research Gnomery and see what happens for you.

Cool. looks like it was patterned after the Maine Gold Star medal, which many GMIC members here helped fund initially. At $70 a medal, I hope it is a nice, well made one.

Cool. I have looked for an in wear photo of these for years.N o luck so far.

Wonderful group. These days chaps like Tudor would be in MI 6 or MI 5. it would be interesting to see what his speciality was. can you see his personal file at all in the Indian archives?