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    Jason

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    1. Here's another one I found on the AWM site that you may enjoy seeing...2 nice bars that came from the family of Leutnant Kurt Phillip Rudolf Ehrenberg. The following is the information listed with the bars courtesy of the AWM: Summary: Medals associated with the service of Leutnant Doktor Kurt Phillip Rudolf Ehrenberg, born 31 January 1893, who served with the German Army in France in the First World War, commanding an artillery sound ranging company, or Schallmesstrupp. A member of an academic family whose ancestors include Martin Luther, Ehrenberg was an architect based in Berlin who wrote an architectural history of the city of Karlsruhe (where the family moved in 1931) and designed two kilometres worth of wine cellars for one of the Czarist princes in the Crimea. Ehrenberg married a Jewish woman after the war and had a daughter and a son, Rudolf, who was born on 14 August 1921. Rudolf attended the Bismark Gymnasium in Karlsruhe from 1931 until 1936, but soon after the family moved there, they began to feel the growing effects of anti-Semitism. One day Rudolf's German language teacher arrived for lessons clad in full SS uniform; Kurt's car was requisitioned by the SA and Kurt's brother (also named Rudolf), Professor of Biology at the University of Gottingen, was stripped of his post and sent to serve with the Labour Corps. As a result Kurt Ehrenberg decided to get his family out of Germany. His daughter married and emigrated to the United States and his son Rudolf was sent to stay with his uncle, Max Born in Edinburgh (Born later won the 1954 Noble Prize in Physics and had devoted much time in 1915 and 1916 as a member of the German Army developing the theory of sound ranging). Kurt and his wife only managed to escape two weeks before war was declared in 1939. Kurt eventually immigrated to Australia with his son and his son's family. cheers! Jas
    2. Good morning Gents I was looking through the AWM collection online and found this little bar (amongst others) which may be of interest....although I have a feeling the EK2 has been replaced. What are your thoughts on this? The Prussian Merit Cross seem to be original to it, given its sewn internally to the ribbon, and the thread used seems to be quite aged in keeping with the rest of the bar. Here is the AWM description of the Merit Cross: Description: First Class version of the award mounted in the Prussian parade mount style. On the obverse is the Prussian Crown and the entwined initials 'WR'. On the reverse is written 'Kriege Verdienst' which translates to 'war service'. The medal is fitted with a loose ring suspender. The ribbon features a broad central black band bordered by two narrower white bands with narrow black band edges. cheers Jas
    3. My last package of medals arrived yesterday.....time to have a break from collecting for a while (until the next nice piece comes along)

    4. Excellent job! I have a few like this on the back burner at the moment...its always good to restore something like this back to its original glory! Jas
    5. Will this rain never end? 4 weeks and counting....not a scrap of sunshine in all that time....

    6. :) the only thing in the shop which were reasonably priced were some silver and bronze IABs, they were only $25AU more than what I used pay for them nearly 20 years ago before I went purely Imperial! cheers Jas
    7. Here's the one....being a fan of anything colonial it caught my eye. This has done the rounds through a few dealers for a while down here. But I can't justify the price right now and the pin assembly is a rather like thin wire....it SEEMS original, having seen it in hand..... His pricing seems to be based more on the fact it has an EK2 (his price for a loose one $200 - $300AU depending on his mood I think!!), and the Hamburg Hanseatic (price loose $300AU ). I'm quoting these prices from these particular medals hanging in his display cabinet. Based in the prices he's asking for these things we must all be sitting on small fortunes!!!! His words to me were "someone probably swapped a combattant DSWA for a non-combattant DSWA somewhere along the track". It doesn't seem likely that would have happened however, as the medal is certainly original to the bar. cheers Jas
    8. :) I told the dealer exactly those things but, along with the ribbon combo...a "pre-1915" style bar with 2 WW1 commemmoratives on it? I didn't think so, but I'm sure he still has it for sale in the shop along with a lot of other quesionable items. Only one bar really took my fancy but the price.... cheers Jas
    9. Hello Gents I recently went on a trip to Sydney and photographed this piece at a well known Australian dealer's shop while I was down there. To me it seems an impossible combination, along with the actual construction (the stitching on the reverse, different age wear to the ribbons, some ribbons single, others double etc)...I'd welcome your opinions, but this is certainly not one I'd spend any money on. cheers Jas
    10. Congratulations Claudio - I'm very jealous!! I love these "alter art" ribbon bars, this one is a beauty! :love:
    11. Off to the Courthouse at Nambour today....ho hum....

    12. Yeah i am hoping one day to get them both back together. Thanks for the first name as well Paul! cheers Jas
    13. full photograph....i've spoken to the seller, if he ever decides to sell the bar and photograph he will let me know, so here's hoping the set will be back together again sooner rather than later cheers Jas
    14. 3 pce obverse - according to the seller, the owner was Hauptmann (later Major) Freiherr von Solemacher - Antweiler. I'm hoping this is correct. I have pics of his medal bar from the seller if anyone wants to see it I can post it up also, along with a photo of the man himself.
    15. Hi gentlemen, these 2 little treasures arrived at my house a couple of weeks ago, a nice pair of "old style" ribbon bars. The first (4 piece bar) is probably un-identifiable, but probably a navy type, given the colour of the backing.... The seller of the second bar gave me the name of the holder, along with pictures of him and the full sized medal bar as well. cheers Jason 4 pce obverse
    16. And the second thing, again behind glass....the document signed by then Governor-General Viscount De L'Isle in 1962 confirming my father's appointment as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Citizens Military Forces (CMF). Not bad for a fellow who never got any higher than Corporal during 1939-45! cheers Jas
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