Jason

A pair of butter knives made from rifle bullets. The one with the eagle attached is live. What better way for an artistic blacksmith to spend his free time? cheers Jason

His medals, regimental collar badge and a Turkish belt buckle he picked up in the middle east....my mother still has the butcher bayonet and Turkish lance top he brought back.

Next up, my paternal grandfather, 1634 Armourer Sergeant Albert Edward Williams, 5th Light Horse Regiment AIF. His nickname was Abbie, so I'll refer to him that way.

His medals (1914 Star, BWM, Victory), cap badge and a little commemorative medal my grandmother got at the end of the war. Mum also has his 1914 Christmas gift tin, complete with card and photo of Mary, and 2 little packets of cigarettes and tobacco. cheers Jason

Firstly, my maternal great grandfather....M1-5910 Private Reginald Duncan Stockwell, Army Service Corps 1914-1918

Hi Gents I thought I'd share just a few little items from my family. I'll identify each bit by which relation they belonged to. cheers Jason

Hi Dave, cheers. Its a really puzzling bar, you're right......I sometimes wish bars like these were researchable. Maybe someone who started as a medic and ended up a combatant, or vise-versa??? Its a toughie! cheers Jason

By the way Jens, thats a really beautiful bar you 've posted!! cheers Jason

Hi gents here's my little KVM bar. cheers Jason

Hello gents Just spotted this thread and thought I'd contribute to it. I picked up this cased Memel medal many years ago as part of a swap and is one of the few 3rd Reich pieces I have left. I'll try and get some better scans of the obverse and reverse, as the picture I'm adding here was taken with a cheap digital camera a while back. The case is identical to the Sudetenland one I have, namely maroon with a gold eagle embossed on the front. cheers Jason

Hi Paul - here's the Gravelotte bar, the best I can do it with my crappy image software! cheers Jason

and my most expensive trio!! cheers Jason

Great pick up Paul!! I really like these pre 1900 bars. Here's my little contribution...... cheers Jason

Ah well, my lone Baden piece certainly doesn't compare to some of the other stuff in this thread, but I like it all the same! Minty fresh!! cheers Jason

I walked past my display cabinet a second ago and had forgotten about this little group..... cheers Jason

What can I say about those bars Jens........ cheers Jason

Don, Paul and Christophe, thanks so much for the compliments! Its taken a long time to get it all together, and there's always "just one more" item to buy, just to make everything perfect (at least in the short term until the next piece comes along). cheers Jason

Thanks Paul! I'm pretty much stuck on what the second ribbon might be, all the rest are "in the bag"! Does anyone have any ideas?? cheers Jason

Here's the little lapel ribbons I mentioned in post #17 cheers Jason

I've finally gotten around to photographing this one - had this for about 10 years, I think from memory it cost me something like $10 Australian at a local militaria fair. cheers Jason

I love the Saxon mini EK2 fashion statement on their ribbons bars! Those are some really exceptional bars you have Christophe, beautiful!! cheers Jason

Thanks for your kind words Paul! cheers Jason

Thanks Jim, I'm glad you enjoyed it cheers Jason

well this is it boys - last piece! Hope you've all enjoyed my collection - sorry no pics of my Austrian M16!

a nice early minesweepers badge