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    1. landsknechte
      Anybody have a clue what these might be?
    2. landsknechte
      Does anyone know what's going on here? It looks like the handle and guard of a M3 trench knife, but the blade looks more like the cut down blade of an M1905E1 bayonet with a slightly shorter fuller.
    3. landsknechte
      I hate to be the first one to say it, but you've reduced the resale value of your bars dramatically. In the eyes of most collectors of German medals, there's no way to tell if a bar is a remount or a fabrication, and most will assume that it's a fabrication. At best, you'll get the value of the medals individually. In the interests of diplomacy, I'll refrain from further comment. --Chris
    4. landsknechte
      ...any idea?
    5. landsknechte
      Awards that were only issued to Spaniards mounted in German style bar, in a precedence that doesn't make sense for a Spaniard?
    6. landsknechte
      Provided that the background is a dark navy, and not black (hard to tell from the pic), they look like the right style. From what I gather, there aren't a lot of photographs showing PFC chevrons being worn on the M42 jacket.
    7. landsknechte
      I think the progression was from Private to PFC, and then up through the technician ranks. Just look for the "T" underneath the chevrons when you come across pictures of medics ranked above PFC. I know that NATO currently considers a British Lance Corporal and an American PFC to be equivalent, but I can't find anything concrete.
    8. landsknechte
      I'm assuming this is supposed to be a ribbon bar...
    9. landsknechte
      I can't decide whether it disturbs me more that someone might actually buy this, or that someone actually made this and had some real expectation of passing it off as genuine.
    10. landsknechte
      Thanks!! One question though... Now that I know where to look in these materials, can someone aim me in the direction of where to go about actually finding these materials for the references themselves? --Chris
    11. landsknechte
      On another forum where I have this posted, someone has an identical example, but stamped in such a way as to suggest it was Finnish. Of course, the Finns used plenty of captured equipment, so that may not even make a difference. I hadn't noticed it initially, but the edges were sharpened (obviously not recently).
    12. landsknechte
      Was found alongside an American M-1928 e-tool carrier that it fits into. Anyone have any clue where it may have come from?
    13. landsknechte
      What euphemism would you prefer?
    14. landsknechte
      #5 looks like an attempt to approximate the Bulgarian Order of Military Merit.
    15. landsknechte
      Nice bit of history there.
    16. landsknechte
      The 1922+ Red Cross/Volkspflege is the only think that I can think of that's even vaguely close. Perhaps faded as a result of unstable dyes (think how often you see that same red shift on the Czech Flower Wars ribbon), more than light.
    17. landsknechte
      I'm far from being an expert in medal bar construction, but the hooks look like they were hand snipped out of sheet brass.
    18. landsknechte
      Gorgeous bar, with the wonderful perk of being identified.
    19. landsknechte
      Very nice find!! Can you poke and prod carefully on the back side of #8 and determine if the caramel colored front turns into a red where it's buried underneath the backing?
    20. landsknechte
      They do have special UV blocking glass at frame shops that would help to protect the ribbons. If you're having something framed, it's worth the extra few bucks.
    21. landsknechte
      Odds are that she'd be cool with all the "icky army stuff" around the house that most of are so fond of, and that spouses are so stereotypically adverse to...
    22. landsknechte
      Was it a matter of the silver and bronze FAM being not being awarded sequentially, or the soldier choosing to wear the highest grade?
    23. landsknechte
      This one makes me nervous. A recepient of both grades of the FAM would have been entitled to wear both, and the EK would have been in first place after 1934 when the Hindenburg Cross came on the scene. Saxons wearing their awards first is nothing unusual for wartime bars, the Bavarians did it too. However for a bar of this vintage??
    24. landsknechte
      For what it's worth, the Flandernkreuz isn't even "legal" for wear on a medal bar with the Hindenburg Cross.
    25. landsknechte
      He's got ribbons for the American Theater and the Europe / Africa / Middle East Theater, but no indication of service in the Pacific.
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