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EK 1914 An affinity for cardboard.
landsknechte replied to Ralph A's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
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Are there any confirmed examples of devices being painted by the tailors that put but ribbon bars together? I have no doubt that device was painted (plating doesn't leave brush marks), and that the painting was done after the device was attached to the bar (trace amounts of silver paint on the ribbon).
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Some of the price differences, I would guess, would come from the relative distance of the Imperial era compared to our own. WWII is a lot more on the consciousness of the average American or European than is WWI. Count the ratio of WWII movies versus the number of WWI movies coming out over the last few years. Think of the personal connections that come from knowing WWII vets first hand, and think how few collectors running around out there have known anyone who fought in WWI. WWII is a lot more "real" and "accessible" for most people. Most people on the street can relate to WWII and have a basic understanding of it. I honestly don't think the same thing can be said for WWI any longer. Once an event recedes a certain distance away from the general social consciousness in which the collector is living, it moves into the realm of the more serious / professional historians and collectors. --Chris
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Luftwaffe LW medal bars
landsknechte replied to François SAEZ's topic in Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
50+ ribbon bars and counting, and not a single medal bar as of yet. --Chris -
I very nearly bid on this broken CCC that was up on eBay for next to nothing. I figured it was "kinda cool" as a relic, but there was a niggling doubt in the back of my mind that I could never really shake. I passed on it. Being a ribbon bar addict, I haven't really spent much of any time studying CCCs, and would like to post these photos for the collective wisdom of the group. Was this a broken fake, or a broken real CCC? Thanks, --Chris
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I've had this ribbon bar for about a year now, and a question just arose in my mind as to what the plain blue ribbon might be. I had always assumed that it was the Austrian Ehrenlegion decoration. Now, having seen plain blue ribbons on a few of the Treue dem Regiment type veteran's decorations with Marine Infantry bars, I'm wondering what the odds of it being that might be. Anyone have any thoughts? --Chris
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This bar just arrived in the mail, courtesy of our very own Stogierick. Along with it, came an attribution to a Bavarian aviator named Bauer (exactly which Bauer hadn't quite been nailed down). What suprised me, once I actually got this bar in my grubby little paws is that the silver Luftwaffe DA was originally gold. If you look at the edge of the eagle, you can see that only the front was painted. No idea when it might have been painted, or for what reason, but there are traces of silver paint on the ribbon itself - suggesting that it was done after "installation". Rick Research was kind enough to poke his head out of his current research project to suggest that this might in fact be the bar of a Landespolizei officer that ended up in the Luftwaffe. Curiouser and curioser... --Chris