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    landsknechte

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    1. Dinnae ye ken nowt? Tha' yon's the MacFakerty plaid. :rolleyes:

      Prussian Cross of the General Decoration for 35 years or so service BEFORE 1914...

      silver and GOLD Ernestine medals before the war...

      silver medal and Merit Cross (gotta love the Xs on the ribbon of the cross with Xs) WW1 with tiny ribbon Xs...

      freakishly mismounted precedence...

      Mini Ernestines which do NOT match the big uns...

      and that ...

      Yugoslav style mini monstrosity Anno 2004-ish.

      Ah dinnae reckon sae.

      So we can't use the tartan to help with an ID? (Field Marshall MacKensen?)

    2. :Cat-Scratch: Hmmm. :unsure: You MIGHT want to ask them if they are cutting up an intact uniform and selling off the bits. :o

      The human species is capable of the darndest things! :speechless::speechless1:

      I rather doubt it, as collar tabs are apparently 1933-1934 vintage, and wouldn't have been on the same uniform. Might have been part of a lot from the same SS trooper, but there's no way of knowing. The seller was a police specialist that knew what stuff was, but was clueless when it came to valuations. Simple commonplace stuff hideously overpriced, and some wonderfully undervalued. Both of these sold (individually) for less than an Ostmedaille he had for sale. Far be it from me to educate him on the error of his ways.

    3. Seven Months later...

      I do not know anything about SS insignia, yet based upon what I know of Luftwaffe tabs, materials, and effects of aging on cloth... it seems to be OK to me.

      Did you get it?

      Paul

      I did. I had already bought it when I posted, as the deal was almost too good to pass up. My instincts told me they were good, but I asked for second opinions as it's enough out of my area of expertise.

    4. Yep... I'm still alive and collecting. I had to take a break from sinking most of my disposable income into photographic gear and a new car to pick up at least one new toy. I suspect it's from a naval groundpounder of some sort, provided that the two naval vanity decoration were chosen by the recipient with some sort of respect for logic. Of course, that may be too much of a leap, given the Weimar years...

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