Peter J

That's right Chris, but what about the printing at the extreme lower right?

As a part of a group, here's a document I need help to dicypher. At the right top it reads 1926, but the lower right reads 1935, as well as the comment with pencil 16,5 1935. How could a document that apparently was printed 1935 end up with a reference to 1926?

I don't think the arm is bent, it's most probably produced this way. You wouldn't notice it without this masgnification.

Thanks Greg, those kind words will render another. I've definately seen better eagles, any thoughs of this "rough" style?

Perhaps this can attract some attention to my previous post

Thanks Paul, you might be right. Still I can't see how it was done, the remaining solder covers the entire top portion of the badge in a horisontal way. The center piece you see is a hollow rivet.

I'l lpost this thread both here and on the Imperial forum to avoid confusion.

Here are two miniatures that I could use some help with, the Geulpern Order and the Order of S:t Charles III. Non of them have any attachments for wear, Geulphern has some remnants of solder on the reverse top, but I can't picture how a possibly attachment would look. Same goes with the Charles II, it has two flat bars standing top and bottom, but no holes in any them.

cheers

Peter

I'l lpost this thread both here on the Imperial forum and on the Spanish forum to avoid confusion.

Here are two miniatures that I could use some help with, the Geulpern Order and the Order of S:t Charles III. Non of them have any attachments for wear, Geulphern has some remnants of solder on the reverse top, but I can't picture how a possibly attachment would look. Same goes with the Charles II, it has two flat bars standing top and bottom, but no holes in any them.

cheers

Peter

Wow, that's a myriad of versions! Might this be a 2nd class 10th type?

Don't be sad on my account Alan, I've been wrong before .

Hi Alan,

I'm not equally impressed with this device and frankly believe it's a fake. The ratio of the bar and wings is way out of order and the design of the "9"´s are is just plain ugly IMO. Further more, the tabs on the reverse are heavily damaged.

As a sidenote, I contacted Rick about the alleged Schickle Ek2 Clasp ("17", page2) and suggested that it actually is a Boerger & Co. Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to finish this topic.

The spange in question.

I was fortunate to acquire two books from Hans Liska and Ernst Eigener. The latter was printed 1941 in Paris (!) and dedicated to an Erik Forsman in 1942. Liska is a well known artist, but I'm really pleased with this specific issue. The dedication reads: This little book is composed of sheets from my frontsketch-books. I hope that also some of the friends of aviation in Sweden will enjoy them.

"Order of the Lion of Finland Commander 1st Class

Finnish order of the White Rose 1st Class Commander"

Alan, I believe this is correct, given the gold-silver stripe in addition to the rosettes. I'm not sure about the Liberty Cross though, as there was no breat-star in addition to this class (the Mannerheimbeing a class of its own) and the 2nd class being worn on the breast.

Thanks Rick!

Gent's, I found this excerpt in a 1966 Spink's catalogue, but unfortunately the images aren't good enough to tell apart. Some elaboration would be greatly appreciated, including the other piece in my collection.

Thanks for your input guys.

Huck, I've got no experience in Soldbuch's, but perhaps the space needed for the specifications of his residence fitted better on the last page? Also, Swedes have a tendency of doing things their own way

Auseklis, this photo was also inside the inner pocket. These objects would never survive a journey to USSR (unless it was handed over to Swede before the departure). There is one problem though, I've got doubts about the originality of the wrapper and if it's bad, these items were probably tucked in to increase probability of originality for a novise collector.

This oddity was found in a Panzer wrapper, together with a 5RM-note, a small photo and a small photo of a KC-holder from a newspaper. I assume the last page of a soldbuch has been used and the other side arranged to be a provisional id-card for a POW. The date at the top left corner of the photo reads 10 Mai 1945. Does this sounds plausible?

Thanks again guys, that's really music to my ears.

Thanks Rick, it's really good to have you back

This nice ribbon bar arrived on my birthday from a good friend in Germany. The EK- and HC ribbons present no problem, but any help in confirming the other two would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Iver, much appreciated info

Hi Rick,

Here's another 1916 zinc cross without any jumpring, nothing special at all. I curious to hear your thoughts about the 2nd cross, a 1813/14 issue in buntmetall.

Hi Ralph,

11574= Olympia-Medaille 1936.

11699=Rote Kreuz Ehrenzeichen. The description of this piece is misleading, it's actually the 1937-39 enamelled RK-Medaille

Yes. It's smaller than the Commander 1st class or Grand Cross (128mmx90mm). The enclosed Knight of the North Star is 100mmx60mm and it has no number prefix, as it came in only one class (gold). Both the Order of the Sword and Order of Vasa had a Knight 2nd class in silver.