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Hi Jason, Hows his prices?? not like down here...Blimmin robbery..... So wots he got...may even tempt me...Hee hee.... Ski's.....well they're gonna escalate the slippery slope somewhat... But....that aint necessarily a bad thing ..huh...... Good on ya mate! Cheers Paul

Jeez mate! why wait for a local pickup...go the evilbay wayyyy...i know i know its the neccessary evil sometimes..but the prices aint that bad when ya surf an shop....bugger waiting 2 years for a common one like that.... BUT...aint it grand...when the local shop coughs up the goodies once in a while..... Glad to see you are still on the slippery slope...;. hee hee Cheers from NZ Paul

here is the front...he was pretty hard up...and when his EK ring broke off...he just used a Prym safety pin!

Gents, I have one too! A Brunswick native....and i do accept the reasoning that in 1934 when things were tight, the vet would be adding the HK in his own way.... This came with his minatures on a chain and two button hole devices without buttons.... Enjoy

Hi Darrell, Nice trio! My thoughts are that the owner mounted these himself and as he had forgotten to snip off some ribbons for the ribbon bar...( and then mount the rosette to that) so he had a leftover rosette, so decided to mount it to the top of the ribbons on the home made bar. OR, he just had a spare rosette and thoght to sew it to the bar..or risk losing it...( they are quite small and easily lost, one would imagine) Anyway...if its a good price...snap it up! Regards Paul

Hi Rick, I am not sure about that. Might try a search and find out.. will keep you posted. AAAH! here we are...just done a quick search..click here...but to get any info we gotta pay... http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~phil/nzef/ Cheers Paul

Hello Gents, this lot surfaced down under... must have been an old chap who spent his entire life in the services! to have spent time in WW1 then WW2 and then...get a QEII LSGC on top! WOW! Enjoy!

So Ed, not your line? as they are for sale at a a reasonable price too... anyway the gents may enjoy looking at them. Cheers Paul

Hello Gents, This lots for Ed Haynes. This lot surfaced down here in NZ 14 Medals from Pakistan. Left to right from top of photo: 1962 Seachen,65 War with India,Survival,1972 100th anniv,Golden Jubilee,1956,Jumuriat,1971 War with India,50th anniv,Sitara Hurb Star,10 years service,Nitra,1947 Independence,Sitara-I- Basalat. They are for sale too! not my area of collecting...but thought that Ed may be interested... Cheers Paul

Excellent! you must be over the moon! Great stuff! Kind regards Paul

Hi Bill, thanks for your reply. The cross has the same type of catch that you mention. the stamping is not as clear as the one you have pictured...very hard to see this one....(needed a magnifying glass....) the hinge is also further down the arm...( alarm bells=Floch) BUT...i am going to stay away... The Gut instinct is always a good thing to rely on... especially with the TR fakes available these days... Kind regards Paul

Hi Claudio, I have never seen so many Veterans medals on one bar before! Thanks for showing! The missing medal...is it supposed to be just a ribbon? or is the medal just missing? Kind Regards Paul

Hello Gents, I have the opportunity to pick up a L15 marked EK1 My Question is the marking...i was led to beleive that the LDO marked their crosses with a forward slash like this...L/15 this one i have looked at...looks good except for this marking...it has just L15... i tried to do a search here...but the search engine will not work when i put in L15 or L/15 I browsed thru the thread topics and found that L/15 is for the Firm of Otto Schinkel and there was a thread on 'Floch made L15's. it does look like one of these....it is of three peice construction and looks good in this respect. Another concern is the pin...the catch is of the crude cut out style...and the makers stamping has made a heavy imprint in the pin so that it has a pimple on the back side from too much force being used to punch the stamp. the pin is the classic 'Coke bottle' style. the vendor has had the cross verified by a so called Expert....but my gut instinct tells me it is a floch! Sorry but no pics in hand... thanking you in advance regards Paul

and another bar or two...

A couple from me! Stogieman, a question,...how wide is the ribbon for the Prinzen Centar medaille? as i have a piece 32mm wide...and 180mm long. And a Happy belated St Pats day from down under! Enjoy that Guinness!

Yes Stogieman, You are quite correct. We have discussed this bar before on WAF. It has surfaced again the buyer obviously trying to get rid of it now he has found out that its a made up bar. I just wanted to get the Gents thinking...and discussing it again...just to sharpen the mind and to show the Gents here, what is out there so they can be aware and not get burnt by this sort of crap. By the way the seller is asking $325NZD for it...might be worth this for parts.... Kind regards Paul

Hello Gents, this one has surfaced down under.... Weird huh? Comments encouraged! Cheers Paul

Hi Don, perhaps you would like this one... Or this one..... Cheers Paul

Hi Don, Love the Widows cross...have been looking for one with this style of parade mount.... Hers one you may have seen before...with maker tag... Regards Paul

Thanks for the clarification Gents...so this bar Could be possible... Interesting indeed! With the Plethora of fakes out there...one must question EVERYTHING! Once again, thanks for the insight. Regards Paul

Hmmm, Interesting indeed! A non com EK with a Combattants KVKII from WWII???? and as above...no Hindenberg cross.....very suspicious! So how could it be possible for a Soldier to NOT be a combattant in the Great War...then be a combattant in the 2nd war?? the mind boggles....

Hi Chris, yeah..i spotted them and burst out laughing...i mean "really'! How can a HK be before a Freidrich August cross? and why is the austrian commemorative medal up there?? not to mention the FAM silver and Bronze...way down the line...hee hee These two are just far too easy to spot... Cheers Paul

Hi chris, That is a Beautiful bar in superb condition...AND with makers tag! I think we should pin a Thread that shows these maker tags and gives us an example of the different manufacturing styles of each maker...so we can identify the bars that are not maker tagged... and yes as RR says...wonder why there is no Hindenberg....??? Now you need a nice case to display this in! Cheers Paul

Hello Tony, The minature group is mounted by spink and son...see pics the IGS is silver and swivels at the mounting... the seller wants $100NZD for them...! the Mounted 6 place bar...only the 1939-45 star, the Burma Star and the war medal are engraved... see pic... and the MID leaf...is apparently a WW1 leaf.... Oh! and i will post a pic for the gents to see...don't worry! Cheers Paul

I echo those comments from Antti....Awesome!... the detail is superb! the beauty of Imperial...is magic! Antti, thanks for showing us poor buggers down under...the SOS pics...we cannot fly here and there willy nilly....as we are soooo far away down here! its costs a fortune to get anywhere! ...NOT to mention the missus is having a baby! so...that curtails any flying ANYWHERE....for the moment anyway.... Rick...the scanner is Not what makes you the GOOD twin....its your Immense knowledge and willingness to share it ...that makes you earn brownie points to be the the Good twin....hee hee....