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No 6 Its been taken apart again and a original front wheel added all chromed up! I spent heaps on chrome on this bike!

No 5 More Improvements This is when i could actually ride it! and it certainly made you think when u rode it! with a foot clutch a left hand throttle and a right hand gear change! try taking one hand of the bars on one of these things and yank on the gear lever to change gear! LOTS of FUN!

No4 Here it is with my Triumph Bonneville 750 Man! that was a good bike! People who worked at the pertrol stations, used to come out and giove me sh#$ because it was not doing the usual triumph thing...leaking oil all over the place... this one was put to gether properly and it did not leak a drop! true! i kid you not!

No 3 Starting to take shape........never mind the cushion holding the seat in place...it was just so i could sit on it and pretend i was hooning down the highway on it....Brrm Brrrm!

No 2 more bits scattered!

Hello Gents, I have been digging thru all my bits and pieces and came up with some pics from when i spent ten years doing up an old 1941 American made 741B Army Indian motorcycle. The pics run in order of progress...not to many pics to bore you with tho...he hee Started in 1991 with a box of bits...say 40% of the bike! had a few spares i was able to trade off for the bits i needed, so that was good. had other bikes to ride when doing it up ....so it was not neccessary to hurry with it... Had it on the road, ( read rideable thats all)to suss out a few things with it...before i took it apart and made the improvements and added more original bits...( replaced the honda twin leader front brake wheel!) and chromed more bits and so on.... Hope you guys enjoy the pics Sorry but i did not do it up as a Military bike again...i went for the Black and Chrome look.... i'll leave it for you to agree or not... Regards Paul

Stop it! you guys are cracking me up!.... I have this one on the way...with a ribbon bar and some other bits and pieces... Only have a Fur Verdienst Medaille and document elsewise... Anyway am looking forward to seeing what else turnes up here... Oh! and whats this Mannheim badge all about? it came with the Bar in a lot. Cheers Paul

Impressive Mike! Whadda you mean...nothing earth shaking?? It looks pretty massive to me! so much there! wow! did u rob a bank??? hee hee... seriously, how long have you been in amassing this collection? Thanks for showing. Can u possibly show us the riker mounts with your Imperial bars? Cheers Paul

Thanks for the Laughs guys! these are soo unbelievable! Post #6 is INSANE! Post #25 is really INSANE! Post #67 i nearly fell out of my chair from laughing so much! fancy swords on an Austrian Anschluss medal! ha haaa! Good education thanks Rick! We need to keep on our toes with these absurd fakeries out there! Cheers Gents Paul

Excellent cased awards Tom! well done! Your collection must be looking really good by now! Would love to see a collections only forum...like on WAF Thanks again for sharing Tom! Best wishes Paul

Thanks Gents, I am now a little wiser on the practice's of the Wurttembergers with these particular medals. As Christian and Stogieman points out, it seems to be widely accepted that the recipients must 'cash' in on the Gold ones and have a gilt one made for the appearances sake on their bars. I guess this is the only logical explanation for this happening. Thanks for all your comments! both to Claudio and WildCard too! Its all knowledge gained. Regards Paul

Fantastic Geoff! you must be so proud to have a Grandfather who actually won a decoration for distinguished conduct! Thanks for telling us his story! Cheers Paul

Tom, A nice set!. Nice document and the frame is superb! And i know how you feel now....knowing what RR just told you.... ( not fair isn't it!!) Regards Paul.

Thanks Bob! it appears to be the gilt version... Claudio, now this Bretzendorfer....you are saying that he is saying that there was never any gilt ones awarded???? So is my one a fake??? I can return it if necessary...but i do like the bar..... Comments encouraged! Cheers Gents Paul

Thanks Wild Card, ...i have inspected the medal... it appears to be the gilt type. there are no marks. But still a nice bar anyways.... Do you know how many were awarded? Best regards Paul

The Reverse

Hello Gents, This gem has arrived in the post! It has the Wurttemberg Golden Bravery medal This medal could be real gold, but it looks to me, to be the gold wash that happened to them later in the war. It also has the 'k Swenkler' mark under the bust. Apart from getting a jeweller to test and ascertain the metal used in this medal is there any other way to test and find out? It has this cool makers tag on the reverse and the HK is from C.E.Junker and it is a pretty rough cut unit... Pics are here! Enjoy! Regards Paul

I am sad to hear of Tony's passing. I had heard about his hospitalisation and wished him well. ( i did not know him personally i am sad to say) As many of the gents have said... A True Gentleman and a scholar. He will be missed indeed! RIP Tony My thoughts are with his family.

Confused?? man i am astonished...( and confused too ) Whats BOTH of them doing there? and how could this be?? Come on fess up... By the way...Nice Bar!

Thanks Stogie! I have one of these too. Now which way is the medal supposed to be facing? as per regulations? and the two examples you have posted...they both look to be made of different metals.. is this common? or is it another case of 'as the war progressed...the metal was needed for more important things like guns etc...therefore the quality of the metal was compromised)

Thanks Stogie! But i need to know what they look like too.... the ribbon is different is it not? and the medal...it comes in different metals....steel etc... Cheers Paul

Stogie! An amazing bar! words fail me.... thanks for sharing! can someone please post an example of both the combattants and Non combattants 1870-71 war medal I wish to be initiated on the differences and how to tell which is which... Thans Gents! Paul

Valid point Mr Research! indeed. I too have an EKII that is mounted 'backwards' on a Wurttemberg Trio... I am going to leave it as it is...as the medal has been sewn onto the ribbon bar by the owner.. so as RR says...sometimes the owners were quirky in their own way... so as custodians of their medalbars....we must honour their ways...no matter how un-regulation they were... Good on you Bob..too! for deciding to leave it as it was.... Nuff said Regards from NZ Paul

Gents, I have another query.... (Should have asked this before...Duh!) For the first bar, shall i get a 25Yr Enlisted OR Officers cross? (still learning..and dont wanna do it wrong...) and how much should i expect to pay for it? Thanks again gents, Best regards Paul

I agree! Wonderful pictures Andreas! thankyou. I just love to see these sorts of pics... Just had another look at the Colonel....maybe they whited out the portrait...because of his big belly?