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Here is a case I picked up recently. From what I can determine this held the Order of the Wurttemberg Crown with swords in the Commanders grade. The cross should be around 52 to 56 mm wide based on my measurement of the impression in the bottom of the tray. Too bad the order was not in it! If anyone has one please post a photo so I can see one in color.
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The navy group is not named. The one ribbon bar struck me as odd. WW2 Victory/Unofficial WW1 medal (if I remember)/WW1 BWM. It is a Wolf Brown bar and I do not think it has been put together recently. It was odd enough to gamble $3 on. Let me know what you think. The top bar is British made from what I can tell.
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Here is the box at the bottom of that last photo. It has US medals and ribbon bars in it. There were even some of the reservist crosses in it from the front plate of picklehauben in it. All I am saying is that you can really get off track if you do not have a focus. Maybe someday I will find someone who wants to trade all of this for an Imperial German medal bar. More likely my wife will sell it at a garage sale when I am gone.
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Before anyone gets too excited; the blood order is a fake I bought whitin my first month of collecting and it had a lifetime warranty. When I took it back the old guy had died! I guess he held up his side of the bargain. It was $50 mistake but I love the story and laugh when I find that piece laying somewhere. Here is a shelf in my bookcase - can you tell what I collect? I can't. :speechless:
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Tony, G'day mate! You are right, I do have a lot of fun and I learn a lot by collecting this way. I do end up with some strange stuff but I try to stick to medals and associated items. I have a couple of small boxes of stuff that I have not sorted into the appropriate piles to be put away. I will post yesterdays finds in a little while on a new thread.
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This is the first sword I ever bought! It was tagged as an Imperial German NCO sword. I have just started to look into it but this one will be impossible for me to figure out. It seems this pattern was made from WW1 through early WW2 and only the sword knot (missing) can determine if it is officer or NCO. I would guess by condition that this is an early TR piece. It is a Herder. The blade is nice and the scabbard is a little rusty with no dents. The perfect wall hanger for me!