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Hi Tim, I don't think, that it is "silver", it is a bright bronze. And one can find many variations, in the crown, in the lion, in the "A", in the swords, etc. Uwe

My last Quartermaster Sergeant

I hope, that this piece is correct in this section?

I feel free In addition to your badges: Uwe

Back to the WO 2, nearly the same quality:

Another Quartermaster, the crown and the center parts of the wreath are vaulted:

Hi Paul, Post 29: "Here is my first King's Crown RSM badge..." Why it is a RSM? I think, that it is a W.O. 1? I'm learning. Uwe

Here are different colours in the crown, when you compare it with the piece in Post 8:

Common, but larger:

Hi, first two common pieces. Are there different colours possible, or is the right piece only dirty? Uwe

Hi Chief101, it should be better, to post both badges, that we can compare them. It is GDR (DDR), Pionierorganisation "Ernst Thälmann" (JP = Junge Pioniere), Abzeichen "Brandschutz-Eins" (badge fire protection 1). Common, for children. Please see here, the price with 5 € is not realistic, 1 € is more realistic: http://www.muenzaukt...tid=744&lang=de Regards Uwe

Hallo Heiko, "Does anybody know this very high ranking Kriegsmarine officer". Erich Raeder http://www.germanwarmachine.com/info_767.html Gruss Uwe

Hi Colin, I think, that it is a "Raddampfer": http://de.wikipedia....wiki/Raddampfer Uwe

Hi TheKnight, German Bundeswehr jacket (signal service) with nonsense additions. regards Uwe

Hi, here is another Order of the Lion, I think, a little bit older: Uwe

Hi, here is another piece, weight 9,52 gs Uwe

Hi, it is the 1st model of the Combined Pilots and Observers Badge, 1934/1935. An original is very rare. Regards Uwe

Pete, it is a better one! Without a problem more than 20 Euro. Uwe

Hi Pete, Austria is correct: Nationalsozialistischer Soldatenring (NSR) Member's badge Uwe

Hi Christian, based on the book "Guido Rosignoli, Rang- und Ehrenabzeichen der Luftwaffen im 2. Weltkrieg", page 118, it was instituted in 1919 and used in WW II, but I do not know, how long. Uwe

Yes, the Netherlands, an army aviator. Uwe

Let us try it again There are some new regulations. http://www.oesta.at/de/menu_main/oesta/das-abzeichen http://www.oesta.at/de/ Uwe

Hi sef1962, "Durch Verf[?gung] Div.Arzt 19.Pz.Div. v. 25.2.43 Eignung zum San-Dienstgrad aberkannt." aberkannt = deprived Eigung aberkannt = lack of qualification He could not be longer Sanit?ts-Obergefreiter, "simply" Obergefreiter, he was no more in the medical service. I don't know why. Regards Uwe

Hi, here is something wrong. Dan: "I never realized they'd reissued these in 57 as well but Grant and several others confirmed it." Who confirmed it? No one reissued in 1957 a decoration, awarded before May 1945. With the "Ordensgesetz" from 1957 it was allowed, to wear several decorations, awarded before May 1945. Some were not allowed, e.g. all NSDAP decorations. No one was allowed to wear a decoration with the swastika on it. Therefore some (allowed) pieces must be changed in the design, what we call now 1957 versions or 57 versions. There was no award, no issue, no reissue, only the allowance, to produce, to sell, to buy and to wear these decorations. Everybody could produce, sell and buy them, just collectors . To wear decorations is only permitted for people who had been awarded with the decorations, normally with an award document. And the Silesian eagle could be worn, based on the regulations from 1957! It could be worn as an original, the awarded piece; or you could look for a not original piece, like the post WWII copy in Post 56. It is produced with the utmost probability in the time frame around the 1957 regulations, but it is not an original and it is not a 1957 version. TacHel: "A full list of everything that was [allowed to wear] post 57 would be nice huh?" http://www.ordensmuseum.de/Ordensjournal/O...16Jan0857er.pdf Only these pieces in the "Bundesanzeiger 41" are "originals", 1957 versions. And 'everything' that was allowed to wear, that is a list of all that, what is allowed in the 1957 regulations, e.g. all Imperial decorations, some 'Weimarer Republik' decorations, several Third Reich decorations and all foreign decorations (but not the Nazi related). Regards Uwe

Tim: "Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as 1000 silver content." "For any practical use, nobody would use 999 silver" joe: "from a structural standpoint, wouldn't pure silver be rather impractical and soft?" No, that is not correct, please see three German decorations with 1000 and 999 silver content: There is another Bavarian medal like these two here on the right, silver gilded with "Feinsilber", and that means 1000 silver too. They are not impractical and soft, only a little softer than other alloys. Uwe