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Hi Paul, in Germany we had and have for Admin Officials (civil servant) a ranking system, divided in four groups: Einfacher Dienst = lower service Mittlerer Dienst = middle service Gehobener Dienst = upper service H?herer Dienst = higher service Please see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamter In the upper service you can see the Amtsrat (A 12), in the higher service you can see the Regierungsrat (A 13). Regards Uwe

Hi, it is not Pte, it Bte, brevet? = patented. S.G.D.G = Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement = patented without the guaranty of the government Please see here, LZT003: http://www.bullworks.net/cssales/lzt01.htm and here, the fourth picture: http://www.muesch-online.com/federzunge.html Regards Uwe

Hi Grant, it is from the "Gesellschaft f?r Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft" GDSF (DSF). German-Soviet Friendship Society Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Medaille (for pupils) in Bronze Regards Uwe

Hi AlecH, "Zum Andenken von deinen Kameradinnen Kleinglattbach 4.6.39" Kleinglattbach is a part of Vaihingen: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleinglattbach Regards Uwe

Hi, could it be, that all these crosses here in this thread are not awarded crosses? These are awarded crosses, awarded to a high ranked General. Allways the same cross, only the center medaillon changes. See the ring, flat oval! Regards Uwe

Hi, Collectors should better accept, that there is not only one original medal, and, more important, that both types, laid back and upright "G", exist as original and as copy/fake. This is a picture with 6 different period pictures of the Memelland medal: top row, from left to right: Doehle 1942 Meyers Lexikon 1940 Doehle 1944 bottom row, from left to right: Schickle catologue 1940 von Hessenthal/Schreiber 1940 Deumer catalogue, period before 1945, no year specification For the originality it is not important, to look only on the "G" or the "M", see the period pictures above: Differences in the G, the M, the ?, the 9, the acorns and/ore in the oak. It is more important, wether it is a stamped/coined (gepr?gte) medal or a casted (gegossene) medal. Stamped medals are rather bright, casted medals are rather dark. Regards Uwe

Hi, it must be something like this, 75mm or 77mm, German: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_FK_16_nA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.7_cm_FK_16 Regards Uwe

Hi, always only old men ! This is my favorite: Regards Uwe

Hi Eduardo, "I understood that Elsenborn was in Liege province in Belgium. Why German stamp in 1910?" That is part of the French-Belgium-German history: Till 1795 the area was Luxemburgish. 1795 to 1814 the area was French. 1814 to 1920 the area was German. 1920 to 1940 the area was Belgium. 1940 to 1944 the area was annexed by the German. 1944 till present it is Belgium. The official language in this Belgium municipality is German! Regards Uwe

Hi, somebody has put an end to his activity: Mitgliedschaft beendet membership finished Uwe

Hi Sascha, danke, dass Du einem alten Mann auf die Spr?nge geholfen hast. Ich h?tte es eigentlich wissen m?ssen. Ja, das Alter Rick, you knock the stuffing out of me! Regards Uwe

Hi Rick. "But eCrap will NOT allow icky yucky swastikas to be shown... so that's OK." he does not show swastikas! "Criminal fraud? Eh, so what?" that is legal? That is the text to the Ordensspange in Post 2: 6er ordensspange eines offiziers. garantiertes orginalst?ck. versand gratis 5 bidders, actual bid 156 Euro, now 22 hours left. He receives the money and cannot dispatch the article, because he does not have the article. That is legal and not criminal? He just present some more upscale articles from the DDR and some more Ordensspangen. His offer encloses now 20 articles. Regards Uwe

Hi, please see here, No. 19: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.ph...89&Lot=1189 I think, that the three ribbons are the ribbons of the three united lodges. Sascha, then one ribbon is absent there on your medal? Regards Uwe

Hi woodeye, I think, that it is an absolutely normal Bundeswehr (Heer) officers cap. Regards Uwe

Hi Kevin, the link doesn't work? Than please see here: http://www.oesta.at/OESTA/oesta_abzeichen.html and/or here: http://www.sitecenter.dk/corysan/duelighedstegnside2/ Regards Uwe

Hi Rick, we, both together, are actually unbeatable ! Kind Regards Uwe

Hi, these L/58 marked KVK crosses are definetely post WWII, in my opinion without any doubt. Regards Uwe

Hi, very interesting, because that is the: "?sterreichische Sport- und Turnabzeichen" (?STA), the Austrian sports badge. http://www.bewegung.ac.at/download/22/sub0/22_1106_3426.pdf It must be a picture direct after the reunion! Regards Uwe

Hi Grant, it is a document about 3 years and 3 months honourable service in the MfS (Ministerium f?r Staatssicherheit = Stasi) for a female corporal. Now she has retired from the army with the last rank "Unteroffizier". Regards Uwe

And the reverse: No case, only a paper bag. Regards Uwe

Hi David, in particular for you:

Hi Grant, Rick: "That is a remarkably nice case!" It could be, that the case does not belong to this NVA decoration. It is typically for MdI decorations, e.g. "F?r vorbildlichen Grenzdienst". You can find these old cases with press button in green, red, brown, blue, black, dark blue, in different design, with different inlay. My NVA/MfS cases (this type) are in brown, black and dark blue. Regards Uwe

Hi Alexandre, This picture is from: Organisationsbuch der NSDAP, 3rd edition 1937: There are another two pictures with different uniforms. Regards Uwe

Hi, in the regulations (pictures) from 1958 about the 1957 versions you can find only one bar on page 6: Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz des Weltkrieges 1914/18 My both bars are 29.85 mm long. Please see here: http://www.ordensmuseum.de/Ordensjournal/O...16Jan0857er.pdf Regards Uwe

Hi, this a 1869 (1870/71) model: Regards Uwe