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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

Hi, please see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_fran%C3%A7aise and here: http://www.alliancefr.org/ Therefore it could be a medal for merits in this organization. Regards Uwe

Hi, my Post 10 here was made before I have seen your thread on the WAF. We had this discussion already in German forums. I have seen some more pieces. And personally I also have my problem with L 58 for EK 1 with screwback. But this is not the subject here. Can you please show an angular picture (WAF), that we can see the difference in the height of the swastika in comparison to the beading, is it like this: Regards Uwe

Hi, this is my personal experience, indeed, not uncontradicted . This differentiation is valid only for Souval. Please, show me period pieces with L/58 (till may 1945). I learn with pleasure something new. If you can persuade me, I correct my opinion. Regards Uwe

Hi Anatoly13, "Are we in the court?" No!! But: "I see fakes" "-Order of Grunwald First Class, -Order of Grunwald Second Class" That is fact statement, and not opinion. I'm a collector and a researcher. and we all must make a distinction between fact and opinion clearly. First you have said "real gold", now you say "produced in Warshawa from not gold" too. In silver gilt, bronze gilt, both? Do you know, how many they produced? I think more than the awarded pieces. And where are your proofs for the Order of Grunwald Second Class? I think, that we all need some more information about the material, the dimensions, the weight, the design. I do not have a problem, if these are copies, but I would like to know it and must not believe it. Hi Christophe, and have a look at Post 7. Regards Uwe Please excuse my bad English

Hi Anatoly13, I think, it is not enough to say, it is a fake/it must be a fake. You can say this only if you exactly know it and you can prove it. In different sources you can find e.g. different information about the material: gold, silver gilt, gilt, bronze gilt. Is "real gold" always correct for the long period 1944-1992? Do you know it certainly? I bought my first Order of Grunwald 1st class circa 1992, the two other examples later. When I compare one of them with the cross in Post 15, for me no wide difference is recognizable there. The picture in Post 15 you can find on different websites, e.g.: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_Krzy%C5%BCa_Grunwaldu The pictures for comparison: Regards Uwe PS: I miss marshal Golikov in the list of the book and on the polish website, I have a ribbon bar of marshal Golikov with the Order of Grunwald 1st class in the sixth row.

Hi, "It could be instructive for all of us to know what sort of things to look for when assessing a piece." I also have some Polish medals (e.g. Grunwald Order in all classes) and I would be interested in a concrete answer very much. I can show better pictures, in a new thread? Regards Uwe

Hi Chris, Army List (Rangliste) 1893: 2. Hannoversches Ulanenregiment Nr. 14. (Reserve), Second-Lieutenant [d. Res.] Wagenf?hr (Wagenfuehr), Landwehrbezirk I Braunschweig d. Res. = der Reserve = reserve officer Army List (Rangliste) 1901: Landwehrbezirk I Braunschweig, 1. Aufgebot, Kavallerie, Oberleutnant [d. Res.] Wagenf?hr LD2 (LD2 = Landwehrdienstauszeichnung 2. Klasse) Army List (Rangliste) 1910: Landwehrbezirk I Braunschweig, 1. Aufgebot, Kavallerie, Rittmeister [d. Res.] Wagenf?hr LD1 (LD1 = Landwehrdienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse) Regards Uwe

Hi, please realize, it is L 58 and not L/58! L/58 is, in my opinion, always post WW II. Regards Uwe

Hi Rick, here you can see once more the different diction, rank and first names in old German script, the last name in modern script Uwe

Hi Chris, Im Felde seit 15.5.18 Besitzt das M.V.K. nicht (M.V.K. = Milit?rverdienstkreuz) War jederzeit vorbildlich durch sein soldatisches Auftreten und seine bis zum ?u?ersten gehende Pflichterf?llung. Teuffel (Freiherr Teuffel von Birkensee, 5. badisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 76?) Regards Uwe

Hi Chris, I think it is: Wachtmeister Heinrich, Friedrich, Karl, Wilhelm Meirow short name: Heinrich Meirow Regards Uwe

And now the last of my Polish minis. Order of the Banner of Labor 1. class Regards Uwe

Cross of Valor I can change the suspension .

Warsaw Uprising Cross But only one black stripe on each side

Medal For the War of 1939

Krzyz Armii Krajowej

Medal 40 years Polish Peoples Republic