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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

Medal For Oder Neisse Baltic Sea

Medal For Devotion and Courage

Medal For Your And Our Freedom correct translation?

Cross of Merit, Silver Gold

FOR MERIT ON THE FIELD OF GLORY, Bronze Silver Gold: Uwe

Hi Brian Tansliteration: [ich] bin wieder gut in H. [Hannover] angekommen. Heute in 14 Tagen sind wir schon wieder fort von hier. Schickt mir doch bitte diese Woche noch ein paar (?). Hier in H. ist es doch noch w?rmer als oben auf dem ?bungsplatz [Lockstedter Lager]. Wie hat sich Mutter denn auf der Tour am?siert? (?), ihr seid nun doch in diesen Jahren beide noch fort gewesen! Mit lieben Gr??en verbleibe ich Euer Paul Very rough translation: Arrived well in Hannover. We will be away in 14 days. Send me please some (?) (letters?). Here it is warmer then on the training area. Mother felt well on the tour? You both had been away in this years! Kind Regards Paul. Regards Uwe

ORDER OF CROSS OF GRUNWALD, I. Class Regards Uwe

ORDER OF CROSS OF GRUNWALD. III. Class