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Hi, yes, pre Third Reich, in the 20s. It is the "Werbeabteilung der Deutschen Turnerschaft" Werbeabteilung > advertising department For example: http://www.ansichtskarten-center.de/turnen-sonstiges/turnerschaft-ak-nr-13-turnerin-frei-den-sinn?VIEW_INDEX=3 Uwe

Rick, yes, it is the maker factory name, but we can choose between two possible makers: http://www.goetzburg.de/unternehmen/history/ http://www.vowalon.de/german/service/leitung.htm Uwe

Hi Alex, it is Brigadegeneral Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar-Hubert_Dennhardt Uwe

Hi Rick, "I wasn't aware Sweden turned Germans over to the Soviets." Please see here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltenauslieferung and here: http://www.gamlachristianstad.nu/pdf/Rinkaby_web.pdf Uwe

Hi Rick, DDR, NVA, since 1965 1 chevron > short term career soldiers Please scroll down and see "Winkel": http://www.nva-uniformen.de/Uniformlexikon 2 chevrons > regular soldiers Uwe

Hi, could it be Magdeburg with this medal? http://www.antik-shop24h.de/Archiv-Referenzen/General-von-Fransecky-Erinnerungsmedaille-1907-Magdeburg.html Uwe

Halo Jon, Generalstäbler waren sie alle, ob im Großen Generalstab oder im Generalstab bei der Truppe, (Truppengeneralstab). Und das schon im Frieden, nicht nur in Kriegszeiten. Uwe

Hi Rick, it is for the distinction of rank groups: EM no strips, NCO 1 strip, officer two strips. H.Dv.122 Abschnitt B Anzugordnung für das Reichsheer 1935: "15. Sportanzug ... Der Halsausschnitt des Sporthemds ist bei Offizieren mit zwei, bei Unteroffizieren mit einem 1 cm breiten Streifen aus schwarzem Köperband besetzt." L.Dv. 422 Abschnitt A Anzugordnung für die Luftwaffe 1935: "83 Wehrmachtssportabzeichen (Luftwaffe). Am Sportanzug für die Soldaten der Luftwaffe werden getragen: ... b) als Dienstgradabzeichen am Sporthemd für: Unteroffiziere 1 () Offiziere 2 Streifen aus 1 cm breitem schwarzem Köperband um den Halsausschnitt. Uwe

Hi, Commander: Maximilian Felzmann The other General could/must be: Kurt (Curt) Jahn Uwe

Hi, Odulf: "... but I have never seen one in bronze" I just realized, that I have a Bronze version, in a box from Tanfani, crest of Pope Pius X.: Uwe

Hi Terry, hi Rick, this is one of the sources (former Göde): http://www.muenzkontor.de/themen-muenzen-und-praegungen/orden.html Trust Rick: "Replicas will never be worth what they cost." Especially such ugly and expensive pieces of metal. Uwe

Hallo shiggert, EM = enlisted man > Mannschaftsdienstgrad Uwe

Hi Alex, no, it is not a specific female only award. This document is for the general practitioner Dr. Wilhelm Miehr, the "Verdienstkreuz für die Jahre 1870/71": Uwe

Hi linas, not military, but civilian and patriotic. Uwe

Hi, RAD/wJ (Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend) > RAD female youth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst Commemorative brooch. "NS-Frauenschaft" is the wrong name for it: http://richarddaw.at/ii.-weltkrieg/orden-und-auszeichnungen/politische-abzeichen/1372/brosche-ns-frauenschaft Uwe

Hi Chris, and a nice signature from Generalmajor Heinrich XXX. Prinz Reuß D. (D. = Durchlaucht) Uwe

Hi Larry, Turnfest > gymnastics festival Turner-Festkarte > gymnast-festival ticket Festabzeichen > festival badge Uwe

Hi utopis, "That's also the reason why there is no '57 version of this award." ?? Page 4(2): http://ordensmuseum.de/Ordensjournal/Ordensjournal16Jan0857er.pdf Uwe

Chris, it was a short episode of these regiments in the Bundeswehr from 1970 to 1975. Panzerregiment 300 never existed. I have 2 documents showing problems in the responsibilities for Panzerregiment 100, and I have, additional to the three patches, a cased medal of Panzerregiment 100, remembering the date of the foundation, 25.3.1970. Please have a look on "Regimenter": http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Panzerverb%C3%A4nde_der_Bundeswehr Uwe

Hi, first, no classes exist, only different qualities. Second, "ichverkaufealles12345" is a well known seller on ebay; he had several names, and not only in Aachen! http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5600352 http://www.militaria-fundforum.de/showthread.php?p=2118761 Third, he don't write, that it is an original. He only write, that the original piece looks better than on the photo (Das Original ist besser als das Foto !!!). And he don't guarantee the originality: "Es handelt sich dabei also nie um eine Garantie auf Originalität, Echtheit ..." (it is never a guarantee on originality, authenticity...). It is always only "his opinion" (meiner Meinung nach). Uwe

Hi aubagne98, very nice, but I miss this patch in the second picture: The three patches of the Panzerregimenter 100, 200 and 300 are hard to find. Uwe

Hi Chris, Oberst v. Stockhausen (Großer Generalstab > Chef d. GSt d. Chefs d. FEW) He is not the "Chef des Feldeisenbahnwesens", therefore i.V. (signed for) Uwe

Post 20. Correct question, it must be golden. Uwe

Hi Steve, I don't know the date, when the coloured piping had been introduced. If it was in 1962, it could be an early 1962 cap without the piping, and the owner added the piping, made by a company tailor. But that was not really remarkable. Uwe

Hi Steve, why do you think, that it is an upgraded earlier version? No, the visor is from 1962, without any doubts. Or do you really believe, that the owner also changed the visor identification from Isken from 1962? Uwe