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    1. ChrisKelly
      This is what the Air Force's look like now... Re-designed and re-oriented:
    2. ChrisKelly
      First post in this topic, from "Noor" on 12 August 2009... This "corded" style of ribbon bars has been around since at least just after the Korean War. I think they look sharp. Still obtainable to-day. Pictured below are mine [second image], from almost thirty years ago. Custom made by: http://www.ribbons.com.tw/
    3. ChrisKelly
      No idea. I assume they're post - Great Patriotic War, and possibly 1960s - 1970s. A few more I acquired:
    4. ChrisKelly
      !!! Wow! Check out the seventh post in this topic!!! Posted by "Gefreiter Otto" on 26 December 2021. From his post/collection, image 1. From my post, 18 November 2024, image 2.
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      Source: https://www.germanmilitaria.com/Political/photos/N017691.html Source: https://www.germanmilitaria.com/Political/photos/N035089.html Source: https://www.germanmilitaria.com/Political/photos/N026290.html
    6. ChrisKelly
      DAF stickpins... One in bronze, one in bright bronze/dull gold. One lapel pin.
    7. ChrisKelly
      Hitler portrait definitives: Sudeteland overprints: Hitlerjugend: NSDAP official: Miscellaneous:
    8. ChrisKelly
      My postcards: DAF membership dues and insurance revenue stamps: Kraft-durch-Freude Wagen! Traditional costumes from the German states: Deutsche ist die Saar!
    9. ChrisKelly
      From my personal collection:
    10. ChrisKelly
      On a personal note, I do not own any examples of the 40 year and 50 year crosses. With 1.8 million members of the Reichsbund der Deutsche Beamten by 1942, 25 year crosses are common, and can be purchased for roughly $40USD-$50USD. The 40 year crosses are scarce, and 50 year crosses are rare, and expensive. The first Third Reich medal I owned was a 25 year civil service cross given to me by a railroad worker's widow. His name was Seebert Lawrence and he worked for a railroad in Virginia, USA, and he obtained this medal from one of his co-workers. I've probably been in possession of it for forty-five years. This is it, below. Source: https://gmic.co.uk/topic/79238-rdb-collection-by-gefreiter-otto/
    11. ChrisKelly
      The civil service crosses were re-issued in denazified form, in accordance with the Ordengesetz, of 26 July 1957. Below is an early Steinhauer & Lück example, manufactured in the late 1950s-early 1960s. These awards were produced until the late 1980s-early 1990s. Steinhauer & Lück was founded in 1889, and is still in business today. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordensgesetz
    12. ChrisKelly
      Miniatures were available as ribbon bar devices, stickpins, and miniature medals. Variations in style and size, depending on the manufacturer: This medal has been reproduced! An example, presumably made in China, on the right in the images, alongside two genuine specimens. The suspension ring is welded shut, unlike the originals, and is hallmarked "14", for Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid. Below are images of reproduction ribbon bars I made. Nice combination of ribbon styles. All that's original is the device on the ribbon on the right side of the bar. The bottom two images show a genuine bar, awarded to a First World War combatant, made in the mid-1930s.
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      Examples of the award, including mounted medals, some outside the regulations: Some additional information, images and documents, and an "inside look" at one of the medals:
    16. ChrisKelly
      Let's start with the original regulations from 1938, when the awards were established: One man's civil service time calculations [although he did not qualify for one of these awsrds prior to 1945]: An award ceremony:
    17. ChrisKelly
      One from my collection: a cased "next-of-kin" cross hallmarked "W.R." on the reverse. Same hallmark to two original crosses: Another forum/web-site: https://www.worldmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/313422-the-honour-cross-of-wwi-hindenburg-cross/
    18. ChrisKelly
      Some images of interest and hopefully, relevance, from around the internet: A few more curiosities:
    19. ChrisKelly
      From Cafe Viereck, Droyenstraße 9, 10629 Berlin, Deutschland. https://cafe-viereck.de/shop/patches/rank-patches/?p=7
    20. ChrisKelly
      From: https://cafe-viereck.de/shop/patches/rank-patches/?p=7 [Left side image only]
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    22. ChrisKelly
      Another research web-site/forum: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/medals-orders-decorations/koenig-ludwig-kreuz-1916-a-431137/ Miniatures are super-extra-rare. Sources: Images 1 - 4: http://www.medal-medaille.com/sold/product_info.php?products_id=9760 Images 5 & 6: https://images.app.goo.gl/nNxLoS8a8FZBRL8U7
    23. ChrisKelly
      A couple of original miniatures in my collection. Miniatures were available in different sizes. The ribbons are reproductions.
    24. ChrisKelly
      I purchased this helmet thirty years ago from a militaria shop in North Charleston, South Carolina. A guy named George Birringer replaced the leather liner and chinstrap [using original hardware] with sheepskin. The helmet cover is made from a genuine Heer Zeltbahn. The decal is a reproduction.
    25. ChrisKelly
      What I was awarded while on active service:
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