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It is the best show in Germany and well worth a visit ! I'll be there from Wednesday till Sunday. jaeger7-de

Hi Eric, sorry, the tip has not been made in this way - this is definetly a rework. And I am nearly sure that this is real damascus steel. The words "Damaststahl" and "Eisenhauer" are perfect proofmarks for this. No imperial blade with a damascus-etching would carry these proofmarks. jaeger7-de

What to tell ? This is a very nice example of a private purchase prussian officers sword. To be precies: It is an Infanterie-Offiziersdegen n/M or IOD n/M n/M means New Modell - collectors nowadays would call it a IOD modell 89 This particular one has seen service with an Guards Officer or Senior NCO due to the star on the handle. Line units would have used a royal cypher. It saw service between 1889 and before 1911 - when the sheet lost the lower ring. An really nice example with lot of original gilding but the broken off tip could make one cry... Regards jaeger7-de

Hello, the 14-18 with crossed swords does not look exactly the same. It is not that thick and the ring is fixed in a more common way by soldering. Sorry but I do not find the right words to describe it precisely. jaeger7-de N.B.: If someone wants to get rid of a 1870/71 medal - I would love to reunificate it with its 1914/18 brother...

If you go from the German ebay site to this auction you will automatically be redirected to an "ebay" page where you should sign in... If have checked the link by whois.org and see what came out: Domain Name:secure171-ebay.com Registrant: Haiwei Sun NO.13,Zhongshan street,Guiyang City GuiZhou Province 550001 Administrative Contact: SunHaiwei Haiwei Sun NO.13,Zhongshan street,Guiyang City GuiZhou Province Guiyang Guizhou 550001 CN tel: 851 4355128 fax: 851 4355128 pengxiongjun2@163.com Technical Contact: SunHaiwei Haiwei Sun NO.13,Zhongshan street,Guiyang City GuiZhou Province Guiyang Guizhou 550001 CN tel: 4355128 fax: 4355128 pengxiongjun2@163.com Billing Contact: SunHaiwei Haiwei Sun NO.13,Zhongshan street,Guiyang City GuiZhou Province Guiyang Guizhou 550001 CN tel: 4355128 fax: 4355128 pengxiongjun2@163.com Registration Date: 2008-04-15 Update Date: 2008-04-17 Expiration Date: 2009-04-15 Primary DNS: ns1.gamingworlds126.com Secondary DNS: ns2.gamingworlds126.com

You should go to: http://www.blankwaffen-forum.de/thread.php?threadid=2169 Regards jaeger7-de

Okay, here's one of my favorites: On the original photo you can read the following: MASCH.-GEW. 08 GEWEHRFABRIK SPANDAU 1910 Also interesting: The use of the armor on the water-jacket and the trench-mount. regards jaeger7-de

Hi Chris, the colour of the underlay of officers-shoulderboards of war-raised units is a kind of a problem... In 1914/15 it should have been the Armeekorps colour. Do you have the two volumes from Kraus "Die feldgraue Uniformierung..." I do have them at home, so I can't look right now if he has some info about this. By the way - you lucky guy have a sled-mount ! Would you tell me the maker and the year of production of your MG08 ? Does the sled has any markings ? Regards Torsten

And a detail:

And here is another one with the typical saxon unmounted medals:

Hello, the history of RJB 7 exists. "Das Reserve-J?ger-Bataillon Nr. 7 im Weltkrieg" by von Ulmenstein, published 1922 - now in my book-shelf... The major's M/15 bluse is really great ! Regards jaeger7 Ulmenstein, v. Reserve-J?ger-Bataillon Nr. 7 im Weltkrieg 1922