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Extremely nice helmet, may i ask how you came to acquire such a rare and superb item?

Mark.

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What are members opinions on this cross? From what i can see it looks ok to me. Thanks.Mark.

Reverse....

Hello, would like to show you my Hermann Goring Division NCO Cufftitle. I particularly like this example as it displays just the right amount of saltiness and evidence of combat use i like to see. Although it is stained and dirty, the embroidery and Russian Braid isn't quite as yellow as the picture suggests when this piece is in hand. Lots of original threads are still attached. Enjoy, Mark.

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I find these variations very interesting, the brass frame on this EK2 being clearly visible. Unfortunately the suspension ring is a replacement, so no makers mark. Mark.

Hallo uknews aka mark

welcome to the G.M.I.C., sorry we were unable to roll out the red carpet & brass band, for your arrival,

but it was at the cleaners, and the brass was being polished

Now and again it occasionaly happens that there is a slow response to questions, the reasons vary,

but patience has to become an acquired trait of the militaria collector.

No rushing in to buy that Wonder bra opps bar, careful research, must be carried out and sometimes the chaps in the know, just dont happen to have their reference books beside them at work, or while on the road.

You will find that many of the members here are goldmines of information, feel free to browse through the sections and have a good time while here.

Members are encouraged to drop into the Lounge section now and again for a bit od chit-chat and there is a place to post some info about yourself if you are of a mind to do so,

Kevin in Deva, Lounge Host

Thank you Kevin, i feel such a fool after my earlier impatient post!!! The quality of help i have received already is second to none, and i am very grateful. I'll be sure to check out the lounge too. Cheers, Mark.

Thank you for all your help, it has been extremely enlightening. It is a real pleasure to hear you deduce the likely background, career and rank of the recipitant using the medal bar as the only pointer. Cheers, Mark.

Hello Rick, your reply is much appreciated, and i understand 75% of what you are saying, but i am new to this aspect of collecting, could you expand on some of the jargon, ie, ''tab back'', ''record holder'', etc? Thanks, Mark.

Sarcasm etc, etc, Sorry, frustration got the better of me!!

Mark.

The colors are rather odd as scanned on the first one, and both are rather small to say. (Epson scanners are the best. )

But the second bar is unusual for a tab-back-- quite long for one of those-- possibly a record holder.

The Schaumburg-Lippe Cross for Loyal Service (3rd place) is quite nice. The combination of a Prussian XV Yerars Service Cross and Third Reich 40 Years Civil Service Cross (last two) indicates this was a foermer career NCO or PO, out of the military before WW1 but recalled as a combatant. He would have been an Offizierstellvertreter or FEldwebelleutnant, probably, and been disscharged as a Leutnant der Landwehr aD in 18919/20. By the timne he got his KVK2 (2nd place) he'd have been past 60, and still at whatever his unofromed civil service job was. Railways?

Hello Rick, your reply is much appreciated, and i understand 75% of what you are saying, but i am new to this aspect of collecting, could you expand on some of the jargon, ie, ''tab back'', ''record holder'', etc? Thanks, Mark.

Thanks for all your help. Not too welcoming to newbies are you? Back on topic, i'm not concerned about the originality of the medals themselves, i just would like some comment on the placement of medals in these 2 groups. Thanks, Mark.

Second group.....

Hello Gentlemen, like to show you two mounted groups and ask what you think, as they're not my area of speciality. Thank you, Mark.