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Puhh , When I read his feedback I can see he sold fake boxes for more then 10 000 Euro and probably not one of the Etuis sold was real !! A good business indeed , most seems to be old cutlery boxes often seen sold for one or two Euros. He has acouple of negative feedback but most people is probably ashamed for being fooled and dont say anything...... One guy giving neg feedback got the answer " He is from Chile and dont understand anything....." As you said its a sucker born every minute Christer

Very interesting link Lambert Often Imperial collectors hate the Ehrenkreuz because its a TR award , and TR collectors hate it because its a award for WW1 Its also quite interesting that the award itself often cost < 10 $ but the boxes and everything else unusual cost $$$$ Christer

Welcome to the forum turtle ! And nice to see more Ehrenkreuz Cert , I have got an earlier Fronkämpfer since last year but you still beat me My earliest is now 27 October 1934 , Gastwirt Wilhelm Hulke Hannover , from FAR 19. Witwen now earliest 22 jan 1935 Kriegsteilnehmer now 16 jan 1935 Latest is Ehrenkreuz für Eltern 20 July 1941 I think these documents for Ehrenkreuz is underrated , they can show a lot of interesting information and often signed by some well known .... Have a nice weekend everyone Christer

Yes , the Canadian one was a real thriller, first I ever saw christer

Here is my newest addition to my collection, a Luftwaffe Leutnant looking into the camera . Its probably around 1940 and he has less than three years to live. Hes name is Gustav Denk , born in 24th January 1915 and Joined 6/JG 52 as Ofw in 1939 become a Lt in 1940 and fought with JG 52 on the western front in Battle of Britain flying ME 109 In 1941 JG 52 moved East and Gustav of course followed the unit. He got EK II , EK I , fighter flying clasp , and 2nd Nov 1942 Ehrenpokal. one month later right before Christmas 23rd Dec 1942 he was awarded DKG January 1943 saw him as ObLt in 5/JG 52 now an real Ace , just a month later he was hit by Soviet Anti Aircraft fire while flying low level attack against an airfield. He died when hes ME-109 G-2 No 14554 "Schwarze 13" blow up in the air. Gustav was 28 years old. March 14th 1943 he was awarded RitterKreuz ... He was credited with 67 air victories and 500 combat missions. Jagdgeswader 52 was the highest ranking unit of Luftwaffe with lots of Aces , they are credited for app 10000 victories.

Hi Schwyz , That was a interesting cert thanks for showing christer

Very Nice ! Thanks for showing Christer

And last photo so far A ME 323 being loaded with a PAK 40 ? most probably in Italy but no writing on the back. Does anyone else have photos of this fantastic plane so please share Christer

It sounds almost like a US Baseboll team But what I mean is my favorite airplanes from WW2 The ME 321 and M 323 , the ME 321 was the first to be built a gigantic glider , meant to be a part of an invasion of England but operation Sealion never was and this enormous glider built in only about 200 ex was to slow and needed a equal gigantic airplane to get in the air ..... The technicians worked on and build the ME 323 with six ! engines , this was to just built in approx 200 ex and although it could get airborne by itself it was totally defenseless against enemy fighters. I have in my collection now 4 pics of these planes and are always looking for more . Here is my small collection of the Large airplane. First out is my newest photo , of an ME 321 Glider , looks like number 9H but nothing written on the back. Second one is another ME 321 , photo taken in Russia 1941 . Third photo is a ME 323 , photo taken in Italy , probably flying materiel to Rommels Africa Corps Enjoy Christer

S/S Iron Chieftain was built at Lithgows Ltd , Glasgow in 1927 and was a 4812 grt Iron Core carrier. She was on route Newcastle-Whyalla in June 3rd 1942, when she was torpedoed by the Japanese Sub I-24 east of Sydney. The captain Lionel Haddelsey and 11 others was lost from the ship. I-24 was one of the quite famous Japanese submarines , she participated in the attack on Pearl Harbour in december 1941 as a mother ship for a midget sub attacking Pearl Harbour. But only one year after the sinking of Iron Chieftain the luck was out for I-24. After been rammed and depth charged she sank with all hands outside the coast of Alaska June 11th 1943.

S/S Italiana was inspite of the name built by Robert Duncan & Co Glasgow in 1898. 2663 grt and with acargo of Hay ! she was torpedoed East of Malta september 14th 1916. The U boat that sunk her was UB 43 under the Command of Hans von Mellenthin. Everyone ombord Italiana survived the attack. UB 43 was a small uboat but she sank 22 ships for a total of 99 176 tons 1916-1917 , Ub 43 surrended at Venice (of all places) in November 1918. Christer

S/S Jonna was the name of this Danish ship built by Nakskov Shipwharf A/S , Nakskov in 1933 , 1516 grt. She was used by US and renamed in 1941 to S/S Pillory. With Capt Laurid N Sorenssen and a crew of 37 she hade departed from San Juan June 5th 1944 and had US Coast Guard Cutter USS-CG 83310 as escort. That didn´t help her, at 20.05 she was hit by a torpedo from U-539 and got a starboard list straight away, at 20.07 a second torpedo hit her an she was doomed. The crew and ten guards that where ombord had no time to get into life boats. at all 25 lost their life among them , the captain, 20 from the crew and four guards. U 539 under command of Oblt Hans- Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden survived the war and finally surrended at Bergen , Norway May 9th 1945.

S/S Kirnwood 3829 grt was built in 1928 for Constantine Shipping Ltd , Middlesbrough. She was on the route from NY to Ipswich carrying 5500 tons of grain under command of Captain George Albert Norton , when she was torpedoed and sunk on 10th december 1941 by U 130. Captain Noton and eleven from her crew died at the sinking. U 130 under command of RK KorvKpt Ernst Kals sunk 17 ships and another four was sent to the bottom with her new commander Siegfried Keller in March 1943, but then in March 12th she was sunk by depth charges from US destroyer USS Champlin. Everyone ombord U 130 including Oblt Keller was killed.

S/S Koranna was aship with many names , she was built in 1905 and given the name Koranna, later she was in Chinese service and in 1938 taken by the Japanese and renamed Nittaku Maru. New or old name didn´t help , 14th february 1944 she was torpedoed and sunk by the USS Snook ( SS 279) USS Snook was a very succesful Uboat and made nine patrols and sunk 17 enemy ships, but after 8th of April 1945 no one has seen or heard of her, a tragic end for a crew of brave sailors. Christer

And here is a lucky ship ! S/S Laomedon was built in 1912 and had something against Uboats almost from the beginning.... In 1916 she fought off a Uboat with the stern gun and managed to escape. In second world war it was even closer , february 1942 she was torpedoed but kept afloat and sailed on throughout the war.

Another ship, another story The S/S Inverader was aTanker built in 1919, in 24th february 1942 she was torpedoed by U-558 . Two torpedoes hit her and S/S Inverader sank to the bottom. Unusual for a tanker all the crew ombord was saved. U 558 wasn´t that lucky , in july 20th 1943 she was sunk by areoplanes equipped with depth charges and 45 of the crew ombord was killed , only 5 survived Christer

More unhappy ships arrived recently to my collection, 8 more ! Here is the first one. S/S Bradford City 3683 grt built in 1901 ,later turned into a Q-ship and renamed Saros. The Q-ships in WW 1 was a kind of desperate answer to the increasing U-boat threat.,armed merchant ships that would make the Uboat captain think they where an easy prey and then hit them hard with their hidden guns. S/S Bradford City (Saros) was torpedoed by an K.U.K (Austria-Hungary ) Uboat U 28 16th August 1917 in the straits of Messina. There was no casualties the crew was picked up by a French Trawler. The U 28 had an unusual fate for an Uboat , she was very sucessful and sank 40 ships before she open fire with her deck gun at the ship Olive Branch in 2nd september 1917, the ship exploded and took the submarine with her to the bottom. All 39 ombord the U 28 was killed.

Hallo Felix, and welcome to the forum. Fantastic to meet a relative to a Great War fighter, the internet makes amazing things sometime. It would be great to see some photos of Felix von Bomhard in WW 1 . Its so great to get a real person to a photo Christer

wow , probably these spoons are sold at the museum , it sure looks new and 158 Euro I wonder who paid that kind of money ? Christer

That is a beuty Kevin ! :love: A 4th Class withRed Cross awarded to Medics , and some personal working in ambulances and hospitals. This is really rare , The 4th class with swords was just black, the Red Cross version was black with cross in the middle and the non fighter versions was enameled. Christer

And here is the backside of the Cross All the 1918 crosses where made in Germany by the firm Otto Oerthel in Berlin so the work is of classic high quality

Now this beautiful order have arrived , it is really super. I bought it right from the family and the seller said it belonged to Wilhelm von Essen who was an officer in a artillery regiment during the 1918 war. He was awarded the Liberty Cross 4th class , but I have no information about it being a Cross without swords, but his brother Einar was also awarded a Liberty Cross 4th and then wo/s so probably this is his brothers cross. Now I have to go out looking for a Liberty Cross 4th cl with out swords 1939 which probably should be easier because there where awarded about 5 times more than the 1918 one.

Here is a new piece to my collection , a Liberty Cross from 1918 a quite common order if it wasn´t for that this one is for non fighting merits . Only 256 was awared so its quite rare. Here is sellers pics , I´ll post better ones when it arrives . All the best from sweden Christer

Looking forward to new photos , very impressing collection ! Christer

There were only 5 KC with Oakleaves and swords awarded to the Kriegsmarine . Otto Kretschmer U 99 Erich Topp U-552 Reinhard Suhren U-564 Wolfgang Lüth U-181 Albrecht Brandi U-181 Otto Kretschmer was a POW from 1941 , all of them survived the war.