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fantastic! it is not often that à ribbon bar like this could be given à name, and it even more unusual that relatives hear of it The bar was bought on EBAY some years ago, and is probably from 1934-1935 . Where it has been between 1935 and 1995 is à mystery. if you have more info about him I would be grateful to hear about it. Best erfaras from the north of Europe Christer

The sun is shining and today I´m going to Amsterdam for a couple of days , just work but a small light in the dark was that I won an auction today . A finnish medal for bravery 1st class 1941 not unusual at all , but in this version its quite rare Its with a red cross on the front, given to doctors and nurses mostly. about 5000 was awarded during the 41-44 war. keep well all

Today I got a new award in the mail , a Bundesverdienstkreuz from West Germany 1957-1989 Not an unusual award but very nice an Junker made cross with its original box . And two real rare books !! First a book written by Lettow-Vorbeck about the war in Africa " Heia Safari" this book is very hard to find in Swedish, printed in 1921. And secondly another great find R von der Golz wrote a book in 1920 about the war in Finland and Baltic countries this and the other book I found in a small shop in Åland (an Swedish speaking Island between Finland and Sweden) a good day !

Tuesday I thought I was going to buy a Finnish Liberty Cross 3rd Class 1918 , a real scarce award Ok , since I didn´t want to raise the price before the last day I stayed cool and planned to give my bid on the way to Finland where I was going on a business trip tuesday-thursday . Yep , the cell phone died in the wrong moment and then I was on the plane , no connection and so on........ It went for 180 Euros wich was way too low ..... Lessons learned ? If you want it - Buy it , bid early , bid high and stay at home at your computer Nice weekend all

Thanks Jens ! Very Nice :cheers:

Hi Morten, very nice and unusual Photo, do you know what kind of weapons the Kriegsmarine had ombord ? Like MP 38/40 , the K98 seems to long and heavy to have on a ship Christer

Hmm , Cant help you with the badge , but a very nice photo with a vet wearing no less then three vet medals and no "ordinarie" Christer

Aha , Thanks Jonas I thought he was from Västgöta on account that the Photo was taken in that part of the country I better make a note on the back for Life Rgt Hussar . And the Swedish Rolls are super ! first names , awards .... like a dream ( and no sütterlin ) Have a nice weekend all ! Christer

This unknown soldier is not as Heavy decorated as GenMaj Cederskiöld but still a interesting photo I think He is wearing the Dolma a uniform for Cavalery troops (Husar) and belonged to Västgöta Rgt in the West of Sweden this Rgt was closed down in 1927 so the photo is probably around WW1 . Christer

Let me present they later General major Hugo Montgomery Cedeskiöld born 1878 and started his military career as a sub leutnant in 1898 , As you maybe see in the photo he has Bad OZL and Preuss KO III and Oldenburg House Orden

Great stuff ! I´ve seen some mortars but never this kind of things Christer

:cheeky: Agree 100%

:jumping: Very nice pics Markgraf Christer

I agree with Garfordhouse the quality seems to get better Some of the stuff I have seen recently I could easily bought if just the seller had been someone else Arrgh this moron destroy our hobby ..... Christer

Hmm Very nice m/1871 bayonet , but the lack of stamps is a mystery , ..... or could it be a bayonet sold to Argentina ??? I know that Argentina bought rifles ( very rare) but I never seen a m/71 bayonet for them ? (probably even rarer) A real collectors item ! Christer

:love: And see now that you also have a 27th jaeger Badge I have now slightly "Hulk" colour Very Nice items Christer

Thanks Beau , wow that was a lot of combatant medals I didn´t there was so many Germans in place or did they give this medal to all participating nations ? Christer

Does anyone know how many of these that was awarded ? Bronze and silver ones ?? The German force was quite small but maybe these where awrded in greater numbers anyway Christer

:jumping: Very Nice AOK ! I love the Mutzenbands , not often seen , and of course the civilian Crosses Zuverlässig Christer

I found a Photo in my collection, and the question is what type of Rgt had these oakleafs on the collar ?? The man sitting on the left and the other man standing with woundbadge in silver has the same collar leafs. Jaeger Unit ? Regards Christer

Aha , They probably awarded a lot during the last years . Then the Anhalt Kreuz isnt so scarce at al, more like Hamburg Kreuz then. Now Its easier to pay right price for one Thanks Claudio

Hi andy, No nothing on the back sorry to say ....

Ok , here is some more Pilots from Jasta 78b Offzstellw Emil Prime Rudolf Lang Ludwig Wittmann Joh Reitz Xaver Hüttner Willy Bruchner at least Ludwig Reimann had two air victorys what I can find in the rolls some more names for you Glenn Christer

Hmm I just realized that the b in Jasta 78b means that this is a Bavarian Jasta or ? In that case it should be easy to get the names from the Kriegstammrolle for Jasta78b (located on Ancestry.com) Could anyone confirm that 78b was in fact a Bavarian unit Regards Christer

Thanks all, Its true what Brian said that often the most interesting things are "hidden" in the background. Now I have started to look at all my photos more closer and see if I can find some more suprises Christer