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Thanks Antonio! Now I know much more about this medal, the funny thing is that I bought it in Sweden as a French medal Thanks again All the best from the North Christer

Hi , is there any with knowledge of Spanish Medals out there? Here is a Medal for the 100 years memory of Battle of Zaragosa 1808-1908 (If I am correct?) It was given to a Swedish Professor Arthur Stille 1863-1922 ( I think the case is private purchased) Does anyone know something about this medal? What kind of people got it , and is it worth anything? Best regards from Sweden Christer

Aha, Thanks Ken Sometimes the answer is closer than you think, I will look for the book. Best regards from Sweden Christer

Hi Heiko, the first buyer probably changed his mind and I was offered this as an second chance offer But I didn?t buy it So it still out there for anyone who want to take a chance on it. Christer

;) Thanks Rick, I think I will pass on this, on top of everything its a lot of $$$$ for something thats looks really strange. The rather few Germans in Finland 1918 left a whole lot of ribbonbars to the world Regards from Sweden Christer

Hallo Gentlemen ! What do you think about this ribbon bar from a Saschener who has been in the finnish civil war. It said to be a police bar. Is it a possible combination ? I am curios about the two Saschen medals after? the HEK is that normal or just stupid? Thanks in advance and regards from Sweden Christer

:mad: And more items than ever ! How can this fraud go on ? Christer

:cheers: I have missed this thread before ! What a amazing collcetion , just super Thanks for showing Christer

I have this card in my collection and wonder if anyone knows what happend that day and if they could be identified? I think the man on the left is a Marine flier? Text on the back says that theese two made a forcelanding in Sweden at Sunday 22 September 1940 at 09.30 they fad been bombing during night in Norway ? One is 20 years old and the other 21 years old, that the only info I got. Anyone ? Christer

Hi, I bought theese a couple of days ago and I wonder if I read them right. The pics are from the seller but I have paid them and he?s a member of this forum so I dont think he mind if I borrow them Am I correct in the following? EKII - Mecklenburg- Oldenburg. Braunschwieg Non Fighter- Preussen Long service- 1897 medal- Red Eagle Order IV My Guess is that he had also EK I and maybe Braunschweig I, could that be right? What kind of rank would get Awards from 4 diff states? All the best from Sweden Christer

I just Love theese Non Combat bars and the Hessen medal is just small Its always fun to get something nice theese days. Beeing a collector with limited cash I can?t buy the fancy "over the top" stuff that I see here all the time, so I have to hunt the small things that are available after the fat wallets have made their choice. Christer

Thank you Nesredep Here is another unlucky ship , the SS Ontario built in 1904 for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Co. But in May 8th 1942 she was spotted by the German submarine U 507. the submarine fired one torpedo and SS Onatrio sank. 45 of her crew survived. January 13th 1943 the luck went out for U-507 she was sank by an Catalina Airplane and all 55 aboard died. Christer

Thanks for showing Great display My personal "war" movie is the the German Titanic from 1940?s Not a movies about war but made during wartime. Goebbles thought it would be a great idea to show a lot of Englishmen drown , but the reaction turned out to be the opposite so the movie was forbidden. I think the director was later shot by Gestapo for critizing german soldiers. Christer

Another Great ship goes to bottom .... The year is 1918 and her name is USS Covington But when she was launched in 1909 she was named Cincinatti but after being seized in Boston 1914 she was turned over to US Navy and renamed Covington. She was transportiong troop from US to France between 1917 and 1918. Her last trip began in 10th of May 1918, and in 1st July 1918 she met her fate. The German Sub U-86 hit her with a torpedo that sunk her on the next day 2nd July 1918. All ombord (776 people) was resued by destroyers exept for six that was killed by the explosion. The irony of war, a German sub sinks an ex German ship just four months before the war was to end. Christer

Another Postcard in my collection arrived yesterday. This time a Life Boat ! Anglo Saxon was a 5 596 tons Merchant ship which left Newport, Wales 6th August 1940 loaded with coal. On the night of 21th Aug 1940 she met her destiny in form of the German Armed Cruiser Widder. The Anglo Saxon was no match for the German ship and soon she was sinking after been torpedoed in the last minute. Of the crew of 41 only seven eas ably to get into this boat and escape, only two of them lived to be rescued after incredably 70 days at sea.... The most tragic thing was that one of the survivors was killed when the he was on was torpedoed going back to England. The last and sole survivir of Anglo Saxon died only 42 years old in 1963. A most tragic story of men fighting against all odds. Christer

Very Nice Collection, nice to see that someone else else collect Imperial Things in Sweden. All the best Christer

And here is the photo of a quite "Hairy" official Must be in the same type of unit as rhe earlier one ? Christer

Hi paul, here is the backside of the picture Looks like Belgrad ? I even found another photo with a similar uniform in my collection Christer

Hi Paul and Laurence, Thanks for the link to the other thread it was very interesting and I see now that the shoulder boards looks strange. The pic has something written on the back, I don?t have it with me now but I will look when I get home again. I think it was a date and probably name on the man. Regards Christer

Hi , I hope there some Luftwaffe uniform experts out there I bought this one and the seller said it was Luftwaffe Engineer Corps ? I think he looks almost like railway But what is he ? Any info is welcome Christer

He also has a Silesian Eagle 1 st class ! Could that help ? Christer

And here is another pic, I suppose it is totally impossible to get a name to this Luftwaffe veteran but I still give it a try He was a First World war flying Off and have a long ribbonbar, sorry to say it is small and blurry so I guess it will be a dead end.... But here he is, What kind of Imperial Flying badge is it? I post a somewhat bigger pic of the badges after this Christer

Hallo I got a couple of luftwaffe pics in the mail today, and I wonder if anyone could give some more info First is two officers on a BMW Motorcycle they are Hauptman Wolfan and Lt Seliger from Flieger Ausbild Rgt 42 in Frankfurt an der Oder July 1940 Any info about Flieger Ausb Rgt 42 would be appriciated or if anyone could find anything about Wolfan and Seliger ? All the best from Sweden Christer

A new Torpedoed ship in my collection Sometimes its long between the new ones , but maybe that?s because I collect a lot of things and theese ships just now and then pass by me. Here is the French Armored Cruiser Leon Gambretta launched 26 Oct 1901 and sunk 27 April 1915 by the Austrian Submarine U 5 SE of Italy in the Ionian Sea, of the 821 ombord only 137 survived. I dont know how many ships Austrian Submarines sank during WW1 ? Christer

And the back of the last one ! Christer