christerd

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

Last one and this is ?

It looks like EK II NC + ? + ?

Aha ! After examing it with 15X and 25 X I see that the first one is a Bavaria MVK or MVO There is

traces of blue colour in the first one / So MVK/MVO+ EK + probably a very very very bleached Bayern LS

This one must have been worn for a long time

Of course I checked all ribbons with UV light and it shows no sign of modern material.

but the best thing is your own experience and nose They feels , smells and look like real ones.

Christer

And the backside of it, could it be a strange looking Hamburg ?

Hmm probably a RAO peacetime awarded, I forgot the mentioned that the bar is of the halfheight model.

Christer

and here is another oddity

EK + Hessen + HEK + ? I thought it was the usual Hungary war medal but there is not any sign of green in the middle at all! nope!

It is just white and red stripes ? what is it

Christer

And theback of theese HUGE HEK bar

I cant see any lines on the NSDAP 10 Y but it is very small at the end .....

Christer

As I know you all lika to see strange and odd ribbonbars .... or

I hunt for theese during night and days when I should be working and sleeping.

Hmm the real reson is that I cant afford the big fancy medal bars and have to hunt theese cheap ones

Now to the point ! What do I have now ?

First one is one really strange one?

HEK NC + Saschen EK ? + NSDAP 10Y ? I have never seen a HEK take that large place

Or am I completely wrong ?

Christer

Hmm , the belt looks very similar to a Swedish Officer belt from 1939, I have to take pics of mine and

compare them. I?ll be back or maybe someone knows direct?

Christer

:cheers:

Very Nice and professional display!

Now I have some new ideas

I?m looking forward to more pictures of this super wall

Christer

What uniform is he wearing ?

Austria ? I haven?t seen a armbadge like this before

Christer

:love:

Ahhhh, they are soo good I could eat them!

Just wonderful, I think Brunswick is the Ferrari among Imperial states

Christer