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And just when you thought it was over..... Yep ! two more ships in my collection! How many ship have been torpedoed? The list seems to be endless. Well here is an Local disaster , and the gulity one is a suprise maybe! SS Hansa a swedish steamer built in 1899, she as going between the Island of Gotland and the Swedish mailnland and the 24th november was an ordinarie evening. But for 84 of the 86 people ombord it would be their last evening alive. at 05.57 in the morning on 25th Nov she was torpedoed by a Russian submarine! An everyone but two drowned in the cold water. A curiosity is that my father was meant to be ombord but his leave from the military was cancelled and he had to stay on Gotland, 50 years after that he could still be angry..... for the cancelled leave The next picture is of some Nordic interest to! SS Finland Bult in USA 1902 she was transporting troops to Europe in 1917 and in 28th October 1917 she was torpedoed by U-93 , 9 men killed but she was able to reach Brest and could be repaired. So this was a ship which was torpedoed and didn?t sink !! First one ! Have a nice weekend all ! Christer

Yes ! More please! Keep them coming Anatoly your collection is great! I am selling off all my Soviet stuff and have started Buying Bulgarian and Romanian instead, the boxes are much nicer and so far its not many fakes around. Do anyone know about any books about Romanian awards? Is there any? Christer

Thanks Rick , so its "Deputies for labour Honor Badge" Now I have to hunt for a class II badge, my example was screwback orginal but someone changed it to pinback so now I am looking for a orginal II class, and of course a doc would be I really love the quality of theese Bulgarian awards Christer

And here is a more Famous ship more than 30 years later ! Arandora Star built in 1927 for Blue Star Line She was assigned to transport axis prisoners of War to Canada and was heading to Canada with nearly 1500 German and Italian internees including 86 POWs when she at 6 AM 2 July 1940 at the Northwest Coast of Ireland she was struck by an torpedo from the German submarine U-47. Commanded by the U-boat Ace Gunther Prien , a single torpedo make her sunk. There was only 586 survivors WWII s worst disaster at sea so far was a fact..... This is a private Photo taken by someone from Sweden during the thirties. Christer

Thanks Nesredep ! I am still hunting for more unfortunate ships, and the are plenty Here is two more new in my collection for today !! First out is SS Surrey Built 1882 for the Atlantic Transport Line she changed owner and name several times from Surrey to Michigan 1888 and in 1900 she was renamed Harry Luckenbach (of all names) and with that name she sailed for 18 years but in 6th Jan 1918 she was Topedoed and sunk by the German Submarine U-84 North of Bay of Biscay. Christer

And last a better pic of the award itself ! A real Beauty ! (As the town Sofia by the way) Christer

And here is the Award and the Award Book ! Award nr 663 awarded 1963 to Vladimir Avramov (I think) Christer

Just have to show you my latest Badges! Honor member of Sofia ( I think that?s the right translation, but if I am wrong please correct me) There where two classes I and II my first one was a class II in the box and I thought , wow what a nice badge But Then this come by my way A First class with box and orginal award cert A wonderful cert bounded in red Leather I suppose theese people must have been really high appriciated in the Comunistic society? Anyone who has some info about theese Sofia Badges? On the Pic the box for II class to the left then the I class and the award cert Christer

Hi all, and thanks for the comments Sorry to say, the pic has no date or anything written on the back but still interesting, I just bought another pic with a WWII soldier wearing TWM, as soon as it arrives I will post it here. Thanks again, theese card is always a fountain of mysteries Christer

Jackpot ! Thanks rast , that was perfect, now I know a lot more about theese pictures, just wonderful! Have a nice weekend ! Christer

Hi, What about this guy? I bought this pic because of the "Gallipoli Star" and his KriegsMarine Uniform so I thought he was maybe a former member of SMS Goeben or something like it. And today the pic arrived and suprise ! Hes ribbon bar consists of Karl Truppen Kreuz - HEK - Austrian 1915-18 - ?? - Hungary war medal and ?? A Austrian in Turkey? with no combat awards ecept for a Turkey Star? What do you say Gentlemen, any ideas? Christer

And the last one for tonight ! Two Tanks destroyed , I suppose somewhere in Flandern? Now I have to go and hunt for more pics Christer

And another one ! Here its written Cambrai on the back Christer

Next one seems to have missed the Bridge? Or maybe it made the brifge collapse? On the backside its written "Canal of Massni?res" ? Christer

Hallo Gentlemen! I wonder if there is anyone who could help me with identity of the Tanks? I know very little about WW 1 Tanks so any info will be great ! First out is a knocked out one on the West Front

Next one is a Ship from the famous White Star Line RMS Cymric. Bulit 1897 and 12552 tons. Torpedoed by German Submarine U 20 NW of Fastnet 8th May 1916 and sunk the following day with the loss of 5 lives. And Yes, the submarine U-20 was the same submarine that sunk Lusitania. Christer I keep looking for more unlucky ships

Two More ships in my collection! First out is a private Photo of Orcades from the Orient Line Launched in 1937 23456 ton, and sunk by torpedos out Cape of Good Hope in 1942 while sailing as a troopship 48 people followed her to the bottom. Christer

Hi all! I don?t Think I Have showed this little bar did I ? As I get older my memory gets shorter If I read it right it is EK - Preuss VK - Oldenburg (FA kr or Red Cross?) - Braunschweig KvK NC - LS - 1897 ? What do you think ? a doctor from a Oldenburg/Brusnwick Rgt ? Sorry for the blurred pic of backside, I try again to scan it better if anyone wish. All the best from Imperial Sweden! Christer

Great Collection ! It?s always nice to see some new ideas to show the collection. Superb! Christer

Wow ! Thats the first one I ever seen of the Type 3! Have anybody ever senn a pic of this type in wearing? I saw it listed in the new mongolian book. Thanks for showing it Bob, now I have to go and get three more jobs just to get 4K $ ....... Christer

Nice one , Sivart! I love to see them complete with documents. If you are interested please look at my website http://bayoswede.zoomin.se/index/29788.html and if you have pics of any of the missing maker marks right now about 70 !! out of app 200 I would be most grateful for any help. Christer

I recieved my ex today ! Quite nice photos , but very little explanation to different types But still some more Badges then the old Book (Herfurths that is) Raises more questions that answered I think..... Christer

Great Card and Great story behind it ! "A photo can tell you more than a tousand words" Christer

Here is another new badge in my collection! (Yes my wife thinks I am crazy) But I think this was so nice , a membership badge for Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship from 1954 III Class, theese badges exited only for 10 years with Stalins picture and the third class was of course most common. But Here it is complete with a Doc !! Much more fun And now when my wife walked away I can assure you that I am going to look for the rest of badges ...... hi hi hi There are six of them, 5 to go All the best christer

And the backside of it ! Just cost me 9,99 $ , seems like a good price Christer