Richard Gordon

Thanks for the kind words. The sad thing about this RK was that it originally came with all the documents and soldbuch but then split as the buyer was only interested in the paper work. I have found photos of the unit in Italy on ebay but unfortunately sudek13 is also interested and therefore inpossible to win against this bidder with bottomless pockets. A photo that should cost no more than ?50 now becomes ?400+ when sudek13 is interested. But slowly and surely I will continue to add any associated items when I can. Thanks to another collector, I got a scan of his obituary when Kreuzberg passed away in 1988. The same person got me the photo of the headstone. Regards Rich

Dave I know this one too. I haven't held it personally but I do have some super close-ups of it. I wonder if this would make an interesting discussion as to who the possible manufacturer could be. It is said possibly Juncker but I personally don't think it could be. Would be interesting to explore the possibilites. Anyone have a train of thought on who? Rich

Stijn Sorry I can't help as I have no books on this squadron. Have you tried a google search? I was very lucky with my goblet research in this way. Even though he was not listed in the Ehrehpokal book, he was listed on the web in a casulty report. From there I knew his squadron and a search on the German War Graves website provided more. He was also listed in a book. Good luck! Rich

Notice that his name is incorrectly spelt, Kreutzberg. How do I know...? Here's how. Rich

I'd like to share with you my only attributed RK. It's a standard S&L, magnetic core, micro 800 frame. It was awarded to Anton Kreuzberg for actions in the Cassino area in May 1944. He held his sector during a heavy assault until reinforcements arrived and knocked out 6 allied tanks in the same day. Kreuzberg was a Nashorn gun commander in Pz. J?g. Abt 525. Over the years I have put some items to it. I found the post-war signed photo on Ebay. The small picture is of Nashorns in Rome, probably 1943 when the unit arrived in Italy.

Markus Congratulations on your RK. It looks superb. Very nice wearers ribbon too! Wouldn't it be super to have the history of that one! Rich

Guys Thanks for your interest and recommendations. Thing is, I don't want to have to buy a new rig just to tackle one kit. Looks like this type of airbrush is not widely known amongst modelers. I think it will have to be a case of keep trying to experiment until I get the required results. Cheers Rich

Eric Thought you might be liking that one. It is very special and has history...I got it from German Ebay from the son of the awardee and has his name scratched on the back. Unfortunatley he would not pass on any further details of his father's war service. Regards Rich

John/Eric Thanks for showing an interest and taking part. I'm disappointed that not more did. The answer is 1) Deumer, 2) Juncker & 3)Deumer. What I do not understand is why Deumer used 'Juncker' parts when it already had it own? Why did they not use the early Juncker components like the Juncker '1st' and '2nd' RO/AG? It's not as if Deumer were not already producing early flight badges... or where they? Maybe what we assume to be early Deumer pieces (Pilot, Observer) are not Deumer after all!? It's a constant enigma! Rich

Lovely! How do you do it??? Rich

Would this be an unmarked Zimmermann (L/52)?

Well seems only J T-W and Eric are interested. Nevertheless, to continue... No answers yet my friends! A question; Would you say badge No.3 is from the same die as 1 and/or 2? I am curious to your opinion before revealing the results. Rich

Hi Dave, Great to see you here and your wonderful collection. I hope to see more of you here so you can share your enthusiasm and knowledge. Amazing collection and one I do not recall seeing before. Rich

JT-W No answers yet! Must be patient and allow a few more to step up. BUT let me add this one...who is the maker?

OK, let's see how this goes... Pic1 - Who is the maker? Pic2 - Who is the maker? Who's going to step up first? Rich

One for Dave-B

Surely that was a result of the Enigma? The allies intercepted U-boat messages and knew where the wolf packs were going to be. Of course, that is only one part of story as they then had to actually detect and sink them after that but it did give the allies the upper hand IMO. Had the wolf-packs been more successful I'm sure that would have had a major impact on the war. Perhaps the end result would ultimately have been the same but it might have added many more years. Rich

Probably one of the most decisive battles was that for the Atlantic. Imaging, if the Enigma machine had not been captured, Britain would have starved! Rich

Trio that I just happened to photo today.

Thanks Doc! Much appreciated. Rich

If I understand correctly, the problem would be the tension that the tracks are applying is causing the damaged suspension arm to break each time it is glued? I think there is only 2 solutions: 1) Drill out a small hole in each part and insert a piece of metal for strength, or 2) Scrap the plastic tracks and buy individual track-links and use those. They will have no tension. Rich

Dave I wish I could but I seem to have lost a bit of my artistic flair these days in taking arty photos. If you have an idea for me, shot me a PM and I'll try to knock something up. Cheers Rich

To all, Firstly, never had one of these and never really studied them as I had already decided I was never going to have one due to their rarity. So I'm shooting from the hip and giving an opinion based on observation of the pics supplied by Stan. I go with it being original. I see details that are consistent with Juncker flight badges. I like the wear on the back and hand finished. The maker mark looks spot on and nothing I see points to a casting of an original. So for what it's worth I give it Rich

It certainly is! It's refreshing to change things around now and again, especially as my displaying space is limited. Yes, all cased luft awards and no you can't have them Rich

Some of you will recall the mess that was my collection display?! I changed it slightly today and tidied everything up and put all the cased awards at the back, out of view and instead created two RK scenarios: Top is the RK of a panzerj?ger, won in the Liri valley on the day Cassino fell to the Allies (actually attributed). Bottom is depicting a Legion Condor veteran gone on to further successes in the air war winning the Ehrenpokal. DKiG and RK (while all items are orginal, they are not a group). I think it looks better now. Less is more. Rich