Paul R

I dont think that this was ever created/issued. I have never seen any evidence or heard of these medals being produced.

Only three more versions to find!

Another awesome bar Jock!

Nice Junk! LOL

Robin, the Purple Heart was created and made a part of the US award inventory in 1932. It was originally meant to be awarded for merit on the battlefield. Retroactive awards were made based upon citations. Wounds incurred during this prior service were taken into account when a service member was under consideration to receive the medal. After the Legion of Merit was created in 1942, the Purple Heart became a medal awarded exclusively for wounds received in battle. Language specifically allowing for the posthumous awarding of the medal to those killed in action were approved in 1962. This sorta confuses me because I have seen many KIA Purple Hearts awarded during WW2. Perhaps the military was awarding them due to the fact that those KIA were obviously wounded?

Very attractive medal combination. Dave, thank you for the detailed explanation. I love the noncombatant bars.

Astonishing find! It is a shame that the medals were not mounted. Kinda shocked to see that actually. Definitely a once in a lifetime find.

Serialized PHs were awarded into the Vietnam War?

Are these in your collection? Is everyone in the Rwandan military eligible for medals, or just officers?

Feldjager, how many years of service time do you have?

That is another great photo. Is this the complete photograph or is it cropped from something bigger?

Thanks for posting that great portrait. I like the sonderfuhrer style shoulder boards. IT looks as if he were a pilot,which would have given him a light blue waffenfarbe.

Larry- Thank you for sharing that amazing and rare portrait. I really like WS items. They are surprisingly rare. Here are the two items I have. A single tab for a Dornier Factory WS worker. And an award document for a brave WS worker(unknown details).

Lets see what you all have for the DLV!!! Paul

I wonder where these were made?

Beautiful. I like how you made use of the existing rust and damage on the canteen to highlight the artwork.

I have never seen such items before. Where were these found? Archives?

Where do you all find all of these loose medal pendents? I am looking for some for a project I am working on and cannot seem to find them.

Please start a thread! I will love to see it. I love Werkshutz items.

You have many rare and wonderful items too. I love seeing your collection photos.

We look forward to seeing them.

Very rare and awesome photographs. Thank you both for sharing. The WW1 U-Boat veteran image is super cool. I wonder how he earned the '39 clasp for his EK2? He must have been in the regular military as well? The NCO level photograph is really nice as well. You guys have some phenominal pics! Are there more?

Nice looking pre-war photo.

Horrible fakes at that. The shape and the outer piping are quick give-aways for me.

Thanks Morten. Odulf, Thank you for sharing those wonderfully rare photographs. I love seeing things like this. They had some very attractive looking uniforms. Paul