Paul R

Beautiful uniform!

He got both grades?

This is a first for me!! What a rare and interesting grouping! You are so lucky! Congratulations!

This is the first Kursk order group I have seen. I love it!! Thank you for sharing it with us!!

Looks like artificial patinia to me.

Any clues as to when this medal was struck?

Was this a common practice?

A 1914 EK1 would be awesome!

Another pic!

I have this baby coming in very soon!! A very nice addition! I am very excited about this. It is only the second NCO Beamte for Admin I have seen. The other has the same nebenfarbe, but half of the collar is chewed away, but this one is mint.

Are there any more of these? Someone else has to have some more of these wonderful bars.

Very cool! What is the equivelant for this medal?

Here is a nice overview of everything.

Did you get any of the Nigerian Army items? I guess that Nigerias Navy is smaller than our Coast Guard. Most of their men are "selected" and brought in by "friends". It is cool to talk to them about their various tribes and ect, which is easily seen by the scars on their faces. They all seemed to be very nice folks. It was a pleasure to work with them.

I have been working very closely with a Nigerian crew who is taking over one of our old Coast Guard ships. In their preparation to take the former Cutter, I worked to ensure that their medical staff had ample medications and supplies, as well as any other support they may need. As they are departing tomorrow, they provided to me several gifts, which I traded for my uniform items. The first set is for a Nigerian Second Class Petty Officer. The set includes the rank patches and a beret wtih the PO2-1 badge. The second set is from the Nigerian Doctor, who is an equivelant to a Navy Leiutenant. The red highlights on the shoulder board emphasizes a Medical Officer. The typical line officer just had the gold braid on the black badge cloth. Also included is the officer level beret badge.

Here are some more clearer photos.

Beautiful example!!

I did not think that it would be possible to get an EK2 and EK1 without some sort of assault badge.

Thanks my friend. I really love it! It seems to be a one of a kind set!

There are cut threads... . There are no hooks There are a couple that still have the brass rings where the medals were. I will show you. I will make images of the reverse and post them. Who are some of the Württemberg experts here?

Thank you for the detailed information, both here and via PM. I will see about getting this bar back up to it's former glory, ithout sewing the pendents back on. Can I safely assume that the EK2 is a noncombattant type, the Wilhelmskreuz and the Silver Merit Cross were both without swords? There is not really a chance that an NCO would have a Non Combatant Version of the Iron Cross, is there? I thought that these were mainly awarded to Beamte and high ranking civilians in industry? Thank you for the image of the gold medal. It is beautiful... and I will have to bite the bullet at some point to get the medallion. I really want to display the bar with the appropriate pendants.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=20352 Here is a picture article of a similiar theme I started a while back. There are a lot of good pics and etc.

The Württemberg Kronordenmedaille sounds like a pretty expensive medal.

Thanks everyone. Yes, it upsets me that someone cut this one up as well. Why would they do that? Did NCOs receive the non combattant version of the Iron Cross?

Here is a link to an informative thread I started a few years back, which explains things in a little more depth. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=17190 You will see the NCO tunic, as well as a bunch of different collar tabs and etc. Regards Paul