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Those are some great awards! I have never seen those badges before! What were they awarded for? Regards Paul

Thanks for the input Rick. What that particular medal issued for the same criteia as the Prussian War Aid Cross?

Do any of the Orders Books have a photo?

How were these medals earned? Was it by the number of children birthed? That is a spectacular and rare grouping!!! I have never seen another complete set like this! nice find

Joined for the first time!!!

Here is another nice Medal and Ribbon Bar Pairing, made possible by Stogieman! Thanks for helping me to find this ribbon bar! Regards Paul

Thanks to both of the Ricks for the help on obtaining and IDing these bars!

Here is the back

And the second bar consists of: 1914 EK2, Hessian Long Service Ribbon, and the Hessian General Decoration War Ribbon.

Here is the reverse, with a nice white backing material!

I have just received these ribbon bars from the guru of bars himself! Also, I wish to thank Rick Research for helping me to identify some of these bars!! The first one consists of the 1914 EK2, Saxon War Effort Cross(with unauthorized attachment), Lippe Detmold War Merit Cross, and the Hamburg Hanseatic Cross. My question is who, why, and when was the laural clasp applied to this Saxon Ribbon?

Hi Pikestaff, Those EM tabs do look pretty bad! I have seen re-enactor's tabs that look a lot more convincing. Avitas, Those tabs are 100% real. They are for the ranks of Major-Oberst(actual rank was reflected on the shoulder boards.) in the East German Air Force. The the DDR Air Force only used the one waffenfarbe for everyone. Here are some examples of them on some uniforms: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=2...indpost&p=21426

Dan, I love your collection of KVKs! They are actually one of my favorite awards! The replica KVKs seem to be very accurate! Paul

It is actually one of my favorites! A good friend located it for me ! It is a definately a complete and undamaged field worn piece! I actually found a mate for it as well(not a perfect match though). Paul

Was there not a large group of American Veterans who are entitled to a special version of the 40th Anniversary of Victory Jubilee medal(1985)?

Nice addition! Thanks! I have never even heard of this one!

Here is a new addition to the Trade badge collection. As you can see, this one was definately removed from a tunic! I love worn items!

Very interesting Dan! I have never seen a sheet metal version before! Paul

Here is documentation that relects that the waffenfarbe was used for Veterinarian(EMs and NCOs). This information comes from Vol 2 of Angolia's Uniforms and Traditions of the Luftwaffe.

It is a beautiful award. I would be interested in seeing the rest of the Captain's awards!

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Wild Card and rboomsma, Amazing groups! I have never before seen a "5"! Has anyone seen a higher number before? Gerd, Based upon the SSN of yours, when do you think that it was awarded? Paul

I never knew that he was awarded Soviet Orders!!! I wonder how many Soviet Generals received US medals?

Aventis, You have a first rate EM eagle! Awesome Photos Naxos. You should start a thread dedicated to your father! I personnally would be very interested to hear of his stories and see more of his wartime items! Regards Paul