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I originally thought these to be fake, yet I have been convinced otherwise... So I am moving this tab from the "fakes" thread!

David and Rick Thank you for the illustration. I am amazed that it took so long for the wound badges to catch up to the members... People wounded in WW1 were still receiving awards in the middle of WW2!? I should not be too suprised as we in the US are still awarding overlooked WW2 veteran's with Valor Awards. PAul

haynau, Thank you for posting this medal. I have never before heard of or seen one of these! Regards PAul

It is a real Beauty! That Order of the Crown definately stands out!! Regards PAul

That is a beautiful Ribbon Bar!!! Two Red Cross Medals!

Thank you Garth! I will see what I can find on Fortress Flak troops. Regards Paul!

That is strange... I would have thought that these wound medals would have pretty much been an automatic award... kinda like our Purple Heart is in the US. Do you have that Milpass posted here on the forum somewhere? Regards Paul

You are absolutely correct(bright white thread) and this is my biggest personal issue with the tabs at the moment. Most of the ones i have seen are as above with the gold thread holding the piping onto the tab. I will post better scans when they arrive. Worst case scenerio... it will be a nice one for the fakes thread I have going! I am not feeling too bady for what I paid for the entire grouping, I still more than made out! Regards Paul

No problem on the little bidding war...lol. I was actually bidding on that bar for the same reason. I have a nice two place EK/WW medal bar. Thank you for your information and I will PM Garth on on the General's tabs. I am still not holding out any faith on these being real... but I am not throwing them out either. Who knows... I will check out Mr Winkler's site tonight. Regards Paul

Very significant set! Just because it aint pretty does not mean it aint valuable(historically anyway)! Great find!

My God... 5 wounds!!! Wow! I would not want to be the soldier who received this award!!!! Is this the biggest you have seen? Thank you for posting this medal. After 1935, would this have turned into a gold wound badge or did the Austrians keep their Wound Medals? Thank you again for posting this medal Dave! BTW Bob, Thank you for posting your medal and ribbon bar set! You are right. They do have a bit of repetition(especially in the ribbon bars). I dont know why they have such an appeal to me as they are not that attactive or colorful. Regards Paul

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Well, I did find a set of tabs where the insignia is off center in a photograph. This photo comes from page 52 of UNIFORMS AND TRADITIONS OF THE LUFTWAFFE, Vol I by Brian L Davis. I am not holding my breath on the tabs enrout to me being real, I was just going though some of my books and found a simular set in wear(even though the photo quality is not the best!).

Thanks Rick! I was thinking that every grey stripe was a wound... You mentioned that you once saw a five wound medal ribbon... how did all of the bars fit?! Paul

Me too! Very impressive! I would have never guessed that it did not come from a complete kit! Paul

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Hi Gary, I did receive your PM. I was away from the computer most of the day yesterday. Anyway, here are the Engineer tabs you were speaking of. I blew them up a bit. Please forgive the grainy appearance. I see what you mean with the Major's tab. I have never seen a backing like that! Regards PAul

Thank you, Jos! I will post closeup scans of all items when they arrive in the pertainent threads!!! I am getting pretty excited! Regards Paul

Nice bar Rick! Civilian with EK2? Paul

Thank you for the pics! Nice DLV tabs too!

I too was in the infantry in the Marine Corps. I am now a medic in the Coast Guard. I am sorry to say that I do not see a picture attached. Paul

Hi Gary, Yes, I did used to go by PaulMedic. I decided to go by my real name. Like Bill stated, the tab would have been one to have gotten... especially if he would go down in his price. Do you remember his name? Maybe you could google search him and find his company phone number or email? Regards Paul Reck

Those are stunning... How long does it take you to complete one? I know that completing such scale models is second only to micro surgery. I tried one once and was not able to complete it! The pieces were too small for me(or more accurately, I did not have the patience).

Very nice!!