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Posts posted by joe campbell
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this will have to be a "mind's eye" picture...
i grew up about 50 miles from gettysburg. we went every year or two,
and i remember racing around the rocks at devil's den and the trails
leading up to little round top... it was all play to a ten year old...
one year my father said we're going to do it a little differently this
year. we went to one of the Nat'l Park Service museums, and he made sure
my brother and i saw every photograph of the dead, the "hospital" wards,
and later photos of limbless vets....
then we spent an hour walking the cemetery....
my introduction to the horror, but it left a mark.
joe
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i'll bet you never forget the look on his face
when you presented him with his medals...
a sad thing to lose one's father, but even sadder to think
of all those young men and women who NEVER met their offspring.
one of my partners father was KIA in viet nam 2 weeks after her
birth...
your attention to his accomplishments was a prize to him and a treasure for you.
welcome aboard!
joe
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there is nothing about this cross and it's
construction that i don't love!!
a very nice find! as usual...
joe
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thanks for the great pictures gordon and all!
interesting and unique thread.
joe
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nice chapeau!
do you have an example of the armband?
joe
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worth bidding on, however!
joe
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very nice!
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hot off the sewing machine...
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great picture!
these gentleman favor function over fashion!
joe
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patrick-
don't know much about them either, but both are quite handsome,
and the info you've provided is quite interesting! start with an
object and work backwards.
i wonder if you might try to contact the author of the article...
he may be able to put you onto some references/people with specific knowledge
of these time pieces. i feel quite certain they are out there.
thanks,
joe
PS my great grandfather is from Housebay/Stronsay/Orkney.
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i have six of them, have looked at probably
six hundred, and can't recall a single one
with MM.
but i've only been at it 7 or 8 years...
joe
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re: 666
this would be a first in the 1870, let alone 1914, issue.
and they were made as basically a batch or run of them.
it may be a first, but my suspicion is that the digits on the
jump ring were added.
JMHO.
joe
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i have less problems with this cross except to say that
i don't believe the 999, and that the unique pin attachment
would hardly raise the price to $800.
my opinion is that this is probably one of the 1890's
issue of the 1870 EK's.
curious to hear what others think.
joe
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it's the connection , or "jump" between the cross and the ribbon ring.
3 is not really a maker mark. best guess is that it's an inspector
number.
kind of like that piece of paper in the three packs of new
underwear : "inspected by #6"....
probably the last person to see the completed cross prior to
putting on the ribbon ring.
joe
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yes, it is a "3" and i assume a '14 EK.
not common to see MM on jump rings, but not unheard of,
and usually a single digit.
joe
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there was also an "after-market" jewellers trade for those
who wished to spend some extra, where adjustments could
be made on things like EK's...
there was still quite a bit of talent around from the
grand days of WW1 and inter-war who would make things to
specification.
joe
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any chance of a picture of the whole cross?
from what i see so far, however, i hold little
hope that this is an unretouched, high silver
content 1870 EK...
joe
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Heavily repaired but an original by “Friedrich Linden. Lüdenscheid ” (FLL).
FLL.
joe
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looks like one of the "russian horde" that helmut weitze
brought back from the soviet union after the wall came down.
square button case, generally in unissued condition, but
having said that, i've seen various states of pristine.
nice cross!
joe
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the 25 year eichenlaub is fine.
i wouldn't have the cross in my collection,
except perhaps as a curiosity.
sorry.
joe
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andreas-
as always, an interesting vignette, well supplied
with impressive documents and that 200+ year old PLM.
any idea where his other awards are?
joe
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a sideline special interest of mine - 1914 EK 2 maker marks...
i've looked through 1000's and 1000's, and there are a signi-
ficant percentage with incomplete or illegible maker marks on them.
this is one of those, i think.
nice cross, however!!
joe
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does the heart and blood GOOD to see a
brief glimpse of the notorious and much-missed
Ricky Ricardo!!!!
as usual, it is a thought provoking topic.
i'd GLADLY volunteer to be the squirrel
running the wheel that drives the generator
that powers the computer/Epson which brings
you back on board...
joe
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1870 Ladies And Young Ladies Cross Set To A Jewish Widow
in Germany: Imperial: The Orders, Decorations and Medals of The Imperial German States
Posted
.......
she probably looked good to one of her aid recipients....
appearance criteria are location dependent:
hospital?
prison?
your local public house??
paul and rick: my FAY-VO-RITE medal ever. chris,
THIS medal is SEXY!!!
joe!