joe campbell

much obliged, valgor!

you have a unique, high quality piece there.

joe

what a splendid effort!!!

i can't even get my garage cleaned in the course of a year,

and sergey rebuilds a T-34!!!!!

congratulations on your labor of love.

joe

valgor-

handsome cross!

can you send a picture of the MM incused stamp

on the reverse?

thanks!

joe

doesn't get much more impressive.

well done!

joe

this appears to be issued, unworn!

is that correct?

joe

LOVE IT, Micha!!

my first time seeing this, too!

joe

Well Pete there you go...you have shown me the first award document I have ever seen concerning some of the more controversial pieces. Nice document and rare I would think. I am pleased that you have this shield and maybe you are all correct about them being made during the last stages of the war. However until I see a snapshot with a group of happy soldiers posing with one on their caps they are not for me.

Take care my friend.

Phil

i'm not sure that there WERE many

groups of happy soldiers posing at

this point in the war....

joe

i'm thinking "S" as well.

hard to say on the ose mark,

but most of the numbered osen

are marked on the side of the

eye rather than the outside of it.

joe

love to see some larger, better focused pics!

joe

beautiful repair work!!this is one I'd

display from the reverse.

joe

eric-

great EK!

just another example of the

wizardry of your friendly, neighborhood jeweler

and the pride that the recipient had in his decoration.

joe

a bold "W" on the obverse...

perhaps a Wagner?

appears to be a nice EK!

joe

the box alone is striking!

my favorite color case lining,

and an EK in wonderful condition!

you obviously believe in quality , not quantity!

my best,

joe

there actually some nice paper envelopes for EK 2's.

the one in The Iron Time is actually in my possession.

i've not seen another, so i suspect they were rather uncommon.

joe

this is BEYOND sexy, chris!

amazing set you have there don.

joe

jim-

not being, in general, an envious person,

i start my saturday off with a marked

sensation of envy!!

very nicely done!

joe

brian!

this is one of the reasons i love this forum.

interesting, well presented, well illustrated.

i learned something today.

my thanks!

joe

love all of them, especially that EK 1!

you are purchasing well.

joe

these are so powerful in their simplicity....

a piece of paper... a life...

my granny (from keswick) had one on her

wall for many years for her older brother Georgie;

LT GEORGE BOTT

Killed near Loos

1917

it left quite an impression when i first

saw it at age 7 or 8.

and the faraway look in her eyes when she

said "he was such a sweet young man....".

and that probably 45 years after he died...

joe

i just REALLY don't like the print...

JMHO

joe

christophe-

my sincere thanks to you for this information.

i am sorry to learn of his death.

if you ever come across any further

information,i am always interested.

and thank you for this thread!

joe

christophe!

that's him!

i met him in 2000.

a very kind man,and interested in

the children i was escorting.

(Raleigh Boy Choir - we sang in the cathedral

at Rouen and at Notre Dame cathedral.)

do you know anything about his WW2 exploits?

and the ordre national du merite'??

merci beaucoup,mon ami!!

joe

Hi Joe,

Please, excuse my poor english, but what do you mean exactly by "gamache" ?

Cheers.

Ch.

that was his last name.

i met him at amiens, where he was the

curator of the "armistice train" of WW1/WW2 fame.

also where my grandfather was a batalion surgeon

in 1917/18.

thanks, christophe!

joe

jason-

you hoosiers are the BEST!!!

(my papa was from logansport,

canoed in the canoes on the Wabash)

thank you for the very informative

descriptions of both medals!

joe

160+ years, and in amazing condition!

can you ID the second and third medals please?

joe