joe campbell

jacques-

magnifique!

with all the focus on SK's, docs, etc,

it is these common in 1939 and NOT common

in 2005 groups that lend depth, character,

personality , and class to a collection.

i am duly impressed.

joe

reverse.

sorry for the poor quality of pix.

i still haven't figured out how to

get size, rez, and space limitations together.

thought this might be of interest to the

imperial EK admirers.

this is a cloth 1914 EK 1 of feldgrau

backing, the outer frame looks like

shoulder board type piping, with an

inner border of bullion(?) style of

thread and moray(again,?) silk

backing.

the paper backing has a few pin

holes in it, i think for display rather than

it having ever been attached to a uniform.

hope you enjoy the following pix.

joe

reverse

obverse

recently got some pieces i've picked up over the

past few months out of the display cases and

onto the scanner.

this is a 1914 EK 1 double post screwback.

the retaining plate has twelve holes in.

(in my estimation, four would have been MORE than

sufficient to hold it in place!!)

the reverse of the cross is simply stamped 800.

the retaining plate is unmarked.

hope you enjoy!

joe

disreputable POS.

may all his tires remain perpetually flat...

joe

david's points are well stated and well taken...

and your desire to pursue this is very understandable.

i think your interest is what preserves them as much as anything.

i also think that discussion with the potential custodians after

you is very important, up to and including a codicile in your will.

leave 'em be.

JMHO

joe

i couldn't say whether this is grossman, deumer,

or cabernat sauvignon, but it REALLY surprises me that

the core is magnetic.

sure looks like a brass core....

nice cross, bill.

joe

Joe.

THIS is what I call aesthetically pleasing.........

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teeth and "teeth channels" or not,

i'll take it!!

you've got some MARVELOUS pieces, robin!

joe

from a medical standpoint, the last picture

is... uh... more anatomically correct.

please refer to your nearest skull or

cadaver.

it certainly is more aesthetically pleasing.

joe

lovely grouping, bill.

thanks for the great pictures.

joe

andy-

MHO. i like this belt buckle and have seen

some in this condition. handsome piece.

some dumpster!!

joe

nice find, reini!

joe

or julius roberts??????

heh-heh-heh.....

roscoe

i must say, gentlemen, that i am moderately um....

interested in that picture in the first post. the one

on the right appears mildly hyperthyroid (note the eyes,

consistent with exopthalmos), but either one would be

welcome to come try on my uniforms....

this is a great! period photograph. amusing,

a smidge provocative, and a somewhat out of the

ordinary candid shot.

thanks, RR.

joe

a few points.

my wife used to say to me "you don't have any friends"

( a SLIGHT exaggeration from an Italian women i've

been with for 25 years....). after getting the collecting

virus - a logical extension of my 40+ year love of

military history - i started getting calls and emails from

strange people from all over the country.

people who over the years have become friends. yeah,

a bit psychotic about militaria ephemera, but also able to

discuss sports/politics/sex/cigars/golf/famine in africa

(not necessarily in that order...). these are people i'll

know for the rest of my life.

and of course now the wifely refrain is "what? you don't have

any time for your children?????

and my favorite "piece" in my "collection"? those wonderful people

i've had the privelege of getting to know.

rick-

i DO think there is an investment potential in almost anything,

and i choose to see what i've collected at least partially in that

light. but it wouldn't get in the door if i didn't enjoy it. and i think

the point of breaking even is well taken. i broke even a long

time ago in this hobby.

just one or two more things....

some of the most reprehensible "people" i've ever met

have been collectors or dealers. there is about the same distribution

as in the real world.

couldn't agree more about pricing ourselves out of a future. if

young collectors can't buy even the common stuff, we have

burned the only bridge off the island....

great, and thought-provoking thread!

joe

biro-

beautiful bar , but that spange ALMOST made me laugh!!!

i would have sprung, for a few more marks, for the

lsrger, economy size....

joe

empty or not, you both have very nice examples

of a very interesting weapon.

the garrand gave the GI a decided firepower advantage

over the standard german infantryman. had they had these

rather than the K-98, i suspect there would be a much higher

number of GI's buried in europe.

thanks to both of you!

joe

reverse

joe

p.s. the computer chimp awakens....

two stickpins.

joe

wonderful thread!!

first, i have always preferred the Schinkel style cross from

an aesthetic standpoint. leaner, more delicate. for me, a

stylistic preference... it is also becoming much clearer to me

that there are schinkel styles of many varieties, presumably

as a result of each manufacturer's dies.

that it all came to rather a screeching halt with the LDO and

PK regs is also apparent. these photos give some definition

to the time sequence.

and retrospectively, as i've collected more 1914 EK 2's, these

pictures emphasize where these manufacturers came from.

i am struck by the subtle and not-so-subtle variations in the

imperial made EK's. perhaps these are basic observations,

but i DO love the nuances.

i particularly like what's been done with the heads on the spangen.

the addition of the "cowlick" is poetic/artistic license at work!

many thanks for this info.

joe

what type of plane is it?

fighter? ground support? multi-purpose?

thanks for the update!

joe

Exactly right, Joe! But Jacques has turned up some SCARY if they are bad "all original parts" type bars...

and Third Reich era fakes in the right hands with the right materials are getting more and more difficult to tell from originals. 

Hence the characteristic "Ribbon Bar Twitch" among Old Collectors. 

For our ongoing Battle Against The Dark Forces, see the sadly all too regularly updated "Fake Ribbon Bars Of The Week" thread in the Imperial Forum.

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DEATH TO THE INFIDELS!!!

abba bin campbell

i don't want to seem a blind, cock-eyed optimist,

but with so little obvious wear, and a small bit of

oxidation of the swords, could this not conceivably

be exactly that: a period mint ribbon bar with little or no wear?

i propose this only for the sake of discussion. my

knowledge of these is not complete enough to make

a firm statement on it.

best,

joe