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Thank you. Beautiful piece. Scott

Wow Steve - nice find! Congratulations (I like your's too Eric!) Scott

I found this one on a Spanish militaria site. It said it was circa 1931, but it lost me after that. It looks like medal version of the Spanish War Cross badge. Am I close? Scott

Nice!

Now that's a bunch of crosses... Scott

Wow - really nice P/Os guys! Scott

Wow!

Super nice bar - congratulations. Scott

Wow - that's an amazing record of service and valor assembled there. I thought only the Navy/Marines used numbers on the Air Medal? Scott

Wow - a superb find! Scott

Nice patina on that one, and I like the dark 'pumpkin' colored grip too. Scott

One with a faint Deumer mark; unfortunately I don't have a close-up of the mark.

Here's one marked PM...

"That must be the lowest ranking pilot I have ever seen!!! I thought that they at least made them an NCO!!" IMO, I think it was more common in the early Luftwaffe to have lower-ranking enlisted pilots than later in the war years. I've seen many more pre-war photos of jr enlisted pilots than war-time photos of them. By the tresse on his shoulderboard, the pilot in the photo looks to be an an NCO candidate. Due to the lack of other awards, and the higher quality of his tunic, I'd say the photo was taken pre-war. Really nice grouping by the way. Scott

It's marked under the crossguard and the forward edge of the upper scabbard fitting...

Here's mine; an early Eichorn with unit markings.

How about an Eichorn.

Ahh, ok. I see what you mean. Thanks! Scott

I thought the Legion Condor had some symbolic link to the large bird/vulture. Didn't the Luftwaffe have a long-range bomber named Condor? (with a "C") Scott

Perhaps the "Kondor" is named after a person who spelled it that way? Scott

Not my field, but I can appreciate the effort that goes into collecting these. I'd like to see more as well! Scott

Swords too?

Gotta love the tagged Eickhorns...

Forgive me, but I couldn't resist a shot with it's German cousin...

A reverse shot..