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Hi again, this is a piece that has been a long time with me, I took it in an exchange I had with a guy I know, I had an old non-functioning hand watch without glass and he had this pickelhaube, it looked like whe where even, my clock all broken and his helmet so smashed and destroyed (and shrinked too), like if a truck rolled it over; I restored it as I could because in this country where I live there are no people who can do that What can I do to make a better restoration to this piece? By the way; am I in the correct section??

I think it could be rust stains too, because both, blood and rust stains looks alike I would like to find luminol (the liquid that policemen sprays to find blood or corporal fluids stains) to test it with black light

a corner, if you want more pics I can post them with no problem

seams 2, the camera had an option that sayed text mode

between seams 1

back side

Hi every one, I found this Reichskriegsflagge recently, I forgot to measure it, but I think it is 89 x 59 cm, it passed th black light test (it doesn?t glows in most of it, and glows a just a very little bit in some spots), it is in bad shape due to decoloring, the most decolored side is the back one, it looks like it once had color in both sides because between the seams (as in the pictues). I guess both sides had been decoloured (one side more that the other) when someone tried to wash the blood (now, I cannot tell if it is human, animal blood, or something that looks alike) seems like letters where whiped away or never been there, I don?t know. Anyway, seems to be very good manufactured, the guy from wich I got it told me that this flag was from an u-boot And now the pictures what do you think about this???

That message was directed to The monkey God who asked: Isn`t there a K.I.A medal being issued now? Haven`t seen what it looks like, has anyone got a picture?

well, I know that japanese issued medal for the families of killed soldiers, a very nice one by the way, a cherry blossom flower; germans after wwi issued medals in black for widows and families of falled soldiers too, and I think italians di the same, I think that american soldiers who die in war recieve a postumly purple hearth with his/her name on it but really Iam not sure about that

Ah by the way, the guy also wanted to confirm something about the photo: I- During the occupation of Albania from Italy in April 1939; or II- During the attack of Italy against the Greece in October 1940. if that officer is greek then i would say that answer is I; but Iam not sure niether, the only clue seems to be the maps

sorry, I meant photoshop, I think you can give color to black and white pictures using that program

hey, you know?? you can use photoshock to give color to that p?cture, that way we can see colors much better :D

13 seems to be french, but Iam not sure

Hi paul; you know? I?m getting interested in japanese militaria lately; but I live in a different country and can only pay with credit card.... if you don?t accept credit cards or if you don?t have those medals already can you recommend a site where I can buy without being so afraid about copies? Thanks Paul

oooopppss I almost forgot to place the pics of the u-boot badge. Thanks a lot everybody for all the help you can give me Cheers :P

luftwaffe 2 and 3

IAB badge 4 and luftwaffe 1

IAB badge 3

IAB badge 1 and 2

6th pic, medal bar

5th pic, medal bar

4th pic, medal bar

3rd pic, medal bar

2nd pic, medal bar

Hi everybody, I recently got this pieces in a lot of 3rd reich military awards, but I?m not sure if any of these pieces are real or fake. Those pieces are: 1) a bar with 4 medals 2) an Infantry Assault Badge 3) U-boot badge, and 4) a pair of insignia of luftwaffe flak leutenant. I posted other thread before this one but I took long I getting a camera with better pictures, I wanted to delete the last one but I don?t know how, sorry for that ; and Thanks a lot to everyone for all the help you can give me Cheers By the way, under the eagle of the IAB it says S.H.u.co. and 41 below it it seems to be made of zink or some bad metal, but I tried to bend it with my fingers and I couldn?t it doesn?t bends; it seems like it had bronze paint once a time, and the pin is not flat, but cilindrical... (sorry, need to polish my English)