VtwinVince
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All I can say is this situation is not going to help the state of Imperial collecting. This proliferation of fakes will ruin the hobby if the fakers produce slightly better material, which they are clearly working on.
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Could also be the 25 year Industry Medal, which predates the Nazi regime.
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Here is a bar with the Agricultural Merit Medal.
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You mean the cases for the MVO? I have some Schiebe-Etuis for the MVK which are brown as well.
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You're welcome, I always liked this one.
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Yup, I noticed that a bunch of this crap is being offered again. Here is an example of a very good copy by Blass. It had me fooled for some years.
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There are several possibilities for the last ribbon. And the official Bavarian Agricultural Merit Medal awarded during the war looks completely different from this medal.
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I don't recognise the last medal, can you post close-ups?
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Looks like a Goede item, unfortunately. Not worth the price of admission.
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Great photos, obviously he saw some action with the Turks as a naval aviator. Maybe Alex knows this guy.
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OK, it could be a period Spangenstueck or a genuine 4th class which has been pimped up, but it certainly is not an award piece.
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Sorry, we don't speak Chinese here. Last one could be an Anschluss-Medaille.
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I agree, a scarce grouping.
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Thanks Graham, are those swords two-piece hollow construction or solid? So far I'm not getting a good feeling about this piece.
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LOL, I think you nailed it, Rudi.
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These are a brutal minefield of fakery. Can you post an image of the barrel from the side?
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AFAIK most of these swords pieces were solid body and silver-gilt. Mine is marked 938 on the edge of the 6 o'clock arm and again on the suspension loop. I do believe that some early awards were 'upgraded' non-swords pieces with swords added later, so these would be hollow body and real gold. I wish the PLM was Godet, it's actually a single-sided example from Meybauer.
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Graham, any markings on this one? Are the swords screwed into the cross body? I have a Wagner example which looks like it was run over by a tank at some point.
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Nice Bavarian Feldschnalle, number two is the Ludwig Cross. Can you show the reverse?
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LOL, this just gets better and better.
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Here is a nice, simple one. The lower one of course.
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Luftwaffe A bit of an Me 109
VtwinVince replied to Spasm's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Equipment
I tracked Rauwolf down many years ago, and he wasn't too interested in discussing details of his escapade over England. He was a sculptor like my father. -
I'll defer to the EK specialists, but my guess is this one dates more to the first conflict.
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I really like the look of this cross, nice piece.
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D'oh! Thanks for the correction, Dan.