JensF.

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Just got this one at Ebay. Any ideas?

The following villages in the central battlefield were obliterated:

Douaumont

Vaux

Fleury

Haumont

Louvemont

Bezonvaux

Ornes

So seven at all. The most other villages were heavily damaged, but those listed here were completely destroyed and never rebuilt. And it is true, that the most inhabitants were evacuated either by the Germans or the french just before or during the attack.

Stogie, do you have a pic of the St. Henry citation?

I never saw a .... bed? made out of EKs...

Oh, one final one, for any Third Reich collectoirs who may stray over here . . .

I am No. 4 from right in this pic:

http://www.altearmee.org/html/body_verdun2006_0.html

OK Jens, about your website, I gotta ask.....which one of these Grabenschweine are you? I'm surprised the museum would let you climb all over their main exhibit. Ausgezeichnet!

Chip

My first idea is the huge "15 cm Kanone". But we have to know if there are navy stamps (crowned "M") on the bottom.

Btw. he is listed in the database of the Volksbund (German War Graves Comission):

Nachname: Martin

Vorname: Heinrich

Dienstgrad: Unteroffizier

Geburtsdatum: 24.12.1898

Geburtsort:

Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 28.03.1918

Todesort: nicht verzeichnet

Heinrich Martin ruht auf der Kriegsgr?berst?tte in F?rin (Frankreich) .

Endgrablage: Block 2 Grab 601

Thanks, but I search a real citation from a soldier who got this award. For example "He captured 20 machine guns..." etc.

"a very strange German mounted award with a Spanish style crown that I do not recognize (some unofficial veterans award???"

It looks a little bit like an austrian Franz-Joseph Order.

Does someone has the text of a citation for this cross? It would be interesting to read, for which level of actions and deeds it was awarded.

Very nice to see, that the shells had a good pullover. Sometimes it was cold at the western front.

What is the exact lenght and inner diameter in cm?

Here are some pics of the guns:

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/37mm_gun.htm

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/37mm_sockelflak.htm

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/mgm_3...K_kitreview.htm

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/new_pages/artillery.htm

For your information:

http://213.147.167.60/blaze/viewtopic.php?...der=asc&start=0

http://www.geocities.com/russianammo/57mm.html#24

I think I am too late to help here.

No football and no traffic jam, just one week on duty with the Bundeswehr including shooting this great baby here with a life round!

http://www.waffenhq.de/infanterie/panzerfaust3.html

It is a german Egg grenade. The "RF" is just the maker of the transportation plug.

I think this won't be the only example of that fake. Yes, I am sure it is a fake. It is always strange if two or more completely new and unknown types of medals appear at the same time. Stay away from that cross, thats all I can say.

I am 100% sure it is a fake. It looks crappy and not like any Godets I ever saw.

Ok, thanks for the information.

It is rare to find the hungarian NC medal on a medal-bar. I think the most veterans who were non-combatants were not interested to apply for it.

Here is my K.A.G.:

Thanks guys.

Daniel, I think if you ask the museums director very friendly you maybe can take a closer look at the A7V. I will add a link to your IR 459, can you also give us a link?

I think they don't have an explosive charge because they are AP. They have a core of some kind of special metal-alloy which shall be toxic. I'll try to find the source of this information. I read it some months ago in another forum.

I hope you know that the hardened whatever-metal core of these shells are high toxic!