Stijn David

Hello,

When working on the 8200 names, correcting, etc ... i came across one very strange unit => Freikorps

A L?H award in 1920 towards a soldier who was in a Freikorps. Either his merits from WWI did reach to get it while he was already a member of the 'Freikorps' or he earned his L?H for actions during the after WWI years? Who will tell

Fun, fun it is

Hello,

Yes, L?beck team is still going => i finished yesterday anotehr series of about 1000 names and we have now about 8.200 names.

I am pretty sure that our friend David M will also sent me in the near future another approx. names so the numbers are getting higher

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Hello RIchard,

Very nice indeed => thanks for showing

Am i correct in that the right one is a '20' or a '134'? The middle one must be a '1' or a '2', etc.... Somethimes collectors are so weird (myself included) as we can talk in riddle's

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Hello,

@ Richard: it is indeed sometimes a strange world wher elogics do seem to escape. On the otehr hand it is once again proven and it will always remain => know your stuff and then little gem's are awaiting you for a attractive price

@ Jan Arne; Correctly, they seem to preserve quite well. For me such a DK is a small piece of art as it one of these awards that are not so easy to produce from a manufacturing point of vieuw. Lovely craftmanship for certain !

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ps: feel free to show your lightweight Zimmermann also in this trhead

Hello,

Thank you for the flowers on this cross. Such a cross is always nice to have indeed and i have noticed that they have been going up in price during the last years.

Try to find a nice undamaged one for less then 2.000 ? at a dealers table these days => it will become difficult. On the other hand iff one does turn up from a collector the price is often much less for the same quality and it still does not sell. Strange world these days

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Hi John,

Thank you => nope no connection with gliders (at least not that is known). It is just a DKiG without name but it was such a bargain i could not walk away from it.

It would offcoarse be nice to have one of the very few DK's awarded towards glider pilots, but that is still a dream at this point

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Hello,

And the reverse of this lightweight gem

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Hello,

Here is a new entry for the collection.

A perfect preserved piece - maker marked "20" on the insid eof the pin. The cross is teh soc alled "Light type". The enamel is perfectly preserved (no scratches, etc... etc ...)

The reverse of the cross does show traces of wear.

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Hello dear forumfriends,

I am working (togheter with our dear friend Jan ) on a roll from Foreign awards towards belgians during the periode 1831 towards 1862.

I do encounter often the following award:

* Ernestinscher Hausorden (Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha)

1) Verdienstkreuz

2) Ritter

3) Komthur

The award period is often arround 1850's. Can anyone show a picture of these awards? Am i correct in assuming that the awards towards Belgian civilians should then also beabe the foreign award types?

Cordial greetings and thanks in advance

Hello,

Thanks for showing and adding information towards this thread => we are still working on the L?H list (i had a PC crash last month wich caused the loss off quite some work. However no need to worry as we have retyped the lost info almost again

So, the L?H roll is still worked on - presumably finished arround summer 2008. But then it has not ended yet. I have received a Microfilm about the institution, etc.... wich needs to be vieuwed, etc .... bringing this into account => teh L?H will be ready i think completely arround end 2008.

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Hello,

Thank you for the comments => nice to read that the Britisch also used captured vehicles (such as this one )

Here is anotehr shot from the Tunesian campaign, it is a rather rare one from because it is a colour picture. This is a very typical shot as it shows a so called "Pendeltrupp". This is actually a troop of the 1. / Lw. Feld.Regt. Barenthin on the march towards a new point they had to occupy. Iff one does read the German diary's on this campaign they where almost always on the move and the mule's where one of their important transporting animals.

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Hello,

And here we have a Englisch prisonner of war (he was one of the Hampshire's). These pictues did belong towards the owner of the Hampshire cuff.

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Hello Andy,

Thank you very much, very interesting for sure + it seems that the Hampshire's did get a hard time with the I.Lw.Regt. Barenthin as opponents.

Here is a small picture from a Armoured vehicle that was captured by the German's (I.Lw. Regt. Barenthin) during one of the many fire fights. Anyone can ID this kind of Tank?

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Hello Michael,

Very interesting article, thank you for showing it here.

Here is a picture that is also take in Camp Hearne => showing 3 former Lw. soldies who where made P.O.W. in Tunesia Mai 1943. They all did belong towards the I. Lw. Regt. "Barenthin"

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Hello,

And meet our brave friend, the former owner

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Hello,

And the reverse, the cuff is still uncutt, etc .... and is 44 centimeters long

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Hello dear forumites,

Here is a todays arrival => a absolute mint and never worn "Kreta" cufftitle.

This one was won by a friend glider pilot who did see action in Crete, for his action in Crete he did earn both the EK2 and EK1 + did receive this one a bit later.

The fun thing is that he actually never ever did wear the Crete cufftitle, not this one and not another one. He received this one and his parents did tuck it away. It was never worn and was sent earlyer this week towards good old Belgium

And here it is

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Hello,

Thanks for the information => anyone a idea if there does exist a good unit history on their whereabouts of this uit during the Tunesian campaign?

I also do understand that there does exist a regimental museum => anyone ever been there?

Very interesting to read that this is actually a unofficial piece

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Hello,

Yes, yes, the former owner will be shown real soon => he did see action in Flanders at the end of 1917 / beginning 1918.

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Hello Prosper,

Superb picture and yes, most defeantly that area (Green arrow) is where my man did land.

Here is the picture he did get before the mission started (only a part is shown) and it clearely does show the landingzone on wich he and his fellow soldiers had to land, the size of the landing area, etc...

I will PM you during the comming days about this

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Hello,

This is a very nice find and can tell you guys wich company is to find on that packet (after a chat with the museum of jewellery at pforzheim) :

Carl Dillenius / Pforzheim

So i guess with this find we do finally kow that the CD = Carl Dillenius

The company does exist for over 150 years (founded in 1856 by Carl Dillenius).

So lets toast on this rgeat forum and another discovery

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Hello,

And the maker mark, am i correct and does there stand a " FR " ?

Iff so is this then once produced by the company of Friedlander?

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Hello,

Here is one of the mass awards from WWI, a nice EK 2. This one is obtained directly from the son of the former winner. Nothing special about it. It came togheter on a long piece of ribbon togheter with a unmarked Hindenburg cross.

The cross has a makers mark on the ring however.

Guess these 2 small awards are just a remembrance of the cruelty these front troops whent trough.

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Hello,

And here we have anotehr one => look at that glider pilots badge. That is a private (read "field") made cloth version.

This variant is shown and described for the very first time in collecting history in my book about the German glider pilots badge => so in that way the collecting community should not be surprised to see this rare version

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Hello,

Some very nice pictures for sure, i love them. Here is anotehr one from my collection

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