GeorgeCL

Doubled checked but I dont have all my books out yet.

But he does look like Alexander III Father of Nickolas II.

Early portraits hard to locate.

George

He looks alot like the Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov..

All period portraits command top dollar now.

I'll have to recheck the ID. But looks like him..

George

Heres a link to thread on IRAS boards etc.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10132

George

Hi Michal,

Both of your eagles have come from Pilots boards.

Its hard to tell if these are originals. but they should have a blackened finish.

Nice eagles.

George

I have collected russian badges for a few years now, and have never run accross an original issue case for these.

I'm not talking about Orders. Just the school and regiment type badges and such.

If anyone does have a case in there collection please post some pics.

Thanks

George

Beautiful cap!

I cant seem to find nice originals here in the US.

Lots of museum copies around, but the prices are out of line.

Can you tell us what branch of service its from?

Thanks

George

and the letter to authenticate it all..

reverse

some pics

Great story..What do you guys think

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18K German WWII Eastern Winter Campaign medal - $1800 (saratoga)

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The following is taken from the letter of authentication that I received from the seller. he is the son of a war criminal and livs in South and central America.

"This letter is to authenticate the origins of the 1941/1942 Campaign Medal awarded to participants in the Winter Moscow campaign of 1941/42. This particular medal is crafted in 18K gold and was awarded to only a select few of the recipients. My father, ,,SS? ObersturmbannFuhrer Joachim Stuletki, received this medal for his leadership and participation as a line officer assigned to the Sonderkommando 4a, of Einsatzgruppe C, Russia 1941-42.

For his actions with Einsatzgruppe C, my father was placed on Simon Wiesenthal?s list of SS officers wanted for war crimes. My father and I escaped to Bolivia in 1946 and I have lived in Guatemala and the Canary Islands since 1957. As far as I know, my father?s name remains on Wiesenthal?s list."

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Are 4 and 6 Russian?

Look russian to me..St.George and St Anna.?

George

Welcome to the forum.

"The orders, Medals and history of Imperial Russia" by prince Dimitri Romanov

States The silver and bronze 28mm

Silver awarded to military personnel all ranks.

Bronze to Noblemen and Merchants for active participation in the war of 1812.

Clergy awarded the commemorative Cross of 1812

George

Hallo Gents

Out of curisoty I sent the sellers a message via ebay and asked who there experts were, the following is there reply:

"Hello KAR and thanks for your time and interest,

This item comes from the personal collection of a man named John Korompilas out of Folsom, CA. He is a traveling memorabilia dealer who hits at least 30 shows across the United States a year and sells professionally at these shows.

Other buyers of ours in the past recognize his name and have had nothing but positive things to say about him. We have done business with him for years ourselves and have never had any questions in regards to his integrity.

Other badge dealers have come by the store to personally view other items of his (we have sold dozens of rare badges, patches and other memorabilia totaling nearly $20,000 in the past 12 months) and have never said anything other than that the badge is authentic - we've even had some independently verified as original by other professed 'experts'.

Furthermore, due to the fickle and finicky nature of this badge business, we always offer a 100% money back guarantee with any items that we sell of his upon his insistence. So if you or anybody else were to purchase this badge or any other piece of war memorabilia and decide within 7 days that you did not want it, we'd be happy to refund the full purchase price upon return of the item.

Anybody who would like to speak in person about this badge is welcome to call our toll-free phone number clearly stated in our listings for more information. Hopefully that answers your question - if you have any more, please feel free to ask. Best of luck and happy holidays! Regards - Paul.

Any comments Gents,

Kevin in Deva

I know Of John K. He sells lots of questionable items..

George

Hi Andy

I would leave it as is and try as stated to perserve what you have.

there is a layer of laquer over the brass and the stencil is on top of that coating.

so if you were to try and clean the patina of the brass you would destroy both.

George

The solid RED ribbon for Zeal would be correct.

George

Hi David,

Sorry i cant help with the other questions..

But here is a guy on ebay that sells ribbon replacements,

http://cgi.ebay.com/30-Russian-imperial-or...1QQcmdZViewItem

I have not purchased any thing from him, so I cant vouch on quality of the ribbons.

George

Hi David,

Nothing really stands out as incorrect.

I dont have any reference on the award #'s.

Looks OK to me..

George

Sorry about the delay..

I've been away from the forum for a while.

I would guess most likely a muslim.

But I dont know much about the freikorps

George

I dont understand why this is a jewish set?

George

[attachmentid=55773]Yes Daves correct,

St Anna 4th class for NON christians.

George

Christian award left

NON Christian right

Hi Archipelago,

Sorry i cant help with the plume you posted.

Thats a Great Jeton you have. There seems to be endless designs for jetons of the Imperial empire.

Please keep sharing your collection..

Thanks

for posting

George

I have two imperial badges/medals and I have no idea what are they awarded (if awarded) for. Could some one help me vith it?[attachmentid=52502]

First one is an Unknown Cadet School.

Imperial Russian.

Jetons of Imperial Russa. Robert Werlich.

My Feelings these are Emigre made for a Imperial russian society.

1920 after.

George

Thanks Laurence,

George

Heres a link to pics

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10606

Thanks

George

Heres a silver dollar sized piece a antique dealer friend gave me today.

Is this WW2 period?

Made of Brass with hand stamped #.

Is it for equiptment?

I don't collect this type of thing so any info would be great.

Thanks

George