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A new one. Got a photo of the crew wearing the tally as well. Pretty nice. 2dresq

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Hope this helps.

Here is a close up of the first Argentinian obtained Graf Spee. I will post the measuremements when I can find my ruler. It is greater than 150cm though. Regards, Justin 2dresq

I now have 2 more Admiral Graf Spee tallies. I upgraded. The upper one was my first tally which I purchased from german ebay from a seller in Argentina. The other two come from a German seller. One is 88cm long and the other is full length 156cm long. Regards, Justin 2dresq :rolleyes:

Side shot of the Naval ring shot. Reverse showing where stamp is on LW ring. Thanks, Justin

Apologies. Here is the image. Justin 2dresq

Back of ring full. Appreciate it gents. Regards, JustinG

reverse showing what can be a silver content stamp of 925

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This is the other ring.

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Greetings, I believe that this is the right spot to show these rings and get opinions. I have seen several examples of AfrikaKorps and other rings. I have recently acquired these two examples. They didn't cost too much. I was just checking their provenance and if they are good or not. If these were placed in the wrong section, I apologize.

Glad to hear. The Jaguar on Andre's Site was for the Artillery school boat Jaguar http://www.huesken.com/cgi-bin/cat-art-index.pl?art_no=48966&rubrik=850006&lang=e&kat=1 Thanks for the update though. I have purchased some tallies from Andre before. Very easy to do business with. Regards, Justin 2dresq

New Unterseeboosflottille tallies. Regards, JustinG

Some other pick ups. I am just missing the Torpedoboot Jaguar. Anyone help me out? :)

I went scanning through the 3 book series "The Kriegsmarine: Uniforms and Traditions" By John Angolia. I did not see any reference to any such specification for badges. It is an interesting thing. I would guess it could be obvious if we had some photos of lets say E-Boat men who were early on getting the destroyer badge and then later got the 1st model E-boat badge and see if there is a pattern and remained with the Schnellboot service. Seems like several LW members converted to the KM. Wonder how many members of the KM went to other branches such as the army. Battle at Narvik, maybe some of those Maat's and such had their fill of getting sunk and moved on to the Gebrigsjaeger. Regards, JustinG

Very nice photos. Always interesting to get peoples family pictures as well. Question: Is there a regulation on badge precidence and what badge should be worn and in what order. IE. If that LW Observer medal should be worn above the current assignment badge of a Uboat or HSF badge. If a recipient received the U-boat clasp and also has a long-range bomber clasp. I can't imagine them wearing both. But, what takes precident. The Sailor with the U-boat abzeichen badge and below the HSF. He qualified for both. I guess what I am trying to ask is that during the war, several people qualified for several badges. Can you look at a photo and figure out what type of unit the sailor served on currently for the picture? Upper badge being the current and lower badge being previous awards? Hope that makes sense. Regards, Justin 2dresq

Really quite fascinating. I personally did not realize that these traditions and plaque makings would have existed. Thanks for sharing. The U-515 is most interesting in my opinion. You have quite a collection of rare and beautiful U-boat/KM memorabilia. From these to the Tradition badges. I am always in awe. with your items. Regards, Justin 2dresq

Those are some magnificent tallies. I love those schnellboot tallies. I hope to one day have them added to my collection. These schnellboot tallies seem to be quite scarce. I lucked out with the Schnellbootsflottille 1 version. I have been able to secure the torpedoboots. I am getting the Wolf, Tiger and Grief tallies and a new Moewe tally. That will do it for the torpedoboots. Just working on the destroyers, and unterseebootsflottilles/tenders. Regards, Justin 2dresq

I got a new camera. A Nikon P90. Got some nice shots of construction of the tallies. Looking forward to providing better shots.

That is the eventual plan. Gotta get some more destroyers, I am working on the Sub fleet, Trying my hand at the torpedoboots, like to get the two schnellboot tenders as well as Schnellbootsflottille 2. Appreciate the complements! I have been extremely fortunate with obtaining such nice and rare examples. Regards, Justin 2dresq

Here are some others I recently picked up. I am quite pleased with these two examples. Metalfaden examples and full length. These two allow me to have checked off the 2 Schlachtschiff's, the Kreuzer fleet with exception to the Prinz Eugen. and I already have completed the Panzerschiff 3. Regards, Justin 2dresq

Posted Today, 12:18 And now back to our regularly scheduled program... Ha Ha Ha. Very nice hat and muetzenband. Regards, Justin 2dresq