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Hi Andreas, Thank you for the info and the site too. : )

I really like the Saxon medal; very nice bar!

Beautiful bar whatever the reasons. Thanks for sharing. I like the TWM clasp very much!

An exceptionally fine contemporary oil on board portait of a young German soldier in WWI.

A very nicely done oil on board portrait of a German soldier in Paris. Signed and with information on reverse, "Jetot Andre" / "21 Rue Sainte Crois de la Bretonnerie" / "Paris IV" There was an Andre Jetot who made a series of lithographs of Stalag IIID and this Jetot may indeed be the same man. If so, then there is a lot more behind this painting than meets the eye. Below the artist signature in the lower right-hand corner (A Jetot) "Schrecfelde 25641" is painted in red. I presume this is the surname and number of the man in the portait and that he commissioned it or sat for it while stationed there or on leave. It is very well painted and Jetot was a good portrait artist.

A small contemporary and exceptinally well drawn pencil portrait dated 1942. Very nice insignia on the hat and with the marksman's lanyard and a ribbon with crossed swords.

Here is a contemporary WWI oil on board portrait of a young German soldier. The way it's painted brings to mind that he may not have survived the war and this was commissioned by his parents.

Mauser 1942 PO8 with holster.

Another Legion Condor item. An award certificate for a Spanish Cross with swords in silver of which there were 8,304 total awarded.

I've always liked Legion Condor items and so when I got these two Spanish award certificates in a folder, I was very pleased. I would appreciate it if anyone could enlighten me on what D.M.V. stands for.

Aren't Roarke's Drift and Isandlewhana something like this? I would hope so, but then the prevailing winds might not see those as worth saving. There used to be a 19th century post on a reservation near hear that was in better condition than Ft. Bowie and it was razed to the ground and covered with baseball fields. I understand the angst, but the reservation could have made a lot of money off of Anglo tourists. They are anyway now as there is a casino less than three miles away and it's raking in the money.

A paper Flag Day badge for the Leicester PoW War Comforts Fund.

A nicely mounted single by Brookmann and Westmann of Dresden.

Reverse and obverse of nicely mounted pair.

Photos of documents regarding the Brighton Comforts for Soldiers War Work Depot. In the horizontal photo, the Brighton Depot spent 121 pounds, 12 Shillings and three pence from 1914 - 1919. The depot were caring for 20 PoWs in August of 1916, but by December 1916, they were no longer able to send packages, although they could still keep in contact.

A recent acquisition of a WWI silver Comforts for Soldiers War Work Brighton Depot badge. They provided for goods for soldiers but also care packages for PoWs during the Great War.

WWII Penny a flag for PoW charity assistance. A wartime book on the merits of the charity. http://www.prisonersofwar1914-1918documents.com/charity-flags-and-flag-days-copy.php

Very nice group. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

There's a small museum and gift shop with an interesting selection of books on the Indian Wars in Arizona. This is well worth the time and effort to go there the back way. I wouldn't suggest going that way during the summer months though unless you wear a lot of sunscreen and take along a lot of water.

It's wonderful to stand on the trail and see this "before-photo".

Hiked to Ft. Bowie, AZ in the snow this weekend and was surpised to see the following graves not 30 paces from each other. Orisoba O. Spence was a thirty-three year old native of Tionesta, Pennsylvania. Spence joined the army in 1868 and was assigned to Company G, 8th Cavalry which was eventually stationed at Fort Bowie. Spence received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action in a fight against Cochise's band of Apaches on October 20, 1869. He was discharged at Fort Selden, New Mexico, as a sergeant in 1873. After his discharge he stayed in southern New Mexico and married in 1874. Spence's wife resided in Grant County, New Mexico, even after he began working for Nicholas Rogers as a cook. On April 1, 1876, a horse and mule were stolen from the station. Spence went after the thieves, recovering the animals after a shoot-out, then hurried on to the station. While Spence was gone, Rogers had once again sold whiskey to some Apaches. On April 7, the Apaches came back for more shortly after Spence's return. Both Rogers and Spence were killed after Rogers refused to sell them more. Although initially buried at the station by an investigating patrol, the bodies were later brought into Fort Bowie for burial in the post cemetery. Little Robe was part of a group of Apache prisoners captured near Nacori, Mexico, on August 7, 1885. They were brought to Fort Bowie on September 1. In this group of seven women and eight children were two of Geronimo's wives, Zi-yeh and She-gha and two of his sons, Little Robe and Fenton. During this time, soldiers around the guardhouse became attached to Little Robe and so when he died on September 10, 1885, probably of dysentery, they buried him in the post cemetery. Traditionally, Apaches buried their dead by sealing them in small caves or crevices or by placing them in natural depressions. The bodies were placed with the head toward sundown. Burials were concealed by covering them to blend with the environment. Their locations were usually not revealed. For more information on other graves visit: http://www.nps.gov/fobo/historyculture/cemetery-graves.htm

Interesting and thank you very much for posting. So does the govt. send them to those who apply for them or do people purchase them... I'd think the former. Are there veteran's organizations that people want to join and actually go to and relax and visit? Do the vets get together and march or celebrate ANZAC Day and wear their medal bars? BTW, who's the man in the photo?

Were those issued afterwards and were they named? It would be nice to see a photo of vets sporting all of them on a bar. Cheers, John

Wow Brian! This is so very very nice. Thank you for posting the photos. It would be nice to publish an anotated edition of this.

Merci Peron! C'est tres bien et j'aime le brevet!