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Well, be they important or not they're certainly beautiful! Dan

Hi Ulsterman, WOW! Many thanks! I take this as a "VERY" high compliment! Hey Charles! If he ends up offering me a Marlene (See at: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1165...rlene&st=20 Posts 29 & 30) I may have to go for it! Seriously Ulsterman, you're second on the list under Charles. But methinks this one is going to be a keeper. Thanks again, Dan

Hi Grant, I see the kiddies finally arrived! So glad they got there safe and sound. Hopefully we'll be able to find you the rest of the family before too long. Keep up the great work my friend! Dan

Hi Charles, Thanks for posting the back my friend. Wow! She's a beaut from both directions!!!! One the one on the left in this shot... are those three stars or three leaves at the bottom? Quite fetching... I really like the design... of all of these. Can't wait till it gets here and gets setted in with the rest of the family. I'll have to take a big group shot now that the collection has grown so much. Thanks again my friend. I couldn't do it without you!!!! Dan

VERY COOL! First thing I see when I get on is that we have a new section!!!! See... all ya'll needed was for me to join up and everything fell into place! So happy to see that our collective wish has finally been granted! Thank you Nick!!!! Your da man!!!! And now... who is going to be "Fearless Leader"? Dan

Hi all, Well, it seems the French now have their own section... so I second Soviet: Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section, Yugoslavian section ... Dan

Hi Christian, Simply can't wait to see some of these in person. Of course all donations are "gleefully" accepted! Dan

Hi Darrell, Yeah, got these, a few more non military pistols... some modern remakes of Civil War era blackpowder pistols, a bunch of assorted military and civilian rifles and a few antique shotguns. I'd have had about three times as much of everything including many original Civil War pieces, some Revolutionary War... you name it had my father's collections been given to me as specified in his will. Sadly his former wife who he'd gone back to after he and my mom got a divorce ended up faking another will and screwing me out of everything. Some State Trooper "friend" of my dad's ended up with all the guns and Lord only knows what else. For "ended up with" read "stole"! And due to the distance (them in Maryland, us in Florida), lack of money (estimated $8,000 minimum to fight all of it... no guarantee of winning), their strong union and a ton of other things I basically got screwed out of all of it. Sigh. But, life goes on. Hoping to eventually add a few more pieces I'd like to get... a Mauser HSc, a U.S. .45... some other odds & ends. Perhaps I'll have a go at some during next years gunshow here in town. Would love to see your P38 if you manage to dig it out. I lucked out on mine. A guy I did some deals with down in Florida owed me some money on one of the deals. He knew I'd longed to get one of these. Well, one day he comes out to the house and hands me a box. Inside was this P38. He asked if I liked it (silly question! ) and knowing that his brother collected them I thought he was getting an opinion on one of his pieces. Told him what I liked about it and he said well, if you want it it's yours. Needless to say I was thrilled! I've fired everything except the small French auto, the Bolo and the Nagant. Every piece I've fired has worked like a dream. Haven't shot at all since moving up here although we do have a firing range just a bit outside of town... and it's free to use. But it's just not the same as being able to walk out in my own yard and plink away like I could in Florida. Dan

Yeah... I figure I'll give it a "shot". There's gotta be a pair with my name on them out there somewhere. Dan

Hi Chris, Sorry about that... I should have mentioned that. They are custom grips that were on it when I purchased it at a little pawn shop in Florida. Would love a set of brown combat grips for it eventually but I've yet to be able to find them for what I feel is a reasonable price. The search continues. Dan

Nope... definitely looked military. As I say most were just like the British battle star medals of WWII. Just huge versions of them... big, thick and heavy but with the same types of ribbons as British awards have. But was told these were Canadian. Again no idea what they could have been... it's been forever and a day ago. Not a biggie if we can't figure it out but sure would love to know after all this time. Thanks, Dan

Here's the backsides... just filled them over... was really feeling lazy at that point as I'd just done a bunch of scans. I'll be happy to do individual scans and post them but will have to work on that tomorrow if anyone would be interested in seeing them. Anyhow hope this does some good. Dan

Hi all, Okay, I've finally gotten brave enough to post these. I'd done pics with my digital camera last year and showed them to Rick (Research) and had discovered that the vast majority of my ribbon collection was either fake or messed with. There are a few originals on here but I just popped them all together to do a couple of big scans. Thought it might be of interest so here it is. Keep in mind I got these from various places throughout Florida and on our trips across country. Many were given to me or I got them for extremely cheap prices... say no more than perhaps $7 for the biggest bar... and this was all about seventeen to twenty some odd years ago. I have a few others... some basically as parts pieces and at least one other that is the Imperial (pre WWI) piece that Rick has pretty much ID'd the original recipient for me.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Dan

Type 14 Nambu:

Nagant Revolver:

Radom:

Walther P38:

Walther PP:

Hi Michael, No, these were definitely military medals. Was told they were Canadian. Did the Canadians award Stars for WWII like the British did? As I believe several looked just like those battle stars... at least those are the ones that stand out in my memory. This would have been around 1972-1973 when I saw them by the way. Dan

Here's a small French pocket Police pistol I picked up at a small antique shop in Florida many moons ago. Not sure if it's WWI or WWII period or what but thought I'd pop it in:

Luger:

I do have the wood shoulder stock/holster for this along with an ammo pouch I found which goes on the strap and is a perfect match to the rig.