Hauptmann

Here's some shots of the other markings: Both sides of the hilt: And some final shots of the full sword out of the scabbard: Would love to know more about it so keeping my fingers crossed that some of you might have run across one of these before. Mucho thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Dan

Hi all, Okay, gotta try my hand at recreating this one. Seems there was a bit of a glitch in the system during a transfer here from another area and the post got lost in the translation. So we'll give it another shot. Not sure which this is... or if there's another possibility. This one was a gift from an old friend many many many many moons ago! Seems like lifetimes actually. Supposedly it was found in a house after a fire. But there's not really any sign of any fire damage. The leather is showing it's age but nothing major... just what would be expected in some cases with it's age... which I'm assuming goes back to at least the WWI era if not earlier. I'm not positive but now that I think about it I think there's a purple satin sword bag this came in. Not sure if it's original to the piece or not. I'll see if I can dig it up and do some pics but it may be packed away in storage. Haven't thought about it in a long time. But for now... here's the sword: Full view in scabbard: I believe I'd done the flip side as well but when we downloaded the pic wasn't there. It's basically the same just without the clip(?)... but if needed I'll be happy to dig stuff out again and redo the pic. But as far as the brass parts of the scabbard you pretty much see everything in my other views so hoping that'll do the trick. It's hard to get it all the way in the scabbard due to the next bit: I'll show the other side of that in a sec but looks like RR door dings. And then the other side of things: And the other side with more dings: Closeup of the maker:

Dan

Hi all, Here's a piece my father had for a lifetime before he gave it to me. I have no other history on it but would love to know more if anyone out there knows anything else about it.

Dan

Hi all, Here's a neat piece I picked up in Tampa Florida in another lifetime... it's been ages! Got it from a Vietnam Vet... one of the early advisors. He got it from one of the Vietnamese hill people. He said the wood stock was made from what the French police in Indochina used as a baton. All the rest was hand made by the hill people. He said the bands were made from silver and bronze French coins. On at least one of the silver ones you can still see a bit of design but not sure if it's something they inscribed on it or if it's from the original coin... very hard to tell. The flintlock mechanism is an absolute bear to cock. Due to it's age I've only done it about three times to demonstrate it. I've had grown men nearly come to tears trying to do it. Anyhow I hope no one minds me sharing it here... it's not truly militaria but as it was a bring back by a Vietnam Vet from a war zone I hope it counts.

Thanks for looking. Dan

I'd also gotten an unnumbered Valor Medal and another numbered MMM:

And the MMM:

The Valor Medal:

And then from the other bar the Order of Glory 3rd:

The Valor Medal from that same bar:

I also decided to redo pics... in this case scans of the numbered orders on my two Soviet medal bars. The original posts are here: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7405&hl= http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7408&hl= Here's the Red Banner:

And then there's a researched MMM. This was one of the first ones Gerd got researched. It was originally awarded to Pavel Yevgenievich Mamykin and Gerd's original post on this in the Researched Orders and Medals thread is at: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9157 He decided to sell it after his Nephew, thinking he was doing Uncle Gerd a favor, found it and decided to polish it up for him. To me, no major harm done. True, it was a shame to lose the original patina. But considering that the vets did polish their awards for parades and such it's not the end of the world. And it will once again gain a patina over time... perhaps even nicer this time around (fingers crossed!). Perhaps even rainbow toning which is truly some of the most beautiful toning one can find, at least to a numismatist. Here's Gerd's original pic (used with permission): And my latest scans:

Hi all, No idea why I didn't post these way back when as I've had them for quite a while now. Got these from Gerd. First off is an Order of the Badge of Honor I purchased in the GMIC auction. It's missing it's gold CCCP letters but otherwise is a great piece.

He also lists this as being from the 50's. Again I just love the look of this piece along with the one above: And this type which I believe is much more common... yet another goal for down the road: Back to dreaming... someday! Dan

Oh, I nearly forgot. I found a few more examples of badges I like. I especially love the 3d effect and colors on this first one. These I found on Motka's auctions. And of course if anyone has any objections to the use of these I'll be happy to remove them. He says this one dates to the 50's:

Just found out the green one is the small type and the blue is the larger type. Can't wait till they get here. I don't have many so far but these are, I think, a nice addition to the small set I have so far. I'm just totally hooked on these medals and hope I'm able to expand the collection down the road as well as continuing to learn more about them. Dan

Hi all, Well, this threads been quiet for a bit. I've a couple more new additions to pop on. Not in yet... hopefully by the first of this coming week if not sooner. Photos are by Vitaly Kudinov who I've dealt with for quite some time now and who has been most helpful to me. Been wanting an example of the green and blue ribboned types and finally I've managed it.