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Hi Pat, Many thanks! As far as the box or whatever it was... it couldn't have contained anything heavy in my opinion as the wood is extremely thin and very light weight. Just no idea but the stamp is nice. I just wish the Gauseiger and the member badge and stickpin were real. Oh well... at least they look good with the display. Thanks, Dan

And the badge: [attachmentid=52395] [attachmentid=52396] [attachmentid=52397] Cheers Dan

And last but not least... my Gauseiger badge. I've been told that this is an early copy. But I still love it. Got it in a trade deal and have little in it... have had it forever and it looks good with the rest of the collection. First the case: [attachmentid=52393] [attachmentid=52394]

A piece of some sort of box or crate. It's made out of a very light wood but is stamped with an HJ stamp. [attachmentid=52330] [attachmentid=52331] [attachmentid=52332] If anyone has any idea what it says or what it was for I'd love to know. This was the gift of a very dear friend named Ed Greer, along with some reference books and magazines and a few other pieces that he gave me before he passed on. He is sorely missed. Thanks Ed!

[attachmentid=52325] Here's the back of the HJ diamond: [attachmentid=52326] HJ dagger: [attachmentid=52327] [attachmentid=52328] [attachmentid=52329]

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Hi all, Here's my remaining HJ items. And although the diamond and the stickpin have turned out to be copies I went ahead and included them here just to fill out the display. [attachmentid=52314] [attachmentid=52315]

Hi all, Here are two forks, a knife and a spoon. If you have any examples of Heer silverware or dishware please add it to the pile. The forks: [attachmentid=52300] [attachmentid=52301] [attachmentid=52302] [attachmentid=52303] [attachmentid=52304] [attachmentid=52305] [attachmentid=52306] The knife: [attachmentid=52307] [attachmentid=52308] [attachmentid=52309] [attachmentid=52310] The spoon: [attachmentid=52311] [attachmentid=52312] [attachmentid=52313] Dan

On the dishware I've only scanned the markings. These are all the standard white dishware used in the German Armed Forces. I'll be happy to do full pics of them but I'll have to do it sometime tomorrow. First the mug... just a plain white mug with no handle: [attachmentid=52297] Soup bowl: [attachmentid=52298] And platter... many a turkey dinner has been served off of this baby, along with our other regular platter as we often needed two when we had company over for Thanksgiving or Christmas: [attachmentid=52299] If anyone knows what any of these markings signify please let me know. Dan

Hi all, Here's a couple of knives, a fork and a spoon. Also a mug, soup bowl and platter. If anyone else has any please add them to the pile. The knives... not a great shape. Looks like they were found in the rubble after a bombing. They are marked on the blades as follows: HM Z In a triangle. Feinstahl Solingen Rostfrei I tried several times to get this to scan but it just would not show up no matter what I tried. [attachmentid=52286] [attachmentid=52287] [attachmentid=52288] The fork: [attachmentid=52289] [attachmentid=52290] [attachmentid=52292] [attachmentid=52291] The spoon: [attachmentid=52293] [attachmentid=52294] [attachmentid=52295] [attachmentid=52296]

Hi all, Here's a Kreigsmarine fork. If anyone else has any KM silverware please add it to the pile. Also any dishware. [attachmentid=52282] [attachmentid=52283] [attachmentid=52284] [attachmentid=52285] Dan

Hi all, Just happened upon these when I was looking for something last night so thought I'd pop them on. First, a USMC knife I got from my grandmother. She had no idea where it came from. [attachmentid=52275] [attachmentid=52276] [attachmentid=52277] And a USN spoon made by Fred A. Barton. [attachmentid=52278] [attachmentid=52279] [attachmentid=52280] [attachmentid=52281] Dan

Hi Alexandre, Would assume so as they definitely had the rank. This is from "The Armed Forces of WWII" by Andrew Mollo. Illustrations by Malcolm McGregor and Pierre Turner. This is the rank chart for the Army: [attachmentid=52273] And just the Field Marshal rank: [attachmentid=52274] Again if any objections to these being posted I'll be happy to remove it. Hope this helps. Perhaps one of the other members can confirm if there were indeed Hungarian FM's during the war and if so how many and perhaps who they were. Dan

[attachmentid=52272] Well, that's it. If I've gotten any of these wrong please give me a nudge and let me know. Thanks, Dan

And finally... Naval Captain 1st Rank: [attachmentid=52271]

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Army (?) Major General field boards: [attachmentid=52269]

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Army Major Infantry dress boards: [attachmentid=52266] [attachmentid=52267] These are still stitched together.

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Army Major Infantry field boards:

Air Force Major General: [attachmentid=52262] [attachmentid=52263] I also have a set of these with red base for an Army Major General. But they're on a leather jacket I wear on occassion in winter.

Now the ones that I believe are more modern. AF Private: [attachmentid=52260] [attachmentid=52261]

[attachmentid=52259] No idea if the buttons are original to these as they seem a tad on the new side to me. But again I'm no expert.

This set has no star... otherwise it would have been for a Junior Lieutenant. Am assuming Infantry here. [attachmentid=52258]