Hauptmann

Rank stars:

Insignia on the shoulder boards:

One of the collar insignia:

Still trying to nail this one down with Kevin's help (many thanks Kev! ). It may be a Naval Border Guard but he's trying to confirm that.

Hope ya'll like it! Dan

A stamp inside the waitband:

Okay, just did some quick ones of the pants as well as a few of the cap by itself and a couple closeups of the shoulderboards. Note on those that there was a difference in the lighting and there is no fading or other color difference between the boards... they're a match and original.

Here's a shot of the lower back:

As is that on the collar insignia...

The metal embroidery on the spools is first rate!

The tunic is rather on the small side and "just" fits on the torso, although as you see I cannot close the collar... just too small. Re: the awards, as I'm sure most of you will note, the HSU, the Nevsky and the Order of Lenin are copies. I chose one of my two WW2 medal bars and to add the Lenin I cut out a piece of stiff card stock in a long rectangle, ran it through behind the ribbons which gives it more than enough support for a static display such as this and of course does no harm to the medal bar. Sadly, the belt is a DDR Officers belt. I didn't want to remove the belt on my other WWII tunic display and that's all I could come up with for it for the pics. And as the tunic is so small as is the waist on the torso I can't even display it with the belt as to take the photos I had to stuff a towel in the back to make it stay up. My goal is to put on one of the belts with the brass open star buckle. I have the buckle but not the belt so hoping to get one down the road or even the complete set.

Been waiting for this one since July of last year. My deepest thanks to the seller for making this possible! The set includes the tunic and cap as pictured as well as the proper blue riding breeches, although I've not had time to take pics of those yet. It's a full Colonel of Artillery. I wanted something I could display with a bit of glitz and this fit the bill. I've tried to make the awards logical and not go overboard. I literally spent all those months studying all the pics I could get including placement of Orders, etc., and hoping I did well. I've shown pics to Doug and a few other knowledgeable friends and they feel I did well. I hope you all agree. Anyhow, without further ado here's the star of the show:

And the edge: I love the way it's toned dark and light which gives such a great contrast. Again not a pristine gem but a "been there done that" jewel to me all the same. Dan

Hi all. Finally got my package from Perce... it's been an adventure in the postal system to say the least. Sent, resent, damaged, sent again on 12/16, arrived in the U.S. on 12/22 and then... SAT THERE! ARRRRRRRRRGH! Here it is 02/15 and it arrives. It even had tracking and yet nothing showed up after arrival in the U.S. The efficiency of both the PO's and customs of the world never ceases to amaze me. Needless to say I'm just so thankful that it wasn't lost in postal limbo somewhere never to be seen again. It's now safe and sound once more. My deepest thanks to Perce for the latest batch of goodie! One of the pieces is this one... a Baltic medal. So without further ado...

As always I'm very grateful for any help. Many thanks! Dan

Hi all. Need opinions on this one. It measures 36 mm.

I totally agree with Dan on this... he beat me to saying just that. When it comes to TR I'm just about afraid to make a call unless it's a piece I've owned or at least handled many examples and know it well enough to speak with some authority. I too felt these bars were okay but wanted to let others more in the know jump in. But it's so true... I've seen fakes of the Russian Front medal, West Wall medal... even the War Merit medal and back in the day when I started in TR those were like the lowest of low... you could pick them up for less than dirt. Alot of this stuff is put out for reenactors as well in order that they don't have to risk wearing original items out in the field which I totally understand. But one definitely has to be careful. Never hesitate to come on and ask as it's always better to get several opinions on a piece before you jump than find out bad news afterwards. Dan

Fantastic pics guys! This is also a treasure trove for any model/diorama makers out there dealing in this subject matter. Every pic is much appreciated. But more so than that, the service each and every one of you have performed/are performing over there... your sacrifices, time away from homes and family is DEEPLY APPRECIATED!!!! All you guys and gals in the military are the best bar none! Thanks! Dan