Hauptmann

And last but not least the case exterior:

Especially due to the red color of the case and it's general look this reminded me strongly of the ultra rare state produced cased Hungarian Order and Badge sets we've seen on the Hungarian forum:

Post #79:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11559&st=60

Posts #154 & 155:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11559&st=140

Posts #390 thru #396:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11559&st=380

In any case it's a beautiful miniature set but way out of my league.

Dan

Hi all,

Just saw these while browsing Ebay and felt they might be of interest. Checked with Christian and he asked if I'd post the pics. So without further ado:

Case interior:

Closeups:

Hi all,

One more for the pile... an early Bester Badge:

Dan

Hi all,

Yet another new addition... my first DDR medal bar:

So now I need a gold Civil Defense medal to finish off this set. I'm so happy to finally have a DDR medal bar!!!! Nothing fancy but gotta start somewhere.

Dan

As always Dan happy to help

There are some nice oieces on the thread, oh no I am going to be sucked in to Bulgarian now

Order of Victory

Hi Vic,

You need to get with our newest friend that you got the above worked out with and grab some of his stuff. The ones above and the Orders of Cirillus and Methodium were at super prices as advised!!!! As soon as you can you should really consider them. And of course depending on if that Labor 3rd is in the package... you'll be well on your way!

Dan

Hi Gordon,

Excellent thread! And great pics as well! There is so much still to be learned about DDR and Warsaw Pact collecting but I think we're making great strides here.

Looking forward to more great info on these. Thanks so much for sharing all this

Dan

So glad you managed to get this one! A great first purchase. Keep up the good work and before long you'll have a slew of them.

Dan

III grade clase for sea going personnel , just need grade I now .

Hi Grant,

Another fine addition to the collection. Hope you can find the 1st class and finish the set soon. I love those navies but so far don't have any. Been tempted a few times but they went too high for my tastes. I know some will pop up at a good price sooner or later.

Keep up the great work! You'll be needing that wing pretty soon!

Dan

Dan,

Where's the Webley? A lovely Webley, that's something to set your sights on too.

A great collection you have there.

Tony

Hi Tony,

Hey... all donations gleefully accepted! Seriously though, I'd love one along with an Enfield as well. And I'd have to look them up but there's a couple of revolvers known to have been used by Sherlock Holmes and my illustrious ancestor Dr. Watson that I'd dearly love to have some day. I've got a couple of articles on them down in the bunker... will have to dig them out.

Many thanks for the compliment to the collection. As I say there's still a few I'd love to add. Funny thing is when I got the Nambu they had the Nagant as well as (I think) an Enfield... but it's been so long could have been a Webley. The Nagant was like $200 as was the Nagant as I recall. Who knew we'd get hit with a flood of those as this was quite a bit before the wall fell. The Brit pistol was also about $200... just couldn't do them all at the time so chose the Soviet piece as again back then Soviet items were near impossible to come by. Had I known then what I know now I'd have grabbed the Brit revolver and gone after one of the cheap Nagants complete with holster and accessories a few years later. Sigh.

Hoping by next year I'll be able to hit the gun show with a vengeance and make up for lost time picking up several items I'd like (and several I don't even know about yet! ).

Many thanks,

Dan

Hi Darrell,

Beautiful... simply beautiful! And I love your scans. You'll have to give some pointers on how you do them in order to get so many details including the waffenamts to show up so clearly. I know my doing scans is a definite improvement over my early digital photos but I realize I still have a ways to go to reach the level you've reached with these. Terrific work!

Dan

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

Dan

Seriously, I would kill for that bar.

You are a lucky man.

If you ever want to trade for an imperial bar, I have few odd ones scattered about.

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

They are BIG

Best regards

Christian

Hi Christian,

Simply can't wait to see some of these in person.

Of course all donations are "gleefully" accepted!

Dan

Very nice Dan. I didn't know you had guns

I got a P-38 tucked away somewhere as well

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

Maybe the original grips were in bad shape.

least it gives you something to "aim" for ;-)

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

Dan

Whats with the smooth grips on the Luger?

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

Dan, are you sure they were military "medals" persay?

They may have been those round medallions and such with lace and ribbons sometimes used with the English Kilt gear worn on parades and such?

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: