Kev in Deva

Nice to know they put the vodka glasses down long enough to fight against the Germans, and I don't begrudge them every drop they drink today, and for as long as they live, they deserve it. "A Toast to their Old Comrades, Past and Present, May they never be forgotten"

Very Nice Pics Ed, Keep em comming Kevin in Deva

Very Nice pieces Jan Arne Kevin in Deva.

Naaaaaaaaa! on the Kung-Fu Death Star the points are on the other way around Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Ralph_A thanks for posting this bar, as you can see by the date 1917, this appears to be a Queen Marie of Romania WW1 award, as far as I know awarded for service in the Red Cross, or for Military Medical personel, perhaps the wearer was one of the many Romanians with dual Nationality from "Siebenburgen" and a WW1 vet, who joined the Germans in WW2. Again I would expect Rick to add anything pertaining to the wearing regulations of the III reich. It still is a very nice bar and frack set pity it cannot talk. Kevin in Deva

I think a 5 year old with a blindfold and a hatchet would have made a better job Kevin in Deva

Thanks Don & Pat Romanian Military Personel, Men and Women are currently involved in Service in Afganastan and Iraq. As an ex-member of the Irish Defense Forces with United Nations Service I understand what that service entails sometimes its takes the loss of a comrade or comrades wether in action or through accident to bring the message back to the people at home, its not always a holiday out there, but can be quite dangerous. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Joe thanks for your comment, with regards this soldier, Corporal Bogdan Hancu, Romanian Military Police. RIP. He has been confered post-mortem with the Romanian National Order of: "The Star Of Romania" Knight Grade in time of War, by President Traian Băsescu. This is I believe Romania's first award in this class since the end of WW2. (I hope to obtain pictures of the type award soon.) Kevin in Deva.

I must say I am very surprised nobody made a reply or a comment to this post Poor guy was some Mother's son. (R.I.P.)

Hallo Balck after the Italians crossed over to the Allied side, Hitler issued a personal order that the wearing of all Italian orders and decorations was forbiden by memers of the German Armed Forces, Field-Marshal Rommel had no say in the decesion. Which explains why you seldom see a III Reich bar with any Italian decoration's, but strangely after the Romanians joined the Russian late 44? early 45?, their ribbons were still to be found on German Bars, perhaps Rick knows if there was an order given about removing Romanian Crosses, medals, etc..etc.. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Gentlemen, to appreciate "artwork" at it worst please look at this: Marine U-boot Kreuzabzeichen http://cgi.ebay.de/Marine-U-boot-Kreuzabze...1QQcmdZViewItem Some people will try to sell anything!!! Another gotta have an 1813 Iron Cross COMPLETE with CROWN http://cgi.ebay.com/Small-German-1813-Iron...1QQcmdZViewItem Kevin in Deva

Hallo Gentlemen, here is a two medal bar spange I picked up a short while ago in Romania. My questions concerning this are: a, does it look right? b, is the combination possible?. I believe its for a medal / Cross from the State of Saxony, and the Prussian service medal, please correct me if I am wrong. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Claudio & Christian, very nice combination ribbons, perhaps we can save the WW2 ones for that particular section of the club (WW2) Many thanks for sharing your ribbons Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Steve a very nice bar and its great to see a Royal Romanian award on a British medal bar, however do you know what the British Regulations stated with regards Romania being an ally (albeit an unwilling one) of the III Reich in WW2 and the wearing of this countries former decorations from WW1?? I imagine the wearing of the Romanian award in WW2 would have been frowned upon, if not forbidden. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Steve, Beautiful Set, with a nice Romanian Order of the Star (1864) (Blue Cross) looks like a Knight, Military, 1st Model* but would need to see a close up front and rear to be sure. *1st Models had nine rays between the limbs of the cross, probably in silver, and often not hall-marked, the reverse should have King Carol I cypher, which is two "C"s one inverted with a "I" in the centre. Still its a fantastic set and thanks for sharing it with the Club Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Tom Y, looking at the weave of the ribbon itself it reminds me of something I once saw at a flea-market in Bavaria, Germany, the object, I was looking at was an original Hindenberg Cross for Combatant, but the ribbon appeared to have been copied and hand woven, when I asked about the object the seller told me he had found it amongst his Grandfathers effects which had originaly come from Czechaslovakia. The quality of the work i,e. copying of the colours, was very well done but the material used, (maybe wool) left a very uneven apperance across the surface of the ribbon. Maybe some of the other members might have encountered this, another example is to compare the quality of the ribbon on the Czech version of the Inter-Allied Victory medal from WW1 again it appears very rough when compared with the ribbons of other countries Victory medals. Kevin in Deva

This particulat seller on Ebay is always breaking up groups, takes the medals and crosses of the bars and sells them as individual items Normaly his auctions start of with a Ribbon bar stripped of medals, then the individual items are sold seperately listed as per under, in the past I have seen him sell even the Militrary Service book seperate as well http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GERMAN-Bayer-MVK-wit...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GERMAN-Bayer-Wound-B...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GERMAN-Bayer-Wound-B...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GERMAN-Bayer-Vets-Ho...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GERMAN-Bayer-Kyffhau...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GERMAN-Bayern-Kyffha...1QQcmdZViewItem In this case they could be all seperate items but judging by what I have seen in the past, he is quilty of destroying history Should be a crime to do this Kevin in Deva

Hallo bigjarofwasps Chapter 5 The lost boys: Thomas Cooper and James Brady. page 70 + of RENEGADES, Hitler's Englishmen by Adrian Weale. also pages 70-77, 92, 105 -113, 116, 120, 121, 126, 128, 129, 132, 136, 137, 139,-140, 162 - 163, 175 -177, 179 - 183, 191, 195. ". . In December 1942 Verordungsblatt der Waffen-SS, published a special suppliment requesting information on the current whereabouts of a young NCO whose services were required in Berlin for a special project. The soldier in question was SS-Unterscharf?hrer THOMAS HALLER COOPER, who had been born in Chiswick, West London, on 29 August 1919. Served in the Leibstandarte's Artillery Training Battery Feb 1940, then moved after a couple of weeks to the Infantry Training Battalion of the Ss-Totenkopf Division (1/T. Inf. Ers. Bat. 1.) at Radolfelz near the Bodensee. In July 1940 he went to the 8th Company 5th Totenkopf Infantry Regiment (8/T.InfRegt.5) at Oranienburg, North Berlin. In Feb 1941 his unit was at Plock, near the Vistula river in Poland and he was promoted to Rottenf?hrer, from there he went to the SS NCO School at Lauenberg in Pomerainia, finished there in May 1941 Transfered to another Totenkopf Unit, the Wachbataillion Oranienburg. detached to a sub unit near Krakow. Promoted to Unterscharf?hrer in November 1941, in January 1943 Cooper moved from Debica, transfered into a transport unit of the SS-Polizei-Division traveled in cattle-cars east, passing through Riga in Latvia and on to the Leningrad sector of the Eastern Front. Severly wounded in the legs by shell splinters. evacuated for medical treatment to Bad Muskau a small town near G?rlitz, As a reult of his injuries Cooper was awarded the wound badge in Silver (Becoming the only Englishman to recieve a III Reich Combat decoration during WW2). . . . . . By the last days of the Seige of Berlin Cooper was a senior NCO in the transport Company, was placed in commnd of about thirty soldiers, including all the BFC he moved them under verbal orders to a wood on the Criwitz-Schwerin road eight kilometres from Schwerin, from there the attached themselves to the rear of Obergruppenf?hrer Steiner's HQ, then he returned to the previous camp in the woods May 2, where on heaing the Americans were only six kilometers frm his position changed into a civilian suit, instructed the Germans in the party to change out of uniform, collecting the remains of the BFC he headed off and after much confusion managed to surrender to the US Army. Arrested and Convicted of Teason, sentenced to death, reprieved on the grounds that they had been followers in treason rather than leaders Cooper was released from prison in January 1953 and was believed to have gone to live in Japan. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Rick, and if late world war 1, was it usual to see a leather holster on a webbing belt ?? the holster could have been for the long barreled Webly or a Colt? the flap appears to have been cut away as well. And with regards "The one on the left looks like he has the Military Medal." from Tony, the guy to the right has a similar ribbon on his tunic, visible when you highlight the picture. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Gentlemen; here is a mini woven two-place ribbon in my collection, a very small snippet for a WW1 Friedrich-August Medal and the Hindenberg Cross of Honour. It measures 22mm wide and 65mm long Please feel free to add any examples you may have from 2 - 6 combinations :speechless1 : Kevin in Deva

Hi Ulsterman Very nice picture lots of detail, like the trench periscope on top of the dug-out door way and the bloke with the pipe holding a reload for the rifle-grenadier, and the observer with trench periscope to the rear, very casual and natural attitude, obviously a quiet sector, as no one sports a tin lid. Kevin in Deva

Hi guys many thanks for your honest opinions and assesment of my Para Badge, well nothing ventured nothing gained as my dear old mum used to say, I do believe though it was being sold in good faith, the chap has sold me some good stuff over the time I was in Kempten, life is just one big learning curve and you never know whats around the next bend. Feel free to delete the pictures or leave them as a warning to others. You guy's have a great selection of stuff and who knows with what I see here someday I might be able to pick up a genuine sample of a Para-Badge Kevin in Deva.

Hallo 'Stijn David' Super little group, sometimes not everything BIG is beautiful these combined ribbons are neat, anybody want to post some for comparison,?? if so I will start anew thread as soon as I can find & scan mine, I have only one, but I am willing to share Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Pat I have heard this one described else where as the PARROTS BEAK or TUCAN SHIELD, totaly bogus sorry to say, another learning experiance that was not hopefully to costly Kevin in Deva

Hallo Rick I really must search a local militaria forum here in Romania for a picture I once came across, showing a WW2 Romanian Pilot-veteran in uniform at some big shindig in Bucharest, post communist time proudly sporting amongst his decorations, his WW2 1939 EK 1, complete with swastika Kevin in Deva