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What are yall's thought on this Zahringen Order with Swords?
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John

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John

Hello, why would this piece have different type of enamel? Most i've seen have a translucent emamel but this one is opaque.

Also the enamel is on both sides of this one. Most have enamel on only one side

Was this one damaged and repaired?

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John

Never seen or owned one of these and would like yall's thoughts on it.  Also could this one be researched
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John

What are yall's thoughts on this MVO and case?
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John

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John 

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John

What are yall's thoughts on this Albert Order?  

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John

What are yall's thought on this Zahringen Lion Order
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John

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https://smf1958.wixsite.com/militarymuseum

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John

Hello, I've wanted one of these for a while and this is the only one I've seen.  What are yall's thoughts on it?

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John

This will be my last post on this thread.  I've tried to tell yall the truth about these accusations you throw at me but you won't hear it.  All of you just jumped into this making assumptions about me and assumed that because I posted a thread about these bars I owned them and make money off your knowledge which isn't true.  I never owned either the High Ranked bar or Von Schraeder and I only put CCJ in touch with the owner and they made a deal for it.  I don't even know what become of the Von Schraeder Bar after I passed on it.    

If you go to the last post on this thread you'll see CCJ thanking me for my HELP in getting this bar: 

(Notice he said with my help nothing about purchasing it from me or any transaction with me)

None of you ever saw this thread I guess.  All of you have laid accusations and slander on me so now anyone else who even considers helping me will see this thread and assume just like all of you did not even bothering to ask me anything just take yall's word for it.  Nobody in the thread came to my defense and I even sent a message explaining the truth to Laurentius but he never responded so don't know what happened there.

The accusations about me getting bars named just to make bank on them are false and what I've told you proves this.  I could also let you speak with the original owners I spoke with when I posted them here if you want to confirm they owned the bars if you still don't believe me.  

Either way unless yall come back here and post that you made a mistake and jumped the gun on the accusation This will always hang over me on the forum.  

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John

9 minutes ago, Simius Rex said:

I've just completed reading several of your threads and posts, and I'm going to level an accusation at you that you cannot deflect or defend:

You don't say "Thank you." 

People competently and selflessly answer your questions or ID your bars, but after they do, you simply vanish without expressing any kind of gratitude for their efforts.

I don't know why, but folks who don't bother saying "Thank You" irritate me to no end.  In my experience, a simple "Thank You" goes a long way to create a positive image of oneself in a forum.      

I'm not going to argue about saying Thank You.  I don't say thank you on alot of threads or posts.  After what I've been accused of already in this thread its interesting that this would be brought up.  People don't always say thank you to me but I'm not going to get angry about it and hold a grudge against them.   I don't say thank you enough no arguments there but this thread isn't about me not saying thank you its about accusations of me taking advantage of there knowledge when I didn't.  Nobody is coming to my defense in this, either I'm taking advantage of knowledge and making buck or I don't say thank you enough.  If you want to be upset about me not saying thank you in my threads your welcome to and Ill try to remember to say thank you from now on 

3 hours ago, Jock Auld said:

He is a flip artist and definitely a dealer!

I am sure the IRS would enjoy looking at his sales across the fora and they would conclude the same.

He is exploiting your knowledge, you need only look at his profile and more or less 15 pages of information requests or research help.

Combine that with his sales activity and basically you are all employees?

His activity has nothing to do with the collecting community, purely self gain?

Part of the reason I don't post here any more is likes of him.

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Rich

You have no idea what your talking about.  I am not a dealer and I have only sold bars that I purchased that already had names attributed to them but couldn't prove they 100% belonged to the attributed name so had to sell them as just unnamed ribbon bars.  The accusation about the high ranking bar that Laurentius posted I never owned and so I couldn't have sold it.  Any bar I sold was because I needed some money at the time or I wanted to get some money to add another item to my collection.  I never have made any money off the bars I sold I lost money.  I never had any intention of selling them but things happen.  Most every bar I asked about here I didn't own ever and was just wanting to know if it could be named but they either couldn't be or were too expensive.  The High Ranking Bar and the von Schraeder bars are two y'all have mentioned that I sold but I never owned either of them.  Making accusations like you are doing, just coming to conclusions like others hear will also help drive people away.  

Nobody purchased that bar from me because I never owned it.   I put another person in contact with the owner and they purchased it.  Yall just assume because ive asked about alot of bars in the past.  You should look into this more before accusing someone. 

I'm thinking you all have me confused with somebody else.  I never owned the von Schraeder bar I only asked about it.  The bars I have purchased already had a name attributed to them but It just couldn't be verified through the bar alone.  The bars I had had combinations that other soldiers could have had and I couldn't prove they belonged to the individuals so I ended up selling them as the bar alone not named.  I purchased them as named for another seller who I trust that they belonged to the attributed individuals but just couldn't prove it and when I was selling the burden of proof was on me.  I only tried to sell them because I wanted something else or just needed some money at the time.  I'm not trying to get a name tacked on to the bars so I can make bank.  I fully intend to keep the bars unless I end up needing to sell it. 

And no im not the guy whose had bars ID'ed only to make bank somewhere else

2 hours ago, Simius Rex said:

First of all, the long bar doesn't even belong to you in that it's currently for sale somewhere else.  And secondly, aren't you the guy who has gotten bars identified in this forum only to turn around and flip them for a hefty profit as "ID'd Bars" somewhere else?  Aren't you also the guy who sold the von Schraeder bars to Erik in Slovenia for a tidy sum right after a member here identified it for you?  I think you probably owe that member a commission and/or a case of wine for adding serious value to those bars for you.  If dealers intend to financially benefit from the research skills of other members here, maybe they should state that information up-front in their posts.  Just my two cents.                

First of all, I'm not a dealer and I have bought some ID'ed bars and sold them but most I had to sell as just the bar without the ID because the bars were not unique enough to be identified just on the bar combination.  I just had the word of the seller that they belonged to the person.  I trust the seller and believe what they said about the bars but I couldn't prove the bars belonged to the attributed person so when I was selling them I had to take a loss on many of them.  That's why I'm asking because if a bar cant be identified on the bar combination alone then it isn't worth getting because if you later go to sell it then you wont get your money back on it.  I don't remember why I sold these bars (wanted something else or just needed money).  But I didnt make some profit selling them I lost money.   

Could the first bar be 100% attributed to Generaladmiral Alfred Saalwächter?

Also could the bar with the Spange be identified?

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John

Hello, I wanted to know if this is in gold?  I dont think it is but just wanted to check

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John

This appears to be the Portuguese Order of St James.  What do yall think about it?

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John

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John

Hello, the piece looks good but I would like some more opinions on it
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John

I've never seen one of these in hand and would like some opinions on it

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John

Thanks for the help

John