some of my "old friends"

[westfale]

Here are some of my "older friends" I've found some years ago and which I would like to show you; hope you will like them, too!

westfale

At first the one from the seventies long ago...

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[westfale]

Now the first of ww1:

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[westfale]

And another one, same period, this time from schaumburg-lippe:

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[westfale]

I will try schaumburg-lippe again, because there are some problem in the way to sumbit pictures...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Nice medals... and FANTASTIC photos!

[joe campbell]

i LOVE the deep relief of your 1870 EK 2.

i am not certain whether this is specific

to a period of manufacture or to a specific

manufacturer, but these sre my favorite!

great pix!

joe

[gregM]

Great close-up pictures. As Joe said the 1870 Ek shows some very nice detail.

Could you show us the entire cross?

[westfale]

Great close-up pictures. As Joe said the 1870 Ek shows some very nice detail.

Could you show us the entire cross?

Here it comes:

[westfale]

For all of you who are interested in detail, here the rearside of my cross. Not so spectacular like the front, but nice, too:

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[Wild Card]

Nice medals... and FANTASTIC photos!

Yes, indeed!

Can you give us any details? Camera, lens, special lighting, etc.?

Thanks in advance -

Wild Card

[Laurence Strong]

Yes, indeed!

Can you give us any details? Camera, lens, special lighting, etc.?

Thanks in advance -

Wild Card

I second that. Very nice medals and photography.

[westfale]

Nice to see that you like the pictures!

Before I will give you some details how I made these pictures - should I post some more?

[joe campbell]

we'd be happy to see them.

joe

[westfale]

So here you have two more - the rare 1866 cross for non-combattant...

[westfale]

... and a officers-cross of sachsen-meiningen:

[westfale]

And (for the moment) finally a cross for 20 years of service in the "landwehr":

[Dave Danner]

Your close-ups are great! Whenever I try to do a close-up, all it does is make the dirt more apparent, like around my friend Phil and his pet kitty here: