Bundesrepublik ddr generals collar patches

[pikestaff]

[attachmentid=41981]Hello, just found these hidden away, thought you might like a look at them.

rgds

pikestaff

[Paul R]

I love them!!! Thnks for sharing them! I do not have any GO insignia yet!

Regards

Paul

[ehrentitle]

Here are most of mine. Kevin

[Paul R]

Now that is a nice set!!! Do you have the other branches as well?

[ehrentitle]

Yes, Border Guard thats it. Kevin

Edited June 7, 2006 by ehrentitle

[Paul R]

Stellar set!!!

[ehrentitle]

Stellar set!!!

Thanks much!

[Humberto Corado]

[attachmentid=41981]Hello, just found these hidden away, thought you might like a look at them.

rgds

pikestaff

hello All,

I am wondering how much could cost a pair like these?

thanks!

Humberto

[pikestaff]

hello All,

I am wondering how much could cost a pair like these?

thanks!

Humberto

Hello Humberto, I paid ?6.00 for this pair several years ago, also I recently found out from the book 'army badges and insigia since 1945' by Guido Rosignoli, that these are west german, not East German as I had thought.

rgds

Pikestaff

[Paul R]

I thought that this pattern was East German as well.

I still see these on ebay for about 20-30 dollars a set. Despite this, please bear in mind that they are real.

Regards

PAul

[Humberto Corado]

I thought that this pattern was East German as well.

I still see these on ebay for about 20-30 dollars a set. Despite this, please bear in mind that they are real.

Regards

PAul

thank you pikestaff & Paul for your kind help! where I can find a General collar pair like this??just on ebay??

which is the diference between the East German patern and West German patern??

thanks!

Edited November 10, 2006 by Humberto Corado

[pikestaff]

thank you pikestaff & Paul for your kind help! where I can find a General collar pair like this??just on ebay??

which is the diference between the East German patern and West German patern??

thanks!

Hello, take a look at at Eherentitle's reply above.

rgds

Pikestaff

[Humberto Corado]

Hello, take a look at at Eherentitle's reply above.

rgds

Pikestaff

Thanks Pikestaff!

[Red Eagle]

[ehrentitle]

Red Eagle - Nice display of DDR General's items. Also a nice general's dagger. There is a article I posted on the WA forum sometime back that covers NVA generals daggers. It can be found at:

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...ad.php?t=176869

I suspect that the shoulder boards for Marschall der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik may not be originals. According to Klaus Wather's Uniformeffekten der bewaffneten Organe der DDR Band II, only 12 pairs of these shoulder boards were made. The original Marschall's device has a real ruby in the center, copies have synthetic stones or painted red centers. There is also an article in German that Klaus Feder wrote for Militaria in May 2002 that covers the Marschall Der DDR rank:

http://www.schwanenorden.com/Artikel/Marsc...20der%20DDR.pdf

Kevin

Edited November 19, 2006 by ehrentitle