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As most of you know,my main study is wound badges Another that I like ,are simple medal bars. Singles and doubles.I will post a few from time to time..If anyone as a single or double please post don....One is a....ASSMAN

Got an ortigies pistol semi auto matic with 3 oil bases rounds (deactivated) 1921.. But is it genuine? And how much is it worth in British pounds.. Many thanks to you all

Thank you my friend... Always put so much into a reply and.. I'm Telling you.. Its so appreciated. Thank you alot. You seem please to see it.. Are the hard to come across?

This is definitely an old one, made in Erfurt. May have a private, civilian character or for police. I don't see any military or state markings on this, so that may apply. Later weapons had a WaA and number code, if they were military issue. Still a good example. Magazine may be much newer, not sure. A pistol not often heard of, it is very similar to the Walther PPK. Could even have been the private purchase issue of an officer or enlisted soldier. What you need now is a holster to match. Black was usually worn (incl. SS), but brown for officers. Wikipedia states that it was in Erfurt from 1919 till 1924! Patent was from 1916. Production was stopped by order of the Versailles Treaty . because they were easily convertible to 9mm calibre: Wikipedia - Sie war jedoch seinerzeit an mehrere deutsche Polizei-Dienststellen, wie etwa die Hamburger Polizei, die Wasserschutzpolizei, die Reichsfinanzverwaltung, die Berliner Schutzpolizei, die Stadtpolizei Winterthur und an den preußischen Grenzschutz ausgegeben worden. Im Dritten Reich wurden Heeresjustizwachtmeister der Kriegsgerichte laut „Allgemeiner Heeresmitteilung von 1935“ behelfsmäßig mit Ortgies-Pistolen des Kalibers 7,65 mm ausgestattet. Bei der niederländischen Polizei (Rijksveldwacht), bei der tschechoslowakischen Polizei und beim finnischen Strafvollzug wurden ebenfalls Ortgies-Pistolen eingesetzt. Used in several German police forces, such as the Hamburg Police, Water Police, Reichsfinanzverwaltung, Berlin Police, also with the Stadtpolizei Winthertur/Switzerland,the Netherlands Police, the Czechoslowak Police, and Finnish prison authorities. Perhaps someone can quote you a value as you requested. In Europe all de-activateds have unfortunately now been completely banned since Summer 2020, this also includes a lot of antique weapons. Example in the Smolensk War Museum, this one has an "N" and crown stamp, Nitroprüfung and may well have been military used.

The only way to date them as far as I know is by the crowns, apart from the Order of St John which has no crown, in which case you need to work it out by the style of manufacture or if it is part of a larger group. I have a good book in the shop which goes into more details and perhaps may explain other ways to date them but as we are in lockdown I can't access it at the moment.

Amazing clip, I wonder what the value of those helmets would be today, from what I can see they all seem to be original too.

Thank you for the help guys.. Much appreciated

k.u.k. Militärparade with also the Infanterie-Regiment Deutschmeister No. 4

Flags often have little repairs, that is normal, when hung in front of a building or wherever, they were exposed to wind and weather, so they naturally get damaged, the repairs may well be period, as post-war nobody would have gone to the trouble to repair them, normally. The trouble is the size and storing or displaying it. Smallish versions are the best sellers, esp. the small Reichskriegsflagge, as used on U-Boots and smaller vessels. *Post-war, these flags were used as material to make women's clothes, curtains, table cloths, have been told this many times by various people, who lived through the post-war period. Everything that wasn't burnt or buried was turned into something else, steel helmets were turned into pots and pans. Of course, a few have also survived, but not many in Germany, unless they were hidden, which was also very risky. Important is to keep it clean and prevent fading due to exposure to light, sunlight can be very harmful to textiles. Washing not recommended! The armband looks ok, there were many variations in manufacture, some were simply printed, others had a separate circle and an applied cross of material, others, like yours were entirely woven into the red background. A completely thin example woven in rayon thread could also be a mid to late version. Can't say about the present price, items like this will increase in value anyway. Here's my example, made in three parts, the cross is of wool, the rest is cotton, has an illegible stamp of the issuing authority - no idea which organisation could have worn this particular one. Condition is ok, but generally it has yellowed slightly. I would say this is a fairly early example.

Strange - here we have another one with the markings 1H+GK shot down several times - once in February 1940 over the North Sea if I remember rightly and again on 15. August 1940. An aircraft with this marking is also one of the first with which Unteroffizier Walter Neusüß flew, which he mentioned personally, and is visible on only one early photo.

Is there any way of dating these decorations? WW1, WW2, modern (Queens Crown?), Victoria, Edward VII., George V., George VI ? - apart from apparent aging?

That helmet looks unissued, just a few storage marks, probably late 1945, so no longer needed - surplus

nice bars don , I've never seen one with a maker on the back ,very nice

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pity there is no provinence because it is a beauty! Just have to trust it is like all good collections! Very very very nice though!

I will put this one in here,it will make some bigger eyes...Its real ...Did someone just put to geather? I do not know...I asked the son of the dealer I got from years later and he said it came from a big collection. don

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Yes the ek and the Russian are one of my favourites don

I do like that EK2 and Eastern front pair

Exceptionally fine Don! Stewy

great stuff keep the coming!

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Kyffhauferbund...One with two bars

Not sure if this one is marked

Honor cross of next of kin

I guess I should name some....Wr merit 2nd class with swords