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Shortened but looks original

This is an interesting set of dogtags from a german soldier named Walter (or Walther) Unger. He was born on June 26th 1896 in Saarbrücken. So he would have turned 18 just before the start of ww1. The first dogtag is a model of 1878. It still has the original black and white string and it only shows his name. The second tag is a model 1915. It shows his name, place of birth, date of birth and his unit. It still has most of the original string, but it's not as long as it's supposed to be. It did come with a short piece of thicker string, but I'm not sure if that really belongs with it. Maybe an old repair that came loose again? I think it's really interesting to have these two tags together. The soldier probably kept his old tag when it was supposed to be replaced by the newer one. If anyone has any more information about this person, I'd be glad to hear!

A few years ago, I sold most of my ww2 stuff to focus my collection more towards ww1 militaria. This is one of a few items I kept: a german silver grade panzerkampfabzeichen. It's a hollow back version, made from zinc. I still think it's quite an impressive medal.

A recent discovery in France, these documents were donated to the Musée 40 France Véhicules at 51170 Fismes, Marne

An Epping Forest Keeper around 1957, photographed outside the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge in Chingford.

Oh thanks! I didn't know they were issued in pairs. Nice set of tags too!

Older dogtags were always issued in pairs, one large one small, in 1916 this was changed to a larger dog tag in two halfs

Here are two british armbands from my collection. One from the derby scheme and one from the volunteer training corps. The VTC one is in worn condition and has two period replacement buttons. The derby scheme one is in perfect unissued condition and still has the original zinc buttons attached with multiple strands of thread, exactly how it would come from the factory. Both are very nicely marked on the back.

Thanks! Yes, I still have quite a bit more stuff I'm going to share (bayonets, some german equipment, inert grenades...). I'm taking a few pictures every now and then and posting them here.

Looks like tarnished silver to me, if it came on that jacket, it should be silvery. By the way, the buttons on that jacket are not qute right, they belong on the fieldgrey tunics, they should be bright aluminium Gilt Tombak, Kriegsmarine Silvered Zink, Heer

Could be Kenny with lots of patina.

Officer's boots, cavalry boots, high quality pre war manufacture by Rowell & Sons, Melton Mowbray

Do you have any more photos of militaria you might like to post on the forum?

Very Nice

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Some more Jugend items of interest Dagger by Robert Klaas Jungvolk buckle

Deutsches Reich, 2 Mark, Reichspräsident v. Hindenburg, 1937, 1939 Deutsches Reich, Reichspräsident v. Hindenburg, 5 Mark, 1934, 1936, 1939

Krönungsthaler, 1861 Siegesthaler, 1871 Jahrhundertfeier 1813-1913, Befreiungskriege Deutsches Reich - Preußen Markstücke, 1903, 1909, 1915 5 Mark, 1908 1/2 Mark, 1905, 1907