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Discussion in 'Militaria' started by sommecourt, Sep 28, 2003.

  1. sommecourt

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    Someone I work with on my battlefield tours gave me these coins. They were bought many years ago in Austria. He had two sets, one in gold and one in silver - although I suspect they weren't made of these materials. Any ideas what they are? When made and by whom?

    I have airbrushed out the swastica for obvious reasons.
     
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    Rommel is the DAK coin, and AH the other.

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    Hi Paul--I see these for sale in magazines on on websites I have accidently found. These are just Commemorative Coins. They usually sell from $10.00 to $20.00 per coin.

    I've been tempted to collect these too but--they are VERY hard to get your cost back if you even need to sell them. Samething goes with Silver Coins. I had several nice commemerative coins I collected over a few years paying from $10.00 to $25.00 for each. I wound up having to take about a 50% loss on their resale--just to sell them.

    PS--I also have not been able to let you know that I reciever those two maps you sent to me. Thank you very much for them. They will come in handy. [​IMG] [​IMG]

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    Thanks for that - any idea who makes them and why?

    Glad the maps were of interest.
     
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    Hi Paul--quite welcome.

    I don't know who makes them but, they are very easy to get on ebay.com and ebay.de. There are many others as well. I have seen Gunther Rall coins, Erich Hartmann(which I wanted to get badly but--I never have the money when I find this stuff) Heinz Guderain, Erich von Manstein, Erich Topp, Wolfgang Luth and several others.

    If I happen to stumble on an advertisement for these--i'll make sure I get the website I see it on and will forward it to you.

    The maps are coming in handy. I pulled one of them out when the History Channel was playing Battle of the Bulge a few days ago. I'm planning on laminating and mounting the maps so I can make some symbols out of thin rubber, and post them for a handy reference on German, American and British positions. [​IMG]
     

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