Carl's militaria collection part 1

Hi all,

I proudly present to you the militaria collection of Carl Evans.

This is only the beginning. His famous shoulderboards collection still has to come. In part I you can see pictures of Carl's war badges, wound badges and ribbon bars. All comments are written by Carl himself. Enjoy!

 

Picture 1 War badges

1) Silver panzer assault badge made by Karl Wurster KENNISGEVING - very fine condition
2)Bronze panzer assault badge, stamped – mint condition
3)Silver infantry assault badge, stamped – near mint condition
4)Bronze infantry assault badge, no maker mark - very fine condition
5)1939 Iron Cross first class – mint condition
6)Luftwaffe pilots badge made by Assmann – mint condtion
7)Luftwaffe Flak badge, three-piece construction (Made by W.H)? – mint condition
8)Army/Waffen SS Artillery badge made in Vienna – mint condition
9)1939 Iron Cross first class with bras score made by L/19 (Ferdinand Hoffstätter)
10)Kriegsmarine destroyer badge made by Friedrich Orth Vienna Austria – near mint condition

 

I forgot this description for picture 1

11)Kriegsmarine U-boat war badge made by L/56 (Funcke & Brüninghaus F & BL) – mint condition


Picture 2

12)WWI stamped black wound badge – near mint condition
13)WWI stamped silver wound badge – near mint condition
14)WWI stamped gold wound badge –mint condition
15)WWII stamped black wound badge, personalized by the soldier it was awarded to – mint condition
15b)WWII stamped black wound badge – mint condition
16)WWII silver wound badge (made by 20?) – near mint condition
17)WWII gold wound badge no maker mark – mint condition

 

Picture 3 Ribbon bars

(F) = fake or believe to be fake

1)(F) 12 place ribbon bar - Prussian with 1939 EK2 spange
2)5 place ribbon bar – All WWII awards
3)11 place ribbon bar with 4 very rare awards– Kingdom of Saxony traceable to an officer of at least Oberstleutnant who fought in the boxer rebellion and was also from Bremen
4)Twin 8 place sew on ribbon bar – Kingdom of Saxony through WWII
5)6 place ribbon bar - Kingdom of Saxony all WWI
6)(F) 9 place ribbon bar – All WWI
7)6 place sew on ribbon bar - Kingdom of Saxony
8)6 place ribbon bar – WWII Luftwaffe
9)(F) 8 place ribbon bar – Austrian WWI and WWII
10)5 place ribbon bar – from a soldier of Hamburg
11)7 place ribbon bar – belonging to the duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Franz Friedrich Grossherzog IV

 

Picture 4 More ribbon bars

12)5 place ribbon bar – Saxon notice the mini EK this is a very rare device for a ribbon bar
13)5 place ribbon bar – WWI+II with very rare double Freikorps awards, Balkan cross and Silesian eagle second class
14)5 place ribbon bar – WWI Prussian –Austria/Hungarian campaign medal and EK second class
15)6 place ribbon bar – WWI with Austria/Hungarian and Bulgarian awards
16)3 place ribbon bar – To a man from Brunswick
17)5 place ribbon bar – WWI unknown
18)4 place ribbon bar – WWII to policeman
19)4 place ribbon bar – WWI to an Arzst possibly a hauptmann
20)3 place ribbon bar – to a soldier in WWI who was in the civil service in WWII
21)3 place ribbon bar – with two extremely rare awards including very rare Ernestine houseorder with swords.
22)4 place ribbon bar – WWI
23)3 place ribbon bar – belonging to the 99 day Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm von Preussen (shown backwards)

 

Picture 5 more ribbon bars and some other collectibles

24)3 place ribbon bar – WWI all Bavarian , military merit cross with swords and crown second or third class, 1914 EKII, 9 year long service medal
25)5 place ribbon bar – WWI with two rare awards including a house order or Knights Cross of somekind
26)1939 Wiederholungspange to the 1914 EKII, 1957 Form
27)WWI Hessian warriors Cross in Iron. From this award are approximately 1000 pieces awarded making it 7 times rarer than the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross.
28)Imperial German 51st Infantry regiment vets badge.
28b) matching stick pin.

 

I've never even seen the u-boat or destroyer badges in "real life"!!!!!

 

Picture 1, item 1 shows the Word KENNISGEVING. This is a mistake. It should have been KG. My word processor replaces the KG by KENNISGEVING and I saw it too late.

 

Thank you for postings these for me Volkbert I'll be doing the shoulderboards next--as soon as I get my Grossdeutschland boards in from Europe.

After that--i'll do all my eks, medal bars and other crosses and Regimental Badges.

PS: Im surprised you could read my lousy handwriting--good job in deciphering my heiroglyphics.

 

Very nice Carl, Great!

 

Thank you David and, there will be more to come in about 2 weeks or hopefully less.

 

Hi Carl -

Hey, your EK I that you list as #9, is that solid brass plate underneath the paint? It appears as if it might be so. Very nice.

Bill

 

Hi Bill and thank you. Yes, sir--that's my L/19 and it does have a brass core.

I picked this up at the last gunshow here in Corpus back in January. I picked it up when I got the Uboat badge. I paid $300.00 for the pair. My uboat badge is an L/56.

Were supposed to have another gunshow here this month and im hoping my dealer/friend from San Antonio will be here. After the last show--a thief in San Antonio took a complate ryker mount full of his ww2 German stuff and walked out the door.

Not only was he peeved--but so was I. He had a mint Silver IAB for sale at $75.00 ana another mint Silver IAB--that was de-nazified by the vet--but otherwise was in mint condition. I was going to buy both and could have had them for about $100.00.

Well, he figures that guy already passed all of his things to other dealers. "We" were hoping the law could help get his things back--as he knew who the thief was--and who that thief went to to try to unload these items. Amoung the stolen items were: General Assault Badge 25 Assaults, Panzer Assault badge fro 75 Assaults and, a Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross.

I'll give you an update when I see him if he manages to make it here. If it weren't for SAm---there would never be any German stuff for sale here in Corpus.

[ 03. May 2003, 02:16 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]

 

Carl - Your handwriting was not that bad to read. I am curious for the next things you are going to sent me. I will be on holiday from may 8 till may 23. After that I am ready to post some more for you. In my holiday I am going to visit the shop of Carsten Baldes. I will try to make some pictures there that i can post here.

Bill - Did you get my PM about posting pic?

 

I appreciate the nice compliments on my writing--I wish my school-teachers would have agreed many years ago--so I wouldn't have had to re-write so many of my homework assignments.

Hey--I hope you have a nice time on holidays in Germany. Please give Carsten my best regards and I hope you do get a chance to visit Remy in Hagen.

Its a toss up at the moment on what ill make scans of next--im waiting for an ek2 (1939) and a Regimental Cross and some shoulderboards to come in. If I get the boARDS--ILL SCAN THOSE WHILE i WAIT ON MY OTHER crosses to come in (sorry about the all caps--im too lazy to re-write this)

Anyway, I should be able to let you know by next week which I can get done and send.

Take care my friend and I do hope you have a great time in Germany. Oh and if you get the chance to go to Heidleberg--there is a very nice militaria shop there. I can't remember the name and don't know the address but, directly from the hauptbahnhof heading in the direction of the river--on the right side of the street somewhere, is a big militaria shop. I didnt get to see it as it was closed before I got there and it was Saturday afternoon--I had to leave for Frankfurt early Sunday

Also, if you go to Heidelberg--I suggest eating at Zum Rothen Ochsen--it's a great place to eat at. And if you eat there--please say hallo for me to that place's manager--she was a very nice lady.

 

Great collection Carl! I especially like the Coastal Artillery Badge, as well as the U-Boat war Badge!!! GREAT CLEAR PICS....

 

Thank you Ryan for the nice compliments but one small correction. I didn't get a scan done of my Coastal Artillery badge as I think its a well-made fake. The jury is still out on it at the moment. The two artillery badges shown are my Luft Flak which is of 3 piece construction and a heavy piecs, and my Heer/Waffen SS Arty badge.

 

No. 8 on the top scan-OK, I have no idea what that badge is...

 

Excellent collection! Congrats Carl!

 

Panzerknacker - No 8 from the first scan is an army artillery badge. Officers, NCO's and enlisted men were eligible for the award. It was bestowed upon unit commanders once half the men under their command had received it.

Unlike its Luftwaffe and Kreigsmarine counterparts, the Heeres-Flakabzeichen was awarded for attacks on air targets only.

More info http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/war_badges/heer/flak.htm

It is a quite rare badge and far more expensive than the Luftwaffe artillery badge (no 7 on the top scan).