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Army/SS and Campaign Awards

This page's last update: January 30, 2012

Long Service

M-5074 12 Year SS Long Service with a story...
Here's one for you guys who are paranoid about buying a repro. Purchased indirectly from the family and for once Yes!! You can speak to the 92 year old Canadian Vet himself by phone!! Picture of him holding medal  included.  Hard award to buy award, repro's are very good. Nice original here tombac based example with silver wash and polished highlights. Comes with correctly formed ribbon loop and suspension ring. There is still some sparkle to this sorry hard to see, sorry no ribbon but still a bargain IF you can even find one for sale!. Exc
$1495 HOLD(jb)

M-2080 4 Year SS Long Service
Hard award to buy award, repro's are very good. Nice original here of 38mm 4th class award in bronze with blackened finish. Comes with correctly formed ribbon loop and suspension ring and 4" original ribbon. NM
$825

M-1764 8 Year SS Long Service
Hard award to buy award, repro's are very good. Nice original here of 38mm 3rd class award in bronze. Comes with correctly formed ribbon loop and suspension ring and ribbon. Included is a cert. from Detlev. Exc++
$1100 Layaway(e)

M-2316 8 Year Police Long Service
Nice original here with original ribbon. Exc++
$95

M-1549 12 year Long Service
Here' a nice example in steel with good gilt finish. The ribbon is well worn. Exc+
$175

General Assault Badge (GAB)

M-5034 General Assault Badge (GAB) by Assmann & Sohner
Here's a nice zinc example of a General Assault Badge by Assmann & Sohne. Overall this piece shows little wear and great detail. The crimped-in hinge and catch are absolutely correct. The weight is correct the pin is magnetic and correct. The maker mark is worn yet can still be seen. This piece can be seen Tuckers Reference pg. 116-117. A nice one here for your collection! This one rates in at Exc+/Exc++.
$150

Infantry Assault Badge (IAB)

Sold out!

Panzer Assault Badge (PAB)

M-2081 PAB in Bronze
Die struck zinc. I would say 90%+ of bronze wash remains. Desirable hardware set up is attributed to S&L. Pin is bent and the hardware is all nonmagnetic. Exc+
$250  Layaway(j&b)

Clasps

M-2065 Close Combat Clasp in Bronze by Friedrich Linden (FLL)
Oh yea, guys look all day for examples with this sort of finish!! There remains good brennlack finish. The badge is slightly vaulted and maker marked just below and to the left of the hinge, "FLL" in three stylized circles as was their habit. This is a textbook CCC, see Durante's excellent reference, pg 191. The backing plate is magnetic. The hinge and flat wire "C" catch are tombac. NM
$575 Layaway(j&b)

Lanyards

Lan-13 Army Marksman Lanyard Grade IIII
Bullion lanyard with 1st pattern alloy shield. Correct rayon backing which its the most commonly encountered type with no frays. Reverse of shield has hand stitched army green wool backing. The bottom of the lanyard has three acorns, indicating this to be a grade IIII award. Just the lightest of wear. Exc++
$170

Krim Shield

M-2372 Krim Shield
Nice magnetic vaulted example with rough finish but good details. Nice paper backing. Uniform removed. Exc/Exc+
$175

M-1343 Krim Shield
Nice example with great finish and excellent details. It is missing one prong to the reverse, no wool backing remains. Exc+
$95

M-2218 Krim Shield
Nice magnetic vaulted example with great finish and excellent details. decent paper backing. Uniform removed. Exc+
$225

Kuban Shield

M-2315 Kuban Shield
Nice example with good finish and excellent details. It is has all 4 prongs retained to reverse and original Army cloth backing and paper. Made from stamped steel with a bronze wash. Nice worn example. Exc++
$315

M-2110 Kuban Shield
Nice example with good finish and excellent details and two dots of oxidation I have not touched or tried to clean.. It is has all 4 prongs retained to reverse and original Army cloth backing and paper. Made from stamped steel with a bronze wash. Nice worn example. Exc++
$325

Commemorative Medals

M-2371 Commemorative Medal Bar
Here's a good looking commemorative medal Bar. The 1 Oct. '38 Commemorative Medal (Sudentenland) medal was awarded to all German (and as well Sudeten) State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht and SS who marched into Sudetenland. It is in good condition. There is also a Hungarian war medal was that was instituted on 26 May 1929 by the Regent, Admiral Horthy. The reverse of it reads "PRO DEO ET PATRIA 1914-1918" (for God and Fatherland 1914-1918). The Hungarian medal is with the helmet and swords. It retains good sliver wash. Overall this piece rates Exc+/Exc++
$125

M-1719 Cased 1 Oct. ‘38 Commemorative Medal (Sudentenland)
Nice example with good finish. Case shows light wear. Exc++
$200  HOLD(sh)

M-2176 Cased 1 Oct. ‘38 Commemorative Medal (Sudentenland)
Good example in early bronze with a Deschler & Sohne marked case. Case has some wear. Overall Exc++
$195

M-1817 1 Oct. ‘38 Commemorative Medal (Sudentenland)
Nice example in early bronze with good finish and ribbon with pin. This example had a missing suspension ring which I replaced. Exc++
$45

M-2396 Cased 13 Mar. ‘38 Commemorative Medal (Austria)
Nice example in die struck alloy with good finish, the ribbon has original pin. The case has minor damage. Exc++
$295  HOLD(sh)

M-1718 Cased 13 Mar. ‘38 Commemorative Medal (Austria)
Nice example in die struck alloy with good finish, the ribbon is a bit faded and has original pin. Exc+
$235

M-2137 Cased 13 Mar. ‘38 Commemorative Medal (Austria)
Nice example in die struck alloy with good finish, the ribbon has original pin. The case has some minor damage. Exc+
$265

West Wall Medal

M-2410 West Wall with ribbon and packet
Issued West wall in bronze with packet and full length original ribbon. Exc++
$65

M-2333 Unissued West Wall by Carl Poellath with packet
I have several unissued examples. These are all original pre-may 1945 zinc examples with approx 4-5" of POST-WAR ribbon. Exc++
$35ea while they last!

Pk-6 West Wall Medal-Poellath
NM $10

Russian Front Medal

Pk-2 Russian Front Medal packet-Eugen Schmidthaussier
Good
$20

Ribbons

M-1649 13 Mar. ‘38 Commemorative Medal (Austria) Ribbon
Original examples while they last. All are a min. of 7" in length and are pre-1945 manufacture. MINT
$39ea

M-2148 Sudentenland Medal Ribbon
Post-war examples while they last. All are a min. of 7" in length x 27mm and are pre-1945 manufacture. MINT
$19ea

M-2149 Ribbon bar Factory Ribbon
Original 7"in length x 1 3/4" and are pre-1945 manufacture. MINT
$10

Other German

SP-188 Golden Faithful Service Pin for civil employees of the Army and Navy
Nice quality award pin. Purchased from Vet's family by my picker. Exc++
$75

M-1191 Gau Achievement for Rifle 1943
Good example of measures approx 50mm diameter with functioning pin to reverse. Exc++
$95

Ribbon Bars

M-2406 2 place Ribbon Bars
Condition as shown
$30 HOLD(nf)

RB-63 Eight Ribbon Bars
Condition as shown
$50

Other Foreign

M-2379 Commemorative Hungarian War Medal
This Hungarian war medal was that was instituted on 26 May 1929 by the Regent, Admiral Horthy. The reverse of it reads "PRO DEO ET PATRIA 1914-1918" (for God and Fatherland 1914-1918). The Hungarian medal has the helmet and swords. It retains good sliver wash. It comes with a triangular ribbon held together by a well working pin. Overall this piece rates Exc+/Exc++
$49

M-2290 Commemorative Hungarian War Medal
This Hungarian war medal was that was instituted on 26 May 1929 by the Regent, Admiral Horthy. The reverse of it reads "PRO DEO ET PATRIA 1914-1918" (for God and Fatherland 1914-1918). The Hungarian medal has the helmet and swords. It retains good sliver wash. It comes with a triangular ribbon. This piece rates Exc+
$39

M-2298 Japanese Rising Sun 8th Class
Replaced ribbon and hardware. I know nothing about Japanese medals so this is ½ of going retail!
$30

M-2208 Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal with original carton
Beauty 37mm award made of quality alloy with black and gold wash better than 99% intact. This example is unissued and comes wrapped in original wax paper and the issue carton. The carton shows some minor age and crushing but is all intact. The case is the off-white type, these also came in a light green, not sure what the difference is likely just a variation as the medals are the exact same. NM
$125

M-2209 Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal with original carton
Beauty 37mm award made of quality alloy with black and gold wash better than 99% intact. This example is unissued and comes wrapped in original wax paper and the issue carton. The carton shows some minor age and crushing but is all intact. The case is the light green type, these also came in an off-white, not sure what the difference is likely just a variation as the medals are the exact same. NM
$125

M-1199 Spanish (Blue) division Medal
Zinc example with good finish. It does have some loss of the bronzed wash but not too bad. Sorry no ribbon. The ring is unmarked. Purchased from Vet's family by me. Exc+
$165

M-1432 Spanish (Blue) division Medal
Zinc example with oxidizing. Purchased from Vet's family by me. I added a piece of original ribbon Exc+
$185

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