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Eastern Peoples Medals in the box

I got these few medals from an old British Major who was in Berlin at the end of the war. He collected up loads of bits and pieces but never seemed to get his hands on any real meaty medals ot badges. The best ones he picked up I posted a day or so ago being the 4 and 8 year SS. I know that one of the medals does not match the box its in but thats the way it came. I got a load of Gold Mothers cross box’s from him, most had silver and bronze medals in. I guess he just grabbed what he wanted and they got mixed and matched over the years.

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WW1 Iron Cross 1st class, screw back.

Here is my WW1 Iron Cross 1st class screw back. I thought that this was somewhat unusual being a screw back with a 2 piece back. Am I correct or is it more common than I think? It is also stamped 800. No maker as far as I can tell.
D.

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Hidden Gems - Homework Pays Off!

Every now and then collectors find themselves in the right place and the right time to bag a bargain for their collection. Sometimes it is finding something at a flea market or sometimes it is because a dealer hasn’t quite done his homework and doesn’t realise what he has as he is busy getting things ready for an update. Recently, in my case it was the latter.
A few weeks ago after a dealer update I saw a set of citations for sale to a member of the ‘German C.I.D’ (dealers words), or the Gestapo to you and me. The set consisted of two citations for the Police Service Awards III & II Class, a citation for the 1 Oct 1938 Medal and a citation for the 1st Oct 1938 Spange as well as a Promotion citation and an official letter to go with it. The asking price was 235 Euros which I thought was quite a decent price anyway for a set to a Kriminalsekretär in the Gestapo based at Regensburg. However, it was only after scroling down the page that I, almost absent-mindedly, noticed that the signatures on the Promotion citation & letter looked very familiar. Not quite believing they could be hand-signed due to the low price I quickly checked the item description but there was no mention of who it was and I also did a double take of the asking price thinking I must of mis-read it, but no - 235 Euros it was. Still not 100% sure the 2 signatures were hand-signed (even though I already have 2 examples on a similar promotion citation & letter and haven’t seen a stamped variety) I managed to snap the set up.

Today it arrived and there is no doubt about it, the two signatures are hand signed and a set that should of cost somewhere in the region of £1500 due to the two examples of the signature only cost me the equivalent of £207!

I’ll leave the 2 specific items in question until last, but first up are the citations for the Police Service Award III & II Class…
Attachment 318727 Attachment 318732

Next, the citations for the 1st October 1938 (Sudetenland) medal and the Spange…
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And finally the two pieces of paperwork in question. A give-away as to the signers identity is where the letter originated from, seen at the top right of the letter: Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8.

The promotion citation looks cropped but that is just due to it being slightly too big for my scanner.
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The signer of those two pieces of paper is none other then the Butcher Of Prague - Reichsprotektor Bohemia & Moravia & Chairman of the Wannsee Conference, Reinhard Heydrich.
He died of injuries received during an attack by British trained Czech agents on 27th May 1942 during Operation Anthropoid.
His signature is very rarely seen on the market - Himmler’s & Hitler’s are more common - and fetchs a high price when it does so I was thrilled to be able to grab them for a phenomenally low fee.
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And here is another example of a similar letter from another large grouping in my collection to a member of the Stettin SD…
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Abzeichen der Burdezeit

Here is a nice example of the early "Nun Erst Recht" parteiabzeichen.

The badge, circa 1923-34, was first produced and worn following the von Kahr decree of 29.11.1923, which officially banned the NSDAP following the failed Putsch. However, as the swastika was not recognised as a specific NSDAP symbol, this allowed the manufacture and display of these badges, with the new slogan "Nun Erst Recht", meaning "Now all the more". In late January 1924, a further decree prohibited these abzeichen too, but they were still produced as late as the early 1930’s. As the badge was not an officially produced piece, it meant that no identity was required by the wearer.

The badges were created in two different sizes, and should always appear quite crude. Beware of the near perfect reproduction pieces, as these early period abzeichen should always be rather basic, both in their construction, and also their finishing. RZM markings should also never be present.

The original pieces were known as "Abzeichen der Burdezeit", meaning "Badge of the times of burden".

Regards,

Carl

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GERMAN WWll FIRE PROTECTION POLICE HEADGEAR WITH 2 BADGES - ORIGINAL PIECE

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gas detestor paint

I picked up a reasonable 40 dated wardens helmet the other day,just the standard black with white W on the front but what made me think is the fact that the crown has a roughly applied circle of dark yellow paint on it which looks very much like gas detection paint used on vehicles during ww2 and I was wondering if anybody had seen this done before or can shed any light on the subject
cheers,Nigel