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Hello all,
I’ve been offered this ring by my dealer friend. I know rings are a very difficult part of this hobby, but having trawled through this forum and other websites I feel as though this may be ok (I think!). As I’m relatively new to collecting, I just thought I’d get an opinion from the experts on this very tricky, niche subject. Just a few questions, shouldn’t the 835 stamp be situated behind the ‘face’ of the ring? What stone is used for the eyes - Garnet? Also, would I be correct in saying that the wear to the teeth is inconsistent with the sharper details on the rest of the ring? All opinions welcomed Cheers, skip01.

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i recently purchased this HJ year book,.Madel eure welt book,. "das jahrbuch der deutscher madel",in great condition,some expected yellowing,470 pages,countless photos,BDM/JM/Wehrmacht/RADwJ/Glaube und schonheit gesellschaft/lebensborn.but i focused on the HJ for this post,also some poems/hymns,i love the gothic script in these books,i have a steadily growing HJ/BDM/RADwj book collection.here are some photos.there are some great full size photos.:shok_yikes:

danke,
silas

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Hello there, I’m am not going to buy this but still want to ask you and get some education
Is it good and is it true that there it only was 1000 examples of this ring made?
The seller wants 1623 Euro / 1761 USD for the item.

Have a nice weekend!

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In the early stages of collecting Transitional helmets had less appeal to me , in the stage where I am at now I absolutly adore them.

Before the war soldiers wore these helmets before the M35 shell came into mass production. We know the SS used black Austrian shells , first with painted insignia and later with decals.

Transitional helmets were pretty much used during the entire war.
Germans soldiers were wearing them during the Blitzkrieg in Poland , the low countries and France.
Almost all double decal.

Mid to late war single decalled Transitionals popped up and a lot of them reissued in 1942/43 and 44. Repainted and re-decalled and often also re-linered.
Seen on photos of the Normandy campaign and Volkssturm.

Because there are so many configurations it is often really hard to date these helmets , especially the double decalled ones.
In my opinion the earliest ones carried a Pocher decal or a W Abels decal. The W Abels decal never really got used in quantity on any M35 shells.

I’ll show you some examples.

I acquired this one this month :
M16 shell with Pocher decal and early WW1 style liner.
Part of the WW1 chinstrap was included.

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Hey guys,

Just wanted some opinions on these.

Thanks,

Robbie

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Has anybody seen German m1989 shortened in such way ?

Or is it still German - if not, to wich country it may belong?

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