| General Wehrmacht Awards Service Awards ("Flower War", Honor Cross, Long Service Awards, West Wall Medal), Honor Awards and medal/ribbon bars. |
09-30-2012, 01:33 PM
|
#16
|
|
Member
Robert J.D. is offline
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South West USA
Posts: 181
|
Here is mine in an interesting state of wear, exposing the tombak base metal.
Rob.
Last edited by Robert J.D.; 09-30-2012 at 01:54 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
09-30-2012, 01:45 PM
|
#17
|
|
Association Member
Woolgar is offline
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Bomber County
Posts: 9,658
|
Super examples !!
Here is my P&L
Nick
__________________
 "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
|
|
|
|
|
09-30-2012, 01:47 PM
|
#18
|
|
Association Member
Woolgar is offline
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Bomber County
Posts: 9,658
|
,,,,,
__________________
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
|
|
|
|
|
09-30-2012, 01:48 PM
|
#19
|
|
Association Member
Woolgar is offline
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Bomber County
Posts: 9,658
|
.........
__________________
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
|
|
|
|
|
09-30-2012, 02:34 PM
|
#20
|
|
Member
baldy1939 is offline
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hell on Earth
Posts: 3,980
|
here is my 8 year
|
|
|
|
|
09-30-2012, 02:35 PM
|
#21
|
|
Member
baldy1939 is offline
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hell on Earth
Posts: 3,980
|
,
|
|
|
|
|
09-30-2012, 02:54 PM
|
#22
|
|
Member
josh105 is offline
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,456
|
Great stuff guys! I'm really happy this thread has come out now.
I am currently working on a reference book for Long Service Medals...
It's time we had an all encompassing reference that was dedicated to long service medals.
This thread helps a lot - although I probably won't get to SS LSM until the new year!
Again - great looking medals fellas!
PS - if you'd like to be a contributor please message me, also I'll be messaging some of you in the near future for ideas/specifics as well
|
|
|
|
|
09-30-2012, 04:59 PM
|
#23
|
|
Association Member
peterm is offline
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Austria
Posts: 5,944
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by joshlichty
Great stuff guys! I'm really happy this thread has come out now.
|
I can only agree! 
Kind regards, Peter
|
|
|
|
|
10-01-2012, 11:11 AM
|
#24
|
|
Member
collecter is offline
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chatham Kent UK
Posts: 1,355
|
My 8yr medal unfortunately it has a couple of scratches on the reverse.John
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2012, 04:41 AM
|
#25
|
|
Member
J C Gray is offline
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 2,364
|
I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that the reason that these medals had been attributed to 'Deschler' and 'P&L' was something to do with these firms having used similar eyelets to the ones found on the SS-DA; can anyone confirm or add to this???
|
|
|
|
|
10-02-2012, 04:10 PM
|
#26
|
|
Association Member
CurtD is offline
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,569
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by J C Gray
I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that the reason that these medals had been attributed to 'Deschler' and 'P&L' was something to do with these firms having used similar eyelets to the ones found on the SS-DA; can anyone confirm or add to this???
|
Yes, that was the reason. But, I tried to verify this and didn't get very far. I believe I found 1 other Deschler medal that had a similar eyelet, but it wasn't exactly the same as this SS 8. I couldn't find any P&L medal that had the same eyelet as has been attributed to them. We should probably just call them type 1 & 2.
__________________
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Hanlon's Razor
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 02:58 AM
|
#27
|
|
Member
J C Gray is offline
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 2,364
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by CurtD
Yes, that was the reason. But, I tried to verify this and didn't get very far. I believe I found 1 other Deschler medal that had a similar eyelet, but it wasn't exactly the same as this SS 8. I couldn't find any P&L medal that had the same eyelet as has been attributed to them. We should probably just call them type 1 & 2.
|
Thanks for the update Curt.
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 03:03 AM
|
#28
|
|
Member
J C Gray is offline
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 2,364
|
For reference, I will post examples of the obverse & reverse of these two known types of 4 & 8 year awards from my collection...
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 03:05 AM
|
#29
|
|
Member
J C Gray is offline
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 2,364
|
Note that the suspension loops on the Type II have a slightly less rounded appearance than those on the Type I...
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 03:44 AM
|
#30
|
|
Member
J C Gray is offline
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 2,364
|
...and complete with their ribbons...
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
|
|
|
