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03-22-2007, 06:02 PM
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FREIWILLIGES LANDESJÄGERKORPS Freikorps Medal
I believe this medal to be an original medal from the Freikorps FREIWILLIGES LANDESJÄGERKORPS...do you think it to be original? I also believe that Reinhard Heydrich was a member of the FREIWILLIGES LANDESJÄGERKORPS in his youth .... does anyone have some further regarding about this unit? Cheers, Torsten.
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03-22-2007, 06:03 PM
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from what references I have found about this, I believe that this particular medal should also be made from silver...but I cannot find any silver contents mark on the medal??? should there be a silver contents mark? Handling it, it certainly does feel and look like it is made from silver ... Cheers, Torsten.
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03-22-2007, 08:48 PM
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Torsten: Here's mine for comparison; I can't guarantee this one is an original either (despite my hopes  ) , but it appears quite similar in most aspects to yours. Also, as with yours, mine has no hallmarks either.
Hope this helps--Gaffken.
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03-22-2007, 08:51 PM
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I am, however, fairly certain that the ribbon here is pretty incorrect (although that's not an issue with yours, of course)
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03-22-2007, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by torstenbel
I believe this medal to be an original medal from the Freikorps FREIWILLIGES LANDESJÄGERKORPS...do you think it to be original? I also believe that Reinhard Heydrich was a member of the FREIWILLIGES LANDESJÄGERKORPS in his youth .... does anyone have some further regarding about this unit? Cheers, Torsten.
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Can you get a larger closeup of any part of the medal? From those photos it has a cast look to it.
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03-23-2007, 03:32 AM
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Can you get a larger closeup of any part of the medal? From those photos it has a cast look to it.
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Hi Brian, I am quite sure that it is not cast! The only other example I could find was shown by Andre Huesken for sale and I would have thought that mine looked very much like the one he showed....this is the only other photo that I have got at the moment...I will take more photos later today when the light is better and when I have more time. Cheers, Torsten.
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03-24-2007, 06:38 PM
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did take a couple more pics during the day...what do you think?
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03-24-2007, 06:39 PM
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03-24-2007, 06:40 PM
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Back in the day, verkuilen Ager wrote the book on these (in the english speaking world)...I would pm him. He may have one for comaprison. What are the weights? dimensions? checked magnetic or not?
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03-27-2007, 01:28 PM
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Back in the day, verkuilen Ager wrote the book on these (in the english speaking world)...I would pm him. He may have one for comaprison. What are the weights? dimensions? checked magnetic or not?
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Hi McCulloh, thanks mate....  I will contact Verkuilen about this ... although, I am kind of still happy that it is a good one...  well, so far anyhow ... Cheers and thanks again, Torsten.
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Good Day! May be somebody has more information on this medal: quantity of rewardings, manufacturing place/firm ? History of this division, structure, disposition etc. Thanks.
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