Well, Ethan, do you suppose we should just change the thread name to War Medals, Acknowledgements, and Pictures? Carl sure has some great stuff here, and no one else seems to be posting theirs or their relatives although I am sure there must be a lot out there. KEITH
Thank you ma'am. That's also another reason I posted them here--to keep this topic active and maybe encourage others to share their family history. I would hate to see this one get quickly buried under other postings ;-))
As we understood, we thought this thread was initiated to celebrate
achievements by members family and friends!
Carl you appear to have a lot of relations,
are these photos of some of them??
Yup--im related to every---single--one :lol::lol: And I was under the impression that this thread was to be about also the showings of other Medals and awards. And since ive had emails from a couple as well as PMs and even chats by phone--that they wanted to see my stuff--that's why I posted them and in this thread.
Also, for future purposes. The original photos I collect--I do NOT--collect photos of those killed--I only collect images I like--such as the formerly above--are.
Well, Carl, my friend.....you have me confused. What post are you talking about mailing me something that once cost $135? You nuts? LOL. Please let me know what you mean. Would LOVE to still have my Mom's and Grandpa's Colt .45s. But, sadly, they were stolen by a friend of my Bothers who was in the service and went AWOL....he was doing Cocaine at the time. He came to visit us, (he was a long time friend of the family, and we thought he was on furlough). Next day, we awoke, Kenny was gone, and there were men stationed outside of every window and door to our house. Mom was furious and told the FBI agent who knocked on our door that she was. She said it was a minor infraction and he had no reason to use that kind of force on a family such as ours. She also corrected him on his posture, LOL, but...that was my Mom! They tried to help us get back our guns when we realized they were missing. The one agent personally sent reps around to all the pawn shops and known shady gun dealers. We never even got close to them. Sad thing for the whole family as my Grandpa actually USED his in fighting in WWII. LOL, Mom really won that young agent over. He kept in contact with us for a few years.
So, what are you talking about Carl? Remember [email protected], PLEASE. HAGO Young Man, KEITH
Yup--when I bought this piece--it cost me $135.00 and was just outside the Heidelberg Castle walls where I bought it. I just no longer have a use for it and figgered you would enjoy it more. Ill try mailing it after the year as ive spent too much for Christmas and have a possible lawsuit I have to worry about-unless the guy comes clean and pays me the money he has owed to me and never tried paying me--for over 13 months now going on 14 months. The cheap way out of this for him--is to pay me wht he owes--or give me his AK-47 Rifle. This is the new make the Russians are making and though still nice--just not great piece.
Thanks to my brother in Austin-who had a severe case of the stupids--his friend richard fennel--stole my Grandfatherrs six gun which was a 38-40-or something like that? out of my brother car--(and my brother should never have had that pistol in it) and was a pistol he took off the dead body of one of pancho villas bandits he just killed. Anyway, we cant prove richard stole it but everyone knows he did.
Im still peeved about my rare Novemebr 41--BYF made-Walther P-38 that the police seemed ot have never found yet--but I KNOW a cop had my pistol in his collection nd I was told that by his now retired partner. Grrrrr....
Oh and, im still trying to get Fred to tell me about his service in Nam--just been too busy lately to thunk on it. Im curious to know the years he got all his wounds--where and how. He still carries some shrapnel in his body which causes great pain. Just ate lunch with him today.
You don't have to bribe me with anything Carl, you silly. I still have two sketches I need to send you. Wouldn't have to anyway, KIDDO! KEITH
For the first post: If you still had her .45? I would see if I could buy it from you? That pistol is my all time favorite ever--even over Walthers and Lugers ;-))
On the 2nd post:
Soon as I cna afford to? ill mail it off to you. Its heavy and when I bought it over 12 years ago in Heidelberg, Germany--they then went for $135.00 and I dont know what its worth now but worth probably twice that. Anyway, it needs a new and betetr home to reside in.
Ill try to get motivated and get more stuff on CD then send to Keith for posting in photo bucket for me--after I bribe her with somehting. :lol::lol::lol:
Oh and thank you Keith for merging threads. Helps bunches and I agree-folks-post the stuff you have.
Picture of Mom in the Navy Waves Uniform during WWII while serving in the Bronx, NY
She is very pretty and ill bet she had to be constantly on guard to keep the "Sea Wolves" away ;-))
Thank you Keith, and I have more--but nothing that belonged to my family and is all Imperial, WWII and 1957 German. I wouldnt mind getting my rank insignia posted--has nothing nasty on them (swaz) and really are cool to look at. I dont have those on CD yet but will if I ever get motivated? I have insignia that once belonged to a few famed persons including one who became a Field Marshal in WWII and one was a Grand Duke and such ;-))
These tell what the ribbons were for from post nr 1: I HAD two sets of these cards but a former friend pinched an entire set from me:
I cant remember what thread it was in where Keith posted her Mothers awards and pics so im posting my Grandfathers stuff here. Its not all he had--I dont have any of his WWI stuff-just the WWII stuff--and then only some of that.
The photo is upside down but not Keiths fault:
The actual Medal with matching ribbon bar is the: Merchant Marines Medal For War Wounded--which is rarer than the Medal of Honor. Its not worth a lot in monetary value--around $400--but I wouldnt get rid of it for the World.
The ribbon bars are various campaign awards and such. As I dont know much on American stuff-I cant tell you what they are. The silver star on the one ribbon means that he was in more than one action in that area of ops. Bronze would mean one action.
The greyish looking cross with swords is NOT one my grandfather was awarded--its an Imperial German Award. Its the lowest class of the Bavarian Military Merit Cross with crossed swords. Any soldier from Bavaria could get this award. If you see the award with Blue Enamel on it--these were ONLY awarded to officers.
The "V" pin is a private purchase pin for Victory in WWII. Im not sure what the Naval pin was for?
Hi RK, I answered this....don't know where it went. Happened to me twice yesterday. Anyway, I will answer it better later. If you have any scanned already, send them on with their stories and papers. Hope you aren't really sick! More later, Keith
Hi Keith, I saw your mention earlier today and replied but forget where I saw it? Anyway--nothing scanned yet. Ill not be able to scan my Dads ribbon bars because they are sewn onto his USAF Tunic. Same with his 5th AF patch and his Sergeants stripes--all of which by themselves are highly collectable because--they are all Hand-Embroidered and theater made.
Display MoreOh my goodness, you will be GREAT for our new thread. Sure, scan them, and put who got them and what they are for. I will teach you to post them. very easy and provides a storage space for the pics for you for free.
We can go to the chat room.....don't think anyone every uses it, and I can walk you through posting anything. It is SO much fun seeing your stuff up there. I think you will love it.
And, if for some reason you don't want to learn, you can send them to me via email [email protected] with the explanation and I will post them as say they are from you. But, I think you will LOVE photobucket once you see how it works. MUCH easier than trying to post from your albums on JWMB.
If you have any scanned and saved, send them to me with the explanation and I will post them. Thanks RK. You will really make the thread a PLUS!
Keith
Hi Keith, ill try to get to start scanning but will be at least a week before I can tyr. This coming week ive got drs appts and meetings and such but maybe the week after? I also have so much too. Ill keep in touch with you on what I cna get scanned or on CD and let you know. I dont mind trying to learn but--my computer messes up easily and it would be easire for me to just get them on CD-then mail it to you. I tried a photo bucket? account once--but it never worked so I gave up.
In all--im not sure how many awards I have--probably 50 or so?? most German. The good thing is--is that I have 12 Bronze and Silver Infantry Assault badges--and can only take a pix of one of each if wished? some fo these come with stories though since I got them directly from the Soldiers they were awarded to. Some also come with award documents with unit info, dates and also signatures of commanding officers and such.
Anyway, please let me know how you wish me to proceed? I have loads of stuff--but most will have a swaz on them because they were issued during the war years. The 1957 and the Imperial stuff--will have no swazes on them being from different periods of time.
Oh and, if interested? I also have a decent collection of Officer rank cloth. Only two of these have a form of a swaz or a swaz on them--which are my two collar tabs from the 11th SS Division "Nordland" and the 27th SS Division--which was actually only Brigade in strength) which has a trifos and they were called: SS Sturmbrigade Langemarck. I was good friends for years with that units only Knights Cross Recipient-by the name of Remy Schrijnen.
Thanks RK, I was hoping maybe you might have medals or something you could put together and explain what they were given for? Maybe explain why certain soldiers got a parade review for something heroic, and others got medals. Can't find my grandfather's war stuff, but have it somewhere, LOL. Well, thanks if you can post anything. The Curtiss bomber had its problems, but apparently the Navy really did a number with them from aircraft carriers.
Keith
Hi Keith, ive got tons of medals and awards that I could explain away on. However, most of them were not family issued awards but--I do have some of my Dads stuff as well as some of my Grandads stuff. Most of the stuff I have is German though. The oldest medal I have is from the 1848 Constitution War and is an Austrian-Tyrol Campaign Medal. The newest I go up to is a 1957 Cased Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds and was made for one of the WWII Luftwaffe recipients fo those awards as a wearable replacement for his wartime awards because at the time and still now--its against the law for them to wear wartime badges because of the Swaz on them. These look mostly like the WWII badges--but no swaz.
For my Grandfather--I only have some of his WWII stuff which includes: the Merchant Mariners Medal for War Wounded. These are more rare than a wartime Knights Cross-etx but not worth much on the collectors market unfortunately. These sell for about $400 without case and ribbon bar--I have both. The rest of my granddads stuff are only ribbon bars--several for participating in battles in the Atlantic and Pacific--and other stuff-but none of the medals are in my possession. I also have his "V" Eagle pin-which was jeweler made and is solid silver with painted highlights.
The only WWII thing that survives from my Dads stuff-is hiw WWII Victory Medal and maybe a few ribbon bars. I need to write to the 8th and 5th AF vets sites to see how I can go about finding out what my father earned during both wars so I can get them replaced.
As for the Germans stuff I have--most is WWII but I have Imperial stuff too. The 2nd oldest award I have is an 1870 Iron Cross 2nd class. These can easily go for a rough $1,000 these days. I also had a 3-place ribbon bar that was researched and did belong to the "99 Day Kaiser" which is also from 1870.
IF anyone wishes? I can get these scanned sometime to CD and send it to them to post for me as I have no knowledge or way to post them myself.
Very nice thread and photos of Curtis Bombers are rare.
