EKII's and want to lightproof a window....
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The plywood is covered with cloth and hinged for ventilation. The EK's are hanging on solid brass escutcheon pins. -
I like it
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Yes this is very neat, Thanks For sharing!!! I once saw a case in the shape of a EK on ebay and it was filled with EKs 
This reminds me of it.
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In a Russian museum.Comment
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Rich, Wow!! Whats the story behind that?
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Not sure,all I know is that the pic.(which I think I got off this site anyway!),is from a Russian museum.Maybe if you do a search,you can find the original thread.Comment
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Hello
I am nearly sure that this photo comes from the Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow. I paid it a visit at the beginning of the 90s.
I remember perfectly well all this EK stuff even if the display was radically different from the photo posted by Rich.
I wa said that all this EK (most of them being EK2, very few EK1 and no RK, trust me) were captured by the Soviet forces during their first Winter counter offensive in 1941-42. The EK were originally intended to reward the German troops who would have been seized of Moscow. They are mint as they were never issued. I've also seen a cardboard box full of EK2 on a Russian wartiem photo but I don't know if both can be connected.
In the same museum, you could also see all the regimental flags who were captured and used for the victory parade on the Red Square in Moscow in May, 1945. There were several tens of them even if I don't remember the exact number. There was also the Adolf Hitler Standarte.
Except this items, there was almost nothing else. Quite disapointing for a collector of German artifacts. At that time, Russian authorities doesn't want to exhibit too much Fascist items. I don't know if it is still the case.
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heres my small collection of them, i'm still looking for where i put them??????????
these were being used for the burying their dead.
greg kLast edited by Gregory Koepp; 05-17-2003, 12:35 AM.Comment
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