Various Items - Input Wanted!

[Grandson]

Hi all!

I am new to this forum and I would like to preface my post with a couple of things. First, I am not a militaria collector, although I am greatly interested in WW2, I simply have a few things that has been in my family for a long time which seem to be what is considered militaria. My grandparents lived in Nazi occupied Norway during WW2 and some of these items belonged to them.

Anyway, I figured I'd post a link to the collection of items here in hope that someone may be able to identify what some of the items are, what era they are from etc. I numbered the images so that they would be easier to refer to.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/norgran...7625939182265/

If I have posted this in the wrong section, I apologize and hope a moderator will move the post to its correct sub-forum.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[ralfsnart]

Hi Grandson. I am new also so I can't help you a whole lot on the items you have. Mostly metals and such by the looks of it. You might find more help in this section.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...splay.php?f=24


Best of luck in your search .

[stray_dog]

Hi Grandson!

1. Spanish "Guardia de Franco" (Guard of Franco) badge. The Organization was founded in the '50s.
2. -
3. Looking at the Iron Cross, it must be some Spanish volunteers veterans' badge? (Probably post war).
4. -
5. 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class, you might want to post this in the appropriate forum to get some learned opinions on it.
6. 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, same as 5 about originality...
7. Mother's Cross, looks fine to me.
8. A 5 Reichsmark coin, depicting Paul von Hindenburg.
9. Can't identify the badge, but the maker was producing badges for the military and maritime enterprises of Norway for quite some time from the '20s onwards.
10. A French badge of the International Military Pilgrimage of Lourdes, which is an annual event. I think that this is a '60s design.
11. A token depicting Pope Paul VI and St. Cristopher. Paul VI was Pope from 1963 to 1978.
12. A 50 pesetas coin, depicting Franco, dated 1957.
13.-

Hope I might have helped a little bit!

Regards, Giorgos

[Grandson]

Thank you!

Wow, lots of information there! Thank you, stray_dog, for all your help. I truly appreciate it!

And ralfsnart, it looks like I've got some reading to do!