Greetings My Friends,
I picked up a new item from the Estand for my collection recently. It is not a high dollar piece and nothing awe inspiring, but I wanted to share it nonetheless. As some of you know, I have a keen interest in Navy related artifacts, so when I saw this piece for sale at a very fair price, I had to have it. And on that note, let me say thanks to the seller--MILITARYMAN1000 (John)--he is a true gentleman, a trustworthy seller, and a pleasant person to do business with; though I'm sure many of you already know that.
This ribbon bar came from a grouping belonging to Vice-Admiral Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlkhen. He is a somewhat significant figure in the history of Naval warfare because, from July 1944 until May 1945, he served as the last Fleet Commander of the Kriegsmarine.
However, he is not well known in history because of the diminished role of the German High Seas Fleet in the latter years of World War II. Nevertheless, he filled an office held by many notable flag officers before him such as: Rolf Carls, Herman Bohm, Wilhelm Marschall, Gunther Lutjens, and Otto Schniewind
As I said, this is not a high value piece and in fact was cheaper than the last 1939 EKII that I bought. Regardless, I am very proud to have it in my collection because I think that it resonates with historical currency and that's far more important to me than an item's monetary or market value (though it is nice when we find out that we have a gem in our collection that is worth big bucks).
The ribbon bar came as a loose piece and so I spent a little time on the computer and made a simple display for it using a spare riker case. I try to keep these in various sizes stocked in the closet of my collection room. They are available cheaply on Amazon.com and are marvelously handy for all sorts of displays from medals and relic bullets to breast eagles and paper items.
I hope you enjoy seeing this piece as much as I enjoyed preparing it for display and sharing it here.
Kindest Regards My Friend,
Z
I picked up a new item from the Estand for my collection recently. It is not a high dollar piece and nothing awe inspiring, but I wanted to share it nonetheless. As some of you know, I have a keen interest in Navy related artifacts, so when I saw this piece for sale at a very fair price, I had to have it. And on that note, let me say thanks to the seller--MILITARYMAN1000 (John)--he is a true gentleman, a trustworthy seller, and a pleasant person to do business with; though I'm sure many of you already know that.
This ribbon bar came from a grouping belonging to Vice-Admiral Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlkhen. He is a somewhat significant figure in the history of Naval warfare because, from July 1944 until May 1945, he served as the last Fleet Commander of the Kriegsmarine.
However, he is not well known in history because of the diminished role of the German High Seas Fleet in the latter years of World War II. Nevertheless, he filled an office held by many notable flag officers before him such as: Rolf Carls, Herman Bohm, Wilhelm Marschall, Gunther Lutjens, and Otto Schniewind
As I said, this is not a high value piece and in fact was cheaper than the last 1939 EKII that I bought. Regardless, I am very proud to have it in my collection because I think that it resonates with historical currency and that's far more important to me than an item's monetary or market value (though it is nice when we find out that we have a gem in our collection that is worth big bucks).
The ribbon bar came as a loose piece and so I spent a little time on the computer and made a simple display for it using a spare riker case. I try to keep these in various sizes stocked in the closet of my collection room. They are available cheaply on Amazon.com and are marvelously handy for all sorts of displays from medals and relic bullets to breast eagles and paper items.
I hope you enjoy seeing this piece as much as I enjoyed preparing it for display and sharing it here.
Kindest Regards My Friend,
Z
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