Your Freikorps / Weimar period favourite 2014!

[Sergeant 08]

The end of the year is near.

Time for showing our favourites of 2014!

[Sergeant 08]

I have some favourites. This was only one in 2014!

Every collector knows, a hard job to find a MWH badge in these days.

[Masch19]

Your Freikorps / Weimar period favourite 2014!



Lettow Vorbeck

[Sergeant 08]

A ground dug?

[Kikiko3]

My first freikorps item (besides 4 really good books).
Bought it just because i needed a 3piece ribbonbar and because i liked the colour combinations of the ribbons. Turned out to be freikorps when i posted it on WAF, sparked my interest in freikorps awards

[Sergeant 08]

My first freikorps item (besides 4 really good books).
Bought it just because i needed a 3piece ribbonbar and because i liked the colour combinations of the ribbons. Turned out to be freikorps when i posted it on WAF, sparked my interest in freikorps awards

A good start, welcome in the world of Freikorps!

[Brian L.]

a rare ribbon bar.

[Sergeant 08]

Brian, I can't believe that you don't have a favourite, which you can show us!

[Sergeant 08]

In the meantime another one from me.

Wehrwolf!

Unused insignia and badges made by S&L in 1924.

A dream for a Wehrwolf collector!

[Kikiko3]

A good start, welcome in the world of Freikorps!

Thanks. Saw a bunch of SE ribbonbars too, but sadly it was at the end of the day so no money left. Hoping to find the same guy again next year

[Brian L.]

Brian, I can't believe that you don't have a favourite, which you can show us!

It's hard to pick for the year, I've had so many. But, I'll post this one as it's quite rare and I like it a lot.

A set to a member of Freiwillige Minensuchverbände who served as a volunteer in the Nordsee in 1919 clearing mines.

[Brian L.]

or, maybe...see...it's so hard to pick just one. And the year isn't over yet. More coming.

1/ Freikorps von Petersdorff armbadge (1st pattern)

2/ Iron Division medal.

[Coburg]

These really are superb pieces Brian

Jim

[Brian L.]

These really are superb pieces Brian

Jim

Thanks Jim.

As I said below, the year isn't over, there's more coming and it's hard to pick just one.

Here's something I just got for a steal on eBay. It was hidden away in the wrong place and I guess nobody saw it. Unfortunately the seller split up his items and posted them in different places resulting in me missing out on his Freikorps Truppen Ausweiss, Cadet badge and GKSD collar badge. I hate greedy sellers who break up groups, which seems to be a common practice among German sellers: no sense of history at all.

Anyway, until it arrives and I can take better pics, these will have to do.

This nice little display was obviously done by the guy himself.

See-Kadett Freiherr von Kleydorff was a member of the staff of the Garde-Garde-Kavallerie-Schützen-Korps in Berlin, as part of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's Marine Division in May 1919. Prior to that and the subject of this display board, he was a volunteer in the mine sweeper service in the Baltic. At the top of the board under his Reichsmarine cap tally is the specialist badge awarded to volunteer mine-sweepers (same as my post below). The letter from his commander in the GKSK, acknowledges his service in mine-sweeper actions.

[Sergeant 08]

Thanks Jim.

As I said below, the year isn't over, there's more coming and it's hard to pick just one.

Here's something I just got for a steal on eBay. It was hidden away in the wrong place and I guess nobody saw it. Unfortunately the seller split up his items and posted them in different places resulting in me missing out on his Freikorps Truppen Ausweiss, Cadet badge and GKSD collar badge. I hate greedy sellers who break up groups, which seems to be a common practice among German sellers: no sense of history at all.

Anyway, until it arrives and I can take better pics, these will have to do.

This nice little display was obviously done by the guy himself.

See-Kadett Freiherr von Kleydorff was a member of the staff of the Garde-Garde-Kavallerie-Schützen-Korps in Berlin, as part of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's Marine Division in May 1919. Prior to that and the subject of this display board, he was a volunteer in the mine sweeper service in the Baltic. At the top of the board under his Reichsmarine cap tally is the specialist badge awarded to volunteer mine-sweepers (same as my post below). The letter from his commander in the GKSK, acknowledges his service in mine-sweeper actions.

I have noticed it. Strange, it was already sold by the same dealer three times. The other Freikorps things, too. The auctions always ended with an auction winner.