Hello imperial members. I would like to get your opinions on this nice set. I haven't seen another imperial document completely written by hand. Is that normal?
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From what I can tell it looks like a nice set
There are many Urkunde written by hand I immagine bacause of a shortcoming of printed documents. I myself have 2 handwritten award documents.Comment
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Really? I have one Italian WWI and one German imperial but both are printed except the name of the soldier who was awarded.
Thanks for your help Lee
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No problem Here are some of mine. The handwriten one is for a wound badge and the other 2 are typed for an EK2. I have more but they are all printed but I have seen many handwritten award documents especially from the first world war. Sorry for the bad photos its dark here
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Shoot I typed that wrong. One of the EK2 documents is handwritten and the other 2 are typed. I origionally only wanted 1 example of each with award but these are not expencive and easily found.Comment
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Yeah dude, easy for you to say since you live in Germany
Ask me. i have to buy everything online and in higher prices too.
I can see a date 17.08.1881 on the hand written doc. What is that? The date of birth of the soldier? Unfortunately i don't speak German. It's sad coz i have so many things hat i can't read and i would love to. Recently a German friend who lives here in Cyprus came over a week ago and translated me some docs that i have from a group of a pioneer soldier.
I was very happy to hear all those things.sigpicLooking for the photo albums of Leutnant Emil Freitag, 3. / G.R. 377Comment
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Ok I can sympathise with you
I myself am not fluent yet in German
I would look on German ebay for EKs with documents. Its especially hard with the old style writting. Many Germans including my wife cannot read it. Yes it has his date of birth and where he's from.
Best Regards,
LeeComment
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You don't speak fluent German yet? Aren't you German?Originally posted by LeeJ View PostOk I can sympathise with you I myself am not fluent yet in German I would look on German ebay for EKs with documents. Its especially hard with the old style writting. Many Germans including my wife cannot read it. Yes it has his date of birth and where he's from.
Best Regards,
Lee
I know what you are talking about (old style writing). My friend also said that the writing is an old style and it was difficult for him to read some WWI postcards.
Ebay is not a good place for buys. I used to be an everyday buyer but when i found this estand here, i stopped both ebay and ioffer. This estand has everything a collector needs
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No. Im American. I was stationed over here for over 6 years in the Army but I was never home and my wife didnt want to leave her family and go to the States so I got off active duty and stayed here with her. My dad speaks German and my Grandfather spoke Swedish because my Grandfathers side were Sweeds and my Grandmothers side were Irish but I do not use a hyphen to seperate. I am an American. I come from a huge Military lineage going back to the Revolutionary War. I like this estand as well even though I have not bought anything on it but I find alot of prices outside Germany to be unrealistic. I have actually gotten alot of my collection off ebay. Alot of people talk bad about it but I have had better success from ebay than dealers. I find the copies on ebay to be easier to identify than the copies dealers sell. I have also had the chance to buy things from family members as well on ebay and some of them have given me extra stuff for free after I bought an item from them.Comment
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Very nice cased EK set, I like it very much
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Maybe German ebay is better, i don't know. I would love to have the opportunity to get stuff directly from the family. But as i said, unfortunately i don't know the language and it's annoying to use the web and translate every item you find.Originally posted by LeeJ View PostsigpicLooking for the photo albums of Leutnant Emil Freitag, 3. / G.R. 377Comment
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Thanks VinceOriginally posted by VtwinVince View PostVery nice cased EK set, I like it very much
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Thats true. Even though alot be people can speak some english I always communicate in German. When I mention ebay Im always refering to .de. I dont know if the others are good or not.But as i said, unfortunately i don't know the language and it's annoying to use the web and translate every item you find.Comment
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