Genuine 'Dachbodenfund'

[VtwinVince]

Usually when I see this term come up on ebay, I run the other way. Not this time. This little group of items I find quite intriguing, so here they are. For starters, the man's feldspange.

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Next, his Hindy and a couple of pieces of ribbon.

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Here are his Iron Crosses. If someone could shed light on the maker of the EK1, that would be great. It is unmarked and vaulted, and came cased (currently under repair).

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Next up is his DRK insignia, which I'm assuming is for a doctor? I'm out of my element on these

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More of his Red Cross stuff. Anyone ever seen a Schnalle like this one before?

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Here are some more of his ribbon devices.

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Next up is a patriotic card issued by the DRK to wounded comrades at Christmas, complete with an Iron Cross cut from a leaf and some French foliage

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Here is a little souvenir booklet, with pictures of towns 'destroyed by the French'

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And finally, a couple of souvenirs he brought back, a Scottish regimental cap badge and a nasty piece of shrapnel. I'm currently trying to get a Red Cross award which the seller has and obviously goes with the group. Your comments are appreciated on this little 'Dach-Baden-fund' (sorry for the pun).

[Chip M]

Vince,

The collar tabs are WWII vintage.

Chip

[Roglebk]

Here are his Iron Crosses. If someone could shed light on the maker of the EK1, that would be great. It is unmarked and vaulted, and came cased (currently under repair).

Think the core with the "slim looking Crown" is found in WS marked crosses.

[saschaw]

Nice group, and such a bar gain. You're lucky I missed auction's end.

Last ribbon on the ribbon bar: Is that the Weimar era/Third Reich red cross award?

Did it come with a name? One could check, but would hardly (actually: not) identify him from what's there.

The red cross bar is from Hassia - not to common!

[VtwinVince]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the comments. Sascha, I thought you might like this group. There is a name in the booklet, looks like Herrmann, but no last nameHopefully I will be able to get the DRK decoration and some feldpost that goes with this group.

[streptile]

If someone could shed light on the maker of the EK1, that would be great.

Hi Vince,

Nice little group! I don't know the maker of the EK1, but I wonder if it could be related to this maker? Hardware is similar.

Sascha,

I don't know if this was supposed to be a pun, but if so it's a very good one

Nice group, and such a bar gain.

[saschaw]

No pun inteded...

"Herrmann" might be a last name? Or is it obviously his first name from what's written there. That won't be enough, with about 7,000 Zähringers (BZ3bX) in WW1...