My humble collection ....

[Mike Yokum]

Hey buddy,

While not the very earliest, still all three are nice pieces! Nice finish and nice strikes as well. All three have the narrower catches which makes them earlier.

I think the PAB could be classified as "transitional" with the turret not being cut out, but having a solid hinge block.

You know I love anything FJ related, so I'm digging the LGAB especially! NICE!

All in all, three very nice additions. NOW LEAVE SOME FOR THE REST OF US!!!

[Matthieu]

And now my 1st and only eBay victory ... for now that is . A nice & early (?) Demjansk shield.

[Matthieu]

All four prongs still intact and quite some frosting (?) visible ...

[LuckyLuudje]

I am not sure if it is an early shield, I just do not know much about these shields. But it sure is not a very modern shield.
I like it.

[Matthieu]

Finally made some time to clean out my display cabinet and re-arrange some stuff . But in view of lots of new items on the way, I'm quickly running out of space ... oh well, there is always the middle shelf . But how about you guys out there ... I'm curious to see how you have arranged your displays .... come on with the pix !

[luftkrieg]

Very nice display. those medal bars!!

Pierce

[Seewolf]

6 Knights Crosses? I always thought 5

Very nice collection, think you have to buy a new sideboard

[Nigel N]

Looking good Mathys, some great pieces there!! I'm sure you can find room for a few more -Nigel

[LuckyLuudje]

6 cased RK's?

[streptile]

Pretty soon you're going to have to ask a moderator to remove the word "humble" from this thread title!

Very very nice. Are all of your RKs 2nd Pattern, Mathys?

I will post some photos of my display sometime soon. First I have to organize it though! It's all EKs, 1870 through 1957 (still looking for an affordable 1813).

[Matthieu]

Yep, all 2nd pattern ... however, the majority of the cases are modern production. I just bought them as it presents much nicer.

[Mike Yokum]

It's a great looking display Mathijs!

You should be proud!

[Matthieu]

It promises to be a nice week ... Lets start off with the 1st of my recently acquired DKiG ( 2nd one still in the mail ).

[Matthieu]

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[Matthieu]

One can argue its only open-hinge, therefore not the earliest. But amazingly it still has quite some quality to it .