Christmas Present....57 Style!!!!

[Nigel N]

Firstly, i'd like to take this opportunity to wish all of you guys a very Happy Christmas!!!
Next i'd like to thank a couple of people, Matthias who let me know about this piece, my wife for buying it for me, and Herr Butscheck, for the best possible service!!
Ok, enough talk, my 57er Christmas present this year, is this nice Austrian 5 place medalbar................
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I Like the complete disregard for the normal rules of order and ranking of the medals...............
There are 3 Austrian vets association medals, and 2 57ers............
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A closer look at the medals, starting with an OKB medal for 40 years, Upper Austria...........
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The next one i know little about, i guess a 25 year medal in another vets association?
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EK2, a really nice, early example by S&L.......
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Has the added bonus of being MM'd with the "4"...............
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The Ost is also an early S&L piece, which has the base metal showing thru on some of the high points........
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And finally, another OKB medal for Upper Austria, i like the way the finish has come off, where its been rubbing against the Ost for years.............
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Thanks for looking, and all the best guys!!!!!!!!!
-Nigel

[luftkrieg]

Now that's a Christmas present to be proud of!! A really nice gift Nigel and an interesting addition to your fantastic collection!

Best regards
Pierce

[Tom B]

Beautiful set !!

Merry Christmas Nigel ! What a super Christmas gift !!! You must have been a "Good" boy all year ! My favorite is that fantastic early # 4 EK2 ! Now you can play with it all day long ! Tom

[xmember]

That is a wonderful Xmas present Nigel. You are really building up your collection. Thanks for showing.
Regards,
Rudy

[Frech]

The unknown medal is for 25 years membership in the Upper Austrian War Victims Association (=Kriegsopferverband).

Regards

Christian

[Nigel N]

The unknown medal is for 25 years membership in the Upper Austrian War Victims Association (=Kriegsopferverband).

Regards

Christian

Vielen Dank Christian!!!

And thanks guys for all your comments!!!!!!!!!!!
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[Maciej G]

Hi Nigel. A beautiful gift! Your wife knows what is good!
She must really love you!

Greetings.

Maciej G.