Nice groupings for sale over Xmas........

[Steve 5]

Gentlemen, a couple of nice groupings appeared on E-Bay Deutschland over the Christmas week, one for a Legion Condor veteran (sadly unnamed as yet) and a set comprising of a mini chain, frack bar and loose awards (both 57ers and original Hungarian and Rumanian awards) for a BW Oberstleutnant Walter Gericke, an Artillery Major in WW2 attached to A.O.K.6, Army Group South, Eastern front.....seconded to a Hungarian unit in 1941 as an Oberleutnant...interesting set with paperwork provenance..............Did anyone here grab any of the items from either groupings ?
I got four of the Legion Condor vets items (I will post upon receipt) and Gericke's "KvK 1 mit Schwerten" shown below, looks to be a mid produced piece by St u L (I will post further image when in hand) ...........unfortunately due to heavy expenses over the Christmas period I was unable to secure more items(although I did bid !) as these sets were broken up into separate auctions
I have kept images of the Gericke set and will post at a later date in the named groupings thread by Sepp. It appears that Gericke was awarded the BvK am Bande 14/4/1978, although this award was not offered in the group or since........
Prost ! Steve.

[Mustangstje]

Hi Steve,
Was temped for the medal bar, but did not bid. It went for less than I expected for some reason?

Lovely KvK1 by the way! Can't wait to see the other items.

Regards,
Nick

[Nigel N]

Hi Steve!
Well done on your recent purchases, looking forward to seeing them!!!
A lot of nice pieces on Ebay.de recently, several medalbars caught my eye, but I resisted temptation And an unusually MM'd Deumer EK1, among many others!!!!!
-Nigel

[novara]

Hello Steve,

I am the one who caught the EK1. I was considering to offer a pretty amount for the whole set but the seller did not want to sell them together. It is always a shame when they separate groups just for a bigger profit. I am a dealer but I never do it.

Andrew

[Karl S]

I have been away almost completely from collecting for a year now. I havent checked ebay.de at all during this pause. But Im still curious.........Did anyone save pics of this medalbar?

Karl

[Brig]

I don't think I saw either of those groups

[Steve 5]

Gentlemen, please see post # 167 here http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=1#post6745859 for images on Gerickes grouping..................
Prost ! Steve.

[Karl S]

Thank you!

Karl

[Steve 5]

Gericke's KvK I with Swords arrived today...a stunner, St uL made piece, early around 1960 IMO, with solid hinge, IMO from around 1960...the pin is shorter than my other KvK by St u L from the same period...I have tried to show the frosted with polished almost plated highlights !
My first "attributed" KvK !
Prost !Steve.

[Nigel N]

Very very nice Steve!!!
Finish on it looks super quality!!!
Rare to find an attributed KVK1, very few known!!!!!!!!
-Nigel

[Steve 5]

Thanks Nigel ! it is rather nice I will post comparison images with my other one from around the same period on another thread.................The buyer of Gericke's EK I was Andrew, who is letting me purchase the piece from him at the price he paid so the two can be re-united, a big thanks to Andrew for such a selfless act, he is a Gentlemen so as you can imagine I am very happy !! I regret not bidding on the frack bar....but I had other items to buy as you shall see in the next few hours
Here's Gericke's EK I............I will do an image of them re-united when I receive the cross.
Prost ! Steve.

[Nigel N]

That's great news Steve....and well done Andrew!!!!!!!!!!!
-Nigel

[novara]

It's my pleasure, I would feel guilty to sell this one in itself, it is a shame that the group was separated.

[Rik]

I watched the auctions you mentioned. I even bid on the condor spange but it was too expensive for me.

The chain of Gerricke was appealing but the minis with an extra ring connecting it to the chain seemed odd to me.

I got myself these:

[Brig]

I watched the auctions you mentioned. I even bid on the condor spange but it was too expensive for me.

The chain of Gerricke was appealing but the minis with an extra ring connecting it to the chain seemed odd to me.

I got myself these:

Love the chain