OH! Look what is lost in this mess....

[v_asseline]

If you go to Paris soon, visit the Moulin Museum (Mus******233;e Moulin) at Montparnasse. A lot of interesting artefacts. And what you find in this "little mess"? A German Cross in silver...rare, isn't?

[v_asseline]

Close up

[Bob Hritz]

I would rather have the rare bevo Totenkopf collar tab.

Bob Hritz

[Steve Campbell]

That huge eagle would go for a pretty penny also. Plus I see a dagger and a Gordet. Those are never cheap.

[Panzer Rob]

I would rather have the rare bevo Totenkopf collar tab.

Bob Hritz

I agree, Bob! Good eye, I spotted that one too

Rob

[Robert P.]

I know a older gentleman who found one of these large government building eagles in an antique shop in Oregon. He said the guy the antigue shop owner got it from was the vet himself who brought it back from Germany during the war. He cut the wings off to pack it home in his G.I. dufflebag. Working in the shipyards later the vet welded the wings back on. It is made of aluminum.

Robert

[Panzer Rob]

I know a older gentleman who found one of these large government building eagles in an antique shop in Oregon. He said the guy the antigue shop owner got it from was the vet himself who brought it back from Germany during the war. He cut the wings off to pack it home in his G.I. dufflebag. Working in the shipyards later the vet welded the wings back on. It is made of aluminum.

Robert

I think these eagles are more common than most people make them out to be (same goes for the various size and shape enamel Adolf-Hitler-Straße street signs.) A little networking and legwork and you can secure one easier than one might think.

Rob

[v_asseline]

The Eagle come from the Berchestgaden Banhof. All this stuff was bring back by the Leclerc Division veterans (2******232;me Division Blind******233;e).

[Panzer Rob]

The Eagle come from the Berchestgaden Banhof. All this stuff was bring back bye the Leclerc Division veterans (2ème Division Blindée).

Well then, that makes this one quite rare and significant indeed! A great piece of history there. Glad to see it's being preserved AND displayed for all to enjoy.

Rob

[v_asseline]

The Gorget of the Kommandatur of Grossparis I think...

[John Pic]

Would that have been Dietrich Von Choltitz?

[Steinar]

How can a german cross in silver be called rare when they made 1000s of it?

Im just curious

[Robert P.]

How can a german cross in silver be called rare when they made 1000s of it?

Im just curious

They call them rare because they rarely find them in my collection.

Robert