hunting/shooting medals ????????

[byterock]

I have to disagree with the Quatrefoil in #6 having anything to do with Ireland.

Like many you are getting the Quatrefoil (four leaf clover) confused with the shamrock.

In this case I think it may have more to some form of swastika or sun-cross.

On the very far side on things the Quaterfoil design was also used on the top of Navy headdress to sort of identify Friend form foe but that is more a US Marine sort of thing

as well the Quaterfoil design is the traditional form of archery target in some areas.

[aran]

hi byterock
thanks think ill try that in a few searchis to see what i can come up with
this could realy have anyting to do with anyting i cant even find any info on the olympic medal thats on it and i have seen a nice few on waf and the net but nothing like this one

regards

aran....

[AUSGANG]

Well done Byterock! I stand corrected, sir!

I really like this item! very mysterioso!

[aran]

this is by far the hardest ting i have ever tried to get info on
it realy has me baffeld im running out of ideas

regards

aran....

[byterock]

I will give you a head start

Schützenverein is a gun club

so

schützen

verein

zeven

is

Zeven Gunclub


which I think still exists as

SCHÜTZENVEREIN ZEVEN VON 1848 E.V.

Mückenburg 30A
27404 Zeven
Deutschland

Tel. +49 (0) 4281 491

[aran]

nice one i was not able to translate it the most i could make out zeven was 7 i think. dont know wether i should ring them dont think they would speak english.

do you think you could translate whats on the back of the cross/clover/Quaterfoil

regards

aran....

[AUSGANG]

Keep this link handy, you can translate quite easily with it:

http://translation2.paralink.com/

[speedytop]

Hi aran,

these are (shooting) medals for different events.

The chain is usual for the time. One can find such chains and such medals even today!

Please see here for example:
http://www.steinlueck.de/schuetzen/u...unterrubrik=53

http://www.steinlueck.de/schuetzen/u...unterrubrik=87

four leaf clover medal:
Dem besten Schützen
Wehrmanns-Scheibe
1933
Sch.-V.
Zeven

To the best shooter in the shooting club Zeven in 1933, shot on a special target sheet.


But I must say, some very interesting medals!

Uwe

[aran]

thanks for all the help guys
and if there might be anymore info on these out there
drop me a line

regards

aran....

[streptile]

zeven was 7 i think.

Hey Aran,

7 in German in Sieben, not zeven.

"Zeven" is "seven" spoken by someone with a German accent .

[aran]

Hey Aran,

7 in German in Sieben, not zeven.

"Zeven" is "seven" spoken by someone with a German accent .

got a good laugh out of that nice1

[AUSGANG]

Here is a similar item on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/WW1-WW11-German-...item4a9f1b8642

You can follow the auction and see what it sells for.

[juoneen]

If they are around 25mm each they may be a womans bracelet, but its difficult to tell the size.
I have a shooting necklace from a german screw manufacturing factory shooting team that was found in a safe by a GI i knew when over there in ww2.
But they are all named , and silver marked, so common sense tells me id say the things gotta be worth a few hundred anyway.
There are people who specificly just collect shutzen medals. I used to have a guys name that looked just for things relating to just shutzen , but if they are larger than 25mm each probably double what i said. They are all very nice. You must keep in mind The US dollar is weak, and so less than that is basicly giving the thing away. We have to fly by the seat of our pants on some of this stuff. Good luck, but i find nothing detrimental about this set, they are very nice anyway.

[aran]

they are all over the 30mm mark. the potsdam is 40mm and the cross is 45mm

regards

aran....