Fledgling new collection

[Ian Hulley]

Good evening gentlemen, please may I pass these medals past you. I just picked them up from a fellow member on the estand and would like to cross-check them.

Italian/German Africa Medal (with known repro ribbon)





Medal 13th March 1938





Medal 1st October 1938





Westwall Medal





Winterschlacht im Osten (maker marked 13)





No disrespect to James who I bought them off but I'm trying to learn German medals and this seemed like a good place to start.

Many thanks for any help and comments.

Cheers, Ian.

[Pepe77]

Ian, All medals you bought are perfectly fine to me You can also check the ribbon rings if they have any maker marks.

[Ian Hulley]

Many thanks Joseph, I was 99.99% certain but we all make mistakes so it doesn'y hurt to have a second pair of eyes over them.

I must apologise for my crappy Fujipics camera ... next time another Canon NO doubt.

Ian

[Antonio Scapini]

Even for me all your medals are originals.

[all1knew]

Even for me all your medals are originals.

agree, nice pickups!

William Kramer

[waffendude]

Nice medals Ian

I especially like the Italian/German campaign medal

Mike

[Skyhawk]

Good selections, and I really like the #13 Ost!

[Ian Hulley]

Many thanks gentlemen, your opinions and kind comments are really appreciated. I'm just at square 1 with medals so hopefully there will be more to assess in the coming months.

Cheers, Ian.

[Woolgar]

Very nice items Ian

A welcome change from collecting SS ?

Nick

[Ian Hulley]

Very nice items Ian

A welcome change from collecting SS ?

Nick

Morning Nick, I haven't actively collected anything now for years having sold all my best stuff in 1995 to pay the mortgage when I lost my job 4 days after our eldest daughter was born. Times were hard and needs must ...

Now we no longer have a mortgage and having watched the German medal prices for some time I feel many if not most have bottomed out and if buying carefully think you can't lose first and foremost as a collection but secondly as something to pass down other than the property, a VW camper and whatever the 2 girls can cash me in for.

Ian

[Woolgar]

Morning Nick, I haven't actively collected anything now for years having sold all my best stuff in 1995 to pay the mortgage when I lost my job 4 days after our eldest daughter was born. Times were hard and needs must ...

Now we no longer have a mortgage and having watched the German medal prices for some time I feel many if not most have bottomed out and if buying carefully think you can't lose first and foremost as a collection but secondly as something to pass down other than the property, a VW camper and whatever the 2 girls can cash me in for.

Ian

Thats how I look at my collection too Ian

Good luck and Enjoy, I look forward to seeing your collection grow!

Nick

[Tony T-S]

That's a great selection. Some long service medals would fit in well too.

[luftkrieg]

All fine medals Ian.

Kind regards
Pierce

[Ian Hulley]

Thank you gentlemen, I'm stalking the estand and on the look out for a gold Mothers Cross and maybe ultimately a Memel and service medals. As I told Nick I can't see me having the degree of EK2itis that he has but I would like a representative cross-section of the range.

I promise I won't be out-bidding ANY of you on a Knight's Cross anytime soon

As I said before many thanks for your kind words.

Cheers, Ian.

[Karl Heinz]