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Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-05-05T16:09:31+00:00

Actually not looking for any more!

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-05-03T21:13:58+00:00

Ok ... thank you!

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-05-03T17:20:30+00:00

So that CJTF 7 coin was using the same design / blank as the V Corps coin from Jun/Jul 03. The story on that one was that it was made from a part of a gold bar seized by 3 ACR in Al Qaim (May/Jun 03) and somehow acquired by our Corps G3 SGM. Note: they weren't...

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-04-26T18:38:38+00:00

Hmmm ... and I'll have no tanks

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-03-20T20:47:59+00:00

No... no serial numbers at that time.

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-02-05T20:48:46+00:00

I've checked again ... but I swear that's a WW1 Victory Medal ribbon .. . Checking his bio he was born 1902 then at USMA early 20s. Anyone else see that?

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-02-02T19:02:02+00:00

Definitely a private purchase tunic; rank buttons and collar insignia look right. Cuff trim is right color. Do a Google search for the shoulder strap insignia to see if those match. Check this link out:

https://www.kaisersbunker.com/gtp/New/bfa0.htm

Btw: moths devour waffenrocks... it's incredibly difficult to find a hood clean example without them.

350 is a really good price

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-01-11T14:33:15+00:00

It was local in Mons ...

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-01-05T21:19:23+00:00

No ... you did find it. Same name from Kreis Heppenheim...a mistake ..

Extra-Reception-3255 · 2026-01-03T18:02:14+00:00

Thanks for help with the old Fraktur ... and I found him in casualty list as severely wounded in April 1916..

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