What is your most wanted item! I mean a regular item that is for sale. So for example the Knight's Cross with the gold oak leaves is out.
I know it's hard to choose but try!
Mine is the German Cross in Gold! It's a beautiful thing.

A nice, 1944-dated K98. And an original 7.92 kurz ammunition carton from the Ardennes.

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Volkbert--you can always get a German Cross in Gold from Detlev Niemann--he always has several on hand for appx $1,400.00 US Dollars.

The next item I want badly is a cased 1957 Knights Cross (these are for sale at about $150.00 to $200.00).

In the future--I would like a ww2 Knights Cross.

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I would like an EK1 marked "2" and a Knights Cross with the lazy "2"!!!!! Difficult to find, while I have encountered the KC with the lazy "2" I have not seen the EK1 marked "2".

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Greg

Damn Greg--its about time I got you here wheres Gary? I need him to post those pics in the militaria section and to get you to post your EK collection there too--especially the cased pieces and the 1870 with the 1914 spange.

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By the way--good choice for an avatar--I wonder what Gary will choose--if not his own neck order.

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Hey Carl, I really need to get a camera. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Gary needs to participate in this forum as well.

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Ive been trying to get him here too but, I think he has been drinking too much BEER. He did post pics of my Flandern and mini Flandern Crosses on the thread about them I think in Imperial forum at Wehrmacht. Rick.L went crazy over them. I think im going to collect Freikorps and Imperial a bit more than ww2 stuff for awhile (when I get another job--that is)

Im trying to get him to post pics of the twin ribbon bars, and the ex-stogiman rick bar I got. I know Rick.L will flip out on those as well.

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When you say his own neck order, do you mean the CMoH?

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"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

My most wanted Item would be a CCC-preferably Silver, but I will take it any way I can get It...

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, the CCC in bronze is affordable. I recently bought one from Baldes for €180. The bronze finish is almost gone but the clasp is still beautiful.

Hello Ryan--no he had a German Order of the Eagle neck order. These are also very rare but not worth as much as a Knights Cross

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I almost forgot.... He does have three MoH's in his collection. I also know a guy that lives about 120 miles away from me that has 25 MoHs going back to the Civil War to modern times. He also has 7 Knights Crosses, and I think 20 Victoria Crosses. He also has one of only 20 known examples of the German Cross in Gold with Diamonds. 10 of these are supposed to be at West Point military museum. He has the only one in private hands, and the other 9 knoiwn examples of this award, have been missing since the end of ww2.

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OK, I finally found you guys! I need to figure out how to post an avatar picture. Anyway, how about this for starters.

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Thats a VERY nice start. This is a picture of my Luftwaffe Pilots Badge made by Assmann. Its my favorite badge and I think Assmann makes better-looking badges than C.E.Juncker does. Friedrich-Orth (F.O.) is my next favorite badge maker.

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Luftwaffe Pilots Badge bumped up for Gary and Erich.

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What a gorgeous award ! Very clean too Carl ! Congrats. Still would like to get my hands on a long or short range night fighter clasp....but I know what I would be looking at monies wise....

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Great badge Carl!

Erich-Volkbert--thank you. The pilots badge actually looke better in person and cleaner. Its the nicest one I have ever touched. I picked it up a few years ago for $350.00 and thought i had paid too much for it at the time. Now they are goingfor upwards to $700.00 $750.00 which I think is outrageous.

Erich--you can get Nightfighter Clasps in about the $300.00 range. Weitze and Detlev are probably your best dealers to get them through.

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