October 11, 20196 yr #2 Pip, the two medals far right are "Ehrenkreuze für Frontkämpfer". The very common medal was founded for WW I participants in1934. The medal in the center is a Kriegsverdienstkreuz WW II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Merit_Cross The shoulder boards far left look like WW II Hauptmann boards. Unsure about the piping yet. Black & white COULD BE Luftwaffen Felddivision Pioniere but as I said I'm not sure about this. Could we see some close-ups of the boards, please. The brass bomb looks like a piece of trench art, isn't it?
October 11, 20196 yr #5 The butterfly pins are not (German) military. Could you post a picture taken from the side of the shoulder boards, so we can see the piping/corps colors.
October 11, 20196 yr #8 I have a set of reserve Pionier boards on a tunic and they look exactly like that.
October 11, 20196 yr #9 So the corps colors are black on light grey. Referring to Brian L. Davis "German Uniforms and Insignia 1933 - 1945" I would say Hauptmann, Heer, Pionier-Bataillon 22 (Captain, 22nd Army Engineer Bn). As far as I can see your medals are real ones. I'll leave it to the experts to tell you if the boards are real WW II ones or modern repro or a put together.
October 11, 20196 yr #10 The double backing on the boards means a reserve pionier +1 You're right, I forgot this in my post, Reserve Pioniere
October 11, 20196 yr #12 The bomb is not trench art it is a lazy dog projectile easiest way to describe it is to look it up on Wikipedia unsure of what time. Probably Vietnam eraquote name="Proud Kraut" post="2530078" timestamp="1570808287"] Pip, the two medals far right are "Ehrenkreuze für Frontkämpfer". The very common medal was founded for WW I participants in1934. The medal in the center is a Kriegsverdienstkreuz WW II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Merit_Cross The shoulder boards far left look like WW II Hauptmann boards. Unsure about the piping yet. Black & white COULD BE Luftwaffen Felddivision Pioniere but as I said I'm not sure about this. Could we see some close-ups of the boards, please. The brass bomb looks like a piece of trench art, isn't it?
October 12, 20196 yr #13 The bomb is not trench art it is a lazy dog projectile easiest way to describe it is to look it up on Wikipedia unsure of what time. Probably Vietnam era. Very interesting! I wasn't aware of the existence of these small "stubby" ones. Only new the French variants that looked like darts.
October 12, 20196 yr #14 The two medals on the right are the Honour Cross (or Hindenburg Cross) and your ribbons mean they were issued for non-combattants. Nice display medal that is an affordable Great War German item.
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