French Coins and Military Medals from WWI and WWII

Unofficial name of this medal („Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42“): "For frozen meat" or "For frozen a...s". Russian winter of 1941/42 was very cold. A lot of fascists frozen near Moscow. Hitler was a fool. He wasn 't supposed to get involved with us. We were born and live in the cold. It 's our natural habitat. And the Germans couldn 't stand our climate.

 

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This is how they were freezing at us

 

I forgot to post photo of my uncle Karl who was awarded Knights Cross for heroic actions Eastern Front/ March/April 45. He ended War as 24th highest German panzer ace 66 Soviet tanks knocked out Three others in his 503 SS Schwere Panzer Abteilung scored 100+ Soviet tanks, mostly Josef Stalin 2s.
1/ photo with head wound
2/ awarding of medals to him and his crew/ in front of their KonigsTiger
3/ photo of Knights Cross/ OakLeaves/ Swords= 3 Victoria Crosses

 

Nice collection! Interesting thread.

 

France. WW I.

 

UK. WW I.

 

Germany. WW I.

 

Thanks for contributing to this thread! @panzerman , @Siberian Man , @daveydempsey , & @Double Die . Your collections are amazing—even more so because the recipients of the medals that you posted are family members. It would have been fascinating to have been able to talk with them in person. Any participant who survived these conflicts would have been a walking miracle. My grandfather was a WWI veteran who survived some horrific experiences including being mustard gassed. He was in a military hospital in France for months before he was sent back to the U.S. to spend many more months in the hospital.

 

Nice medals. I don't think any nation came even close to the beauty and quality of the French Great War medals.
So sad that these had to be made and issued twice.

 

Here are some of my German States coins...

AV 15 Rupieh 1916-T Tabora Mint/ Deutsches Ostafrika
AV 20 Mark 1913-A Berlin Mint Kaiser Wilhelm II Preussen
AV 20 Mark 1892-H Darmstadt Mint Ludwig IV Hesse
AV 10 Mark 1907-D Munchen Mint Otto I Bayern
AV 10 Mark 1900-E Muldenhutten Mint Albert I Sachsen
AV 1 0 Mark 1909-G Karlsruhe Mint Friedrich II

 

It’s great to hear from other CoinTalk members who share an interest in Numismatic militaria! Maybe in time—the Owner/Webmaster of CoinTalk would consider creating a Military Numismatics Forum.

@Siberian Man , @panzerman , @Double Die , @Seattlite86

 

Luxembourg under the German occupation.

 

Belgium under the German occupation.

 

Northern-Western Russia under the German occupation.

 

Kingdom of Poland as the German puppet state (1916-1918).

 

Grand principality of Finland (as the part of Russian Empire).

 

Grand principality of Finland as the part of Russian Republic (1917).

 

WW I. Bulgaria.

 

WW I. Serbia.