A very light weight coin. Hungary, Ferdinand I as king 1526-1564 AR dense, 16 mm, .44 gm, 2h 1542 K-B (Kremnitz Mint) Obv.: FERDINAND *D*G*R* VNG 154Z*. Arms. Rev.:*PATRONA* *VNGARIE* Virgin Mary, crowned, enthroned facing, holding infant Jesus; across field, K-B
Nice! I have always liked these affordable little hammered silver early-dated coins, and wrote a thread about them some time back.
Either Meow is speaking some feline dialect which is totally unfamiliar to me, or I’m just clueless on the reference. Probably the latter.
OK... Well remember about the Zimmerit reference? A Tiger P is a prototype Panzer VI Tiger tank. They decided to go with The Tiger H (Henchel) and not the (P) Porche. So, the 100 hulls the made in the (P) was not wasted by mounting a citadel with a 88mm L71 turning into a Jagpanzer (hunting tank). They called the new vehicle a Ferdinand (After Ferdinand Porche)
I do remember that discussion, dimly. And I'm a WW2 history buff. Just wasn't hip to the subvarieties of Tiger tanks. And you lost me (and likely most of us) with the Ferdinand connection. But it makes some sense now. Sorta. Edited to add: shouldn't kitties like yourself be more into studying species of tasty fish, or perhaps the best hunting techniques for small mammals, rather than WW2 German armor? Just wondering. Then again, I suppose you could just be a rather well-rounded feline. Or the reincarnation of Heinz Guderian or something, maybe.
Ferdinand I (1526 - 1564 A.D.) Hungary Denar 1536 O: *FERDINAND·D·G·R·VNG·1536 R: *PATRONA·-·VNGARIE 15mm 0.6gms Ref: Unger III:745.a/1536, Huszár: 935/1536, CNH III:40/1536,
My Uncle (bandaged head) was a Königstiger ace 66 kills vs Soviets/ won Ritterkreuz at Narva sector . Porsche designed the KonigsTiger and JagdTiger too. Plus Panther. The Ferdinand was poor in Kursk Salient. The others best tanks of WW2
Here are my Ferdinands.... Holy Roman Empire /Hungary/ Ferdinand II AV Dukat 1633 K-B Kremnitz Mint Holy Roman Empire /Hungary/ Ferdinand I AV Dukat 1531 K-B Kremnitz Mint Austro-Hungarian Empire/ Ferdinand V AV 4 Dukaten 1848-A Wien Mint Duci Mantova e della Monferrato Ferdinando Gonzaga ND 1612-26 AV Quadrupla =4 Scudi d'oro
Well, that is why the Tiger P was rejected. The dual electric drive was too unreliable. Adding a 88m L71 did not make it any better. Is that photo from the award ceremony? Does the OberSturmbannfuhrer have it in hands there?
Yes /Friedrich Herzig himself was awarded Knights Cross in April 29 1945. One of the highest scorers Kurt Knispel 188 Soviet tanks + 190 Guns destroyed, NEVER was awarded Knights Cross since he looked unruly and never saluted higher ups! AS you can see in foto he looked like a rockstar then a panzer ace.
First time I heard that! But you are correct most cats do not travel in packs/ Lions kinda in their pride/ but that a family unit. Come to think of it the armored Big Cats also were lone hunters decimated hordes of T-34s even Josef Stalin 1/2s
