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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 3969404, member: 29458&quot;]These are my fathers WWII medals, he celebrated his 99th birthday yesterday.</p><p>He served from 1939-1946</p><p><br /></p><p>He stayed on until 1946 to help clear Calais of German mines.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among other things he destroyed many German trains on the Dutch coast with a Bofars cannon.</p><p><br /></p><p>He also captured a U-Boat in the Atlantic at the very end of WWII.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1044425[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandfather served in the Infantry in WWI but was shrapnel wounded in Ypres in 1914.</p><p>He was awarded several medals however the Germans got a second bite of the cherry, the Luftwaffe&nbsp; bombed his house in WWII and his medals and everything else was destroyed.</p><p>He survived as did my mother and siblings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my medals, obviously not WWI or WWII </p><p>They are classified for security reasons so what you see is what you get.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1044457[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve collected coins for decades but&nbsp; I started collecting&nbsp; medals around 15 years ago.</p><p>I got these some months ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were looted war booty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nazi civilian cross of honour, Der Deutsche Mutter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cross of Honour of the German Mother, an award instituted following a December 16, 1938, decree by Adolph Hitler to encourage German women to bear more children.</p><p>It was awarded by the Nazi Party in Hitler&#039;s name, with his signature engraved on the back.</p><p>A recipient could be nominated by the Party or a government official and had to be of pure German origin and good character. The medal was issued in three levels: first class, gold, for mothers with eight or more children; second class, silver, for six to seven children; third class, bronze for four to five children. The medals were awarded from 1939 to 1944 to more than three million German women.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1044459[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>German Eastern Front.</p><p>The Eastern Front Medal (German: Medaille „Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42“) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to both German and Axis personnel. It was awarded to those who served on the German Eastern Front during the winter campaign period of 15 November 1941 to 15 April 1942</p><p><br /></p><p>The one on the right is a die struck aluminium award for civilian air raid personel.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1044461[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Medals for the Spanish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Francos neutrals<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spanish volunteers to the Nazi cause. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Blue Division officially designated as División Española de Voluntarios by the <i>Spanish</i> Army fighting in Russia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1044464[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some other German stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1044465[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1044466[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have many other medals, some from the Boer War, some from the Crimea War, and lots of WWI.</p><p>Too many to show right now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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