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My great-Grandfather fought in ww2 and brought home many German medals as trophies. Many of which I have trouble Identifying. I was hoping you guys could identify one or 2 of them. Here's the first one
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Heres the 2nd one
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That's coat of arms of Paris. That doesn't look like the medal though, more like some ornamental souvenir.
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>>2975953
So where would they have kept it? From what my grandfather told me all the medals were taken off the body of the Germans he had killed.
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>>2975951
Winterhilfewerk charity pin. Sold to raise money for poor folks in winter.
The other thing from Paris looks like a cheapie flea market souvenir, maybe to put on a watch chain or similar.
No actual medals or awards yet.
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Here's an actual medal or decoration. On the left it says "Rhein/Ruhr"
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>>2976117
>1923/24
Sheeit! That's some Freikorps swag.
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>>2976117
From what i found it's a Schlageter badge, it was awarded to former Freikorps members who participated in putting down Spartacist uprisings. It was named after a deceased Freikorps member Leo Schlageter.
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>>2975979
The German probably got it off a dead Frenchman.
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