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#294841 02/16/2014 10:05 PM
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Any thoughts on this one ? Inside marked ALPACCA.

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I don`t know this pattern, but from this pics it looks like it has a lot of pittings from casting.
Or is it a plated ring with areas of lost plating?
Hard to see on this pics - closer ones would be maybe helpful.

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�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
odal #294893 02/18/2014 08:30 PM
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shots not enough informative
on it shots look like a ... nothing )))

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Come on this one is ground found digged out durring the exploration of the battelfiield near Stettin. This I was told by the owner. I have few more WESTWALL rings from this guy wchich are OK. I just do not know this pattern therefore I ask You for help.

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G. ,
I can tell you ,yes, it is a period pattern. The 2 members that commented are both experienced ring collectors. I've only seen this pattern with a silver content, and unmarked, so that might raise caution with them.

Ground dug stories are great. But it is not a provenance. My wifes cousins were some of the 1st Ukrainian diggers in late 1990. I've met many diggers, been to digs and helped out a bit ,etc. Stories are just that, stories. Some diggers blindly trust other diggers. They buy from each other, trade etc. When the ground stops giving up pieces weird things can sometimes happen.

The ring has to stand on its own.. Yes, some more / better photos will help as this pattern has been reproduced very well. We're critical and sometimes over cautious. We don't want you to waste your hard earned money or get a piece that will take away from the hard work of your collecting IF a fake.

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That's why sometimes ask You guru guys ? I just would like to hear reasonable commens like Yours or odal...

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Piotr

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By yhe way three pieces from the same source bought in a lot...

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All three period known patterns and again they don`t look good on this pic


�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
odal #295061 02/23/2014 09:54 PM
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And what makes You worry ?

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Pittings all over - on this pics the rings look like in bad quality cast ones. So in this case again better pics would maybe helpful.


�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
odal #295091 02/24/2014 07:25 PM
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This three rings are not cast one.

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please correct me if I'm wrong here,,,these last 3 appear to be ground dug. Dug pieces usually don't photograph well, and the pits and marks are usually from being in the ground the last 70 or so years..

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Originally Posted By: Gaspare
please correct me if I'm wrong here,,,these last 3 appear to be ground dug. Dug pieces usually don't photograph well, and the pits and marks are usually from being in the ground the last 70 or so years..


I agree - "pock-marks" from corrosion are very close looking to pittings from bad casting, so good pics are like always the key wink


�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
odal #295241 03/03/2014 11:21 AM
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OK I did a new pictures.

N# 1

West Wall

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N# 2

West Wall

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N# 3

Luftwaffe

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Oh yes!
Good pics and now good looking rings with corossion!


�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
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they're fine......

odal #295310 03/06/2014 09:06 PM
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And the last one for today found for sale. For me unknown - any ideas ? inside marked 855 and letters EX (probably).

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nice photos,,,try and get one of the hallmarks...

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Markings

835 F. starr and kind of cloud see picture

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Looks not bad and i see no red flaggs. Pic of the hallmark is real not good enaugh.
Well known period pattern made by the Frey Company.
Correct hallmaks should be punched in - the content "835", the manufacturers mark "F*" and a latin "Ln" in a half-circle.

Last edited by odal; 03/10/2014 04:13 PM.

�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."

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