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#309037 06/19/2015 04:22 PM
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hi,for sale on uk ebay, is it fantasy or real?

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polop #309041 06/19/2015 07:59 PM
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Hi Bonny
I saw that on eBay UK as well, I think I've seen that before and that it's real. Just IMO though,
Mike

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hi bonny
i have never seen a ring with this saying i think it means straf england and in my opinion im not 100 percent sure but it looks real lets see what gaspare has to say or odel from germany if its period i think its an odd ball thats for sure best of luck andy militarynut

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hi, according to the seller, it translates as GOD PUNNISH ENGLAND. mike

polop #309053 06/20/2015 05:48 AM
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that's an odd one! , Is it a mass produced ring? Or a 'trench' made type thing? any other photos at all??

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there are more pics on UK EBAY. mike

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WW I i would say...good?....i don`t no, but "Gott strafe England" was common in WW I.


�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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I'm wondering, odal if the "strafe" sentiment/motto/ring inscriptions for ww1 became "gegen" in the airplane engraved rings of ww2?

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I can`t remember a WW II item with this words, but a lot WW I stuff.

The "wir fahren gegen Engel(l)and has ist origin in the famous song i would bet wink


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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."

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