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last one or is it 
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FABULOUS examples guys!! really!! keep them coming...
*ringman,,your "last one or is it" example,,is that a 2 piece?
Heres a high copper content brass one. Had at one time a silver wash.. Thie is a West Front example..They made the exact ring also in West Wall...:
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yes two peice G ilike that last one never seen one before  E
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Wow!
I would be happy about any of these rings!!!
cheers
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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
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I agree with you odal, I would be happy too. Gaspare, I like the design of your ring. Eamonn , is the cake on the ring German too?  We all deserve a big piece of cake for this nice topic. This topic it's a pleasure!
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strudle of course 
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As many as we have posted here we have just scratched the surface. The West Wall/Front ring is the most multifarious of 3rd. Reich rings.
Here is another. Brass with mat silver wash. Once very common, now you really got to hunt it down:
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ringman,,my 2 piece,, more similar to Bentens:
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nice, very nice.... we are waiting BB
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Hi! I think now it`s the right time to say "thank you" to all members of the forum. Fellows, friends, specially ring man (who starts this topic for me), gaspare and all others: I wish you a merry christmas, a happy new year, health, all other good wishes and, of course, good luck for hunting new rings. For christmas-time pictures from two west front rings on a german christmas-cookie - from his pictures I think ring man would like it  best regards odal / germany
�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
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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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�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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�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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Ha,ha,Excellent Odal.. Thank you..
O.K., we'll have to dig deeper in our collections for more examples...
Wishing all Happy, Healthy Holidays over the coming week!
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Odal, thanks for your nice and festive pictures. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and... many rings.
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Thanks for posting your rings, guys! Belated best wishes for the holidays to all; hope you got to spend Christmas with loved ones........Here's the first Westwall ring I got and still my favorite. Must be one of the scarcer styles as I've seen maybe 3-4 in total. - Cheers, Rob
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Also by the frontal way the text is placed, it gives the impresssion of this fortress you really can't conquer it.
Rob, nice ring and a nice close up!
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good to hear from you BB is that a purpleish tinge in your ring there ?
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Maybe a little, E. Not as much as this common one.
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Another one you see a lot.
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This one has the cheap "flash" plating Gaspare has mentioned here.
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This tiny one must have been a sweetheart ring. I haven't seen another with this face and shank combination, myself.
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BB, your photography skills have really improved,,those are great shots..Never get tired of seeing those beauties..
Couple more. Still in the WW catagory,,this one a bit different ...
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Rob and Gaspare , I had no idea that so many Westwall rings existed ( and I presume there are much more?).
Rob, I complimented you before for your photo's , but Gaspare your skills are very good.
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Benten, there are many more patterns/ styles!
This is one I've had for many years.. Years after I've had it I had come acros a bracelett with a bunch of different medalions on it, tanks, motorcycles, AA guns etc.
The AA gun is the same as the high copper content ring I showed above. And, I also have a motorcycle ring that has the same front as the medallion bracelett,,
,Now this ring with what I assume is a WW bunker.
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This one I been searching for a good example for years. I've seen a couple in really nice shape. Silver wash to band, gilt to front!
My Mother in Law brought me thhis one a few weeks ago from a dig so I at least have an example now..
Kind of tough to see.. Iron cross and oaks on sides. Has 1939 /40..Then a eagle flying, a bunker, 'Dragons teeth' tank trap at bottom and West Wall at bottom....
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The image on the first ring, could be a bunker indeed. Considering the tree, it looks more symbolic ( Symbolism style ) than a real tree and the type of band decoration ... possibly the ring is earlier than ww2 .
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Benten, I'll get a photo of the bracelet with all the emblems up here for you to see. Everything on it WW2 related that's why I figured its a WW piece..
*Members. Any other type West Wall/Front regalia with the exception of the medal please feel free to put them up here*..
Now, here's a favorite of mine. From the same series as ringmans red one,,,,West Wall, 1939-40 and Skull!,Brass, Black Glass! :
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give me give me wounderfull rings on this site in the last 5 weeks let any forum beat these
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 you got it ringman!! This is the first forum for rings and although has went through many changes still the best.. As I've said before I wish we all could have a few HRs in our collections but for some of us it might never happen,so theres many styles private purchase rings to take up the slack,,SO,, **Have a Happy New Year guys,,time for me to head on out for a few drinks to celebrate the new year! 2008! wow man,,unbelievable!! Benten, heres that bracelet. I've had it for many years. Other side has same emblems. ALL these emblems have appeared on a ring. If you look close the AA gun here is the same as the West Front I posted above. I also have the tank and the M/C. A friend of mine has the helmeted soldier with eagle. Now the bunker might be for the West Wall,,or your probably correct and just symbolizes one of the many WW2 bunkers..But lets make believe for this topic its a WW! ,,O.K./ guys,,meet you in Times Square in 1 hour! First few rounds on me!!!!!!!!!!
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Gaspare, then the next rounds for the evening will be on me! A Happy and Healthy New Year !! Your bracelet " Greeting from Denmark" is interesting. Most logicly would be that the bracelets and rings are made for the Wehrmacht to take home as keepsake.
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THATS IT!?! Come on now,,, Don't make me get out the heavy stuff O.K. , a variation of the standard classical West Wall ring. This one Zinc,,has a silver wash at one time...
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Please, if you have photo of WW rings you do not own you can still post them here.
Please credit the owner if you know and make them originals, maybe variations of what we've already posted if need be..Thanks..
*Reverse,,I tried making one once,,got all messed up,,alot harder than it looks..
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Gaspare, very good pictures. Listening to your call, I found some stored pictures from a few years ago, when I didn't acurate book-keeping them ; so I don't know from where they are coming. Still, I hope you like it.
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Another ring from my archive...... Gaspare this one is a bit familiar ....try to find some more pictures.
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The spiral West Wall ring and the accompanying picture are interesting as all get out. I'd like to know more about them. Are the soldiers in the picture making some? Why did they pick that form? Are they made from a symbolic wire or something from the West Wall fortifications? --dj--Joe
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Hi Joe,
Unfortunatelly the text on the picture is blurry.
The ring designs could be inspired by old Germans and Celts motives.
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Joe, originally,,made by bored soldiers. There was miles and miles of scrap wire to use. Yes those are soldiers making the rings!.After it go too big of an operation it was stopped.
Smelling profits the rings were made in the spiral form and many many types by the jewelers / retailers of the time..
That sprial design is seen on many pieces of jewelery of the period as well as in drawings and I think on a few WHW pieces..
*I only have scans of scans of that same newspaper clipping. None clear. I'd love to have a nice clear scan from an original. Anyone?, please contact me thru my email,,thanks..*
*More WW rings..
This is another pattern I've always looked for and can't seem to nail down:
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Benten, Gaspare, thanks. --dj--Joe
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