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Well off for the rest of the week. I hope to find a ring at the SOS for my collection. As the years go by finding something new becomes a problem , but a good problem.
I'll try and get some photos of whats there in Honor rings and private purchase.

So have a good time there and good luck in "hunting"

Have a good time, G.....and do not forget HR repro pics

Ric

Gaspare, have a good time there and good luck!! May many nice rings accompany you on your trip back.

Benten

Well another SOS has come and gone.. I picked up no rings. In fact there were more fakes than authentic pieces.

There were only a few fake Honor rings and maybe 10 authentic Honor rings.
Even less authentic private purchase.

For me it is a chance to see my old buddies in person at a place we can have some fun at. Plenty of things to see, long days on your feet on concrete floors. Poor food, bad drinks but we all love it and wouldn't miss it for the world.

For those that have never seen it its hard to imagine over 1000 tables full of all sorts of militaria. It IS a site to behold.
Poor photos this year,[and not many] many wouldn't give permission, and we were busy on the hunt. The photos don't do the place justice but here they are.

There is a little bit of everything.

Here some WHW sets.

like I said,,something for everyone!

Some WW1 , and a little Japanese..
Actually there was a lot of Japanese and many German collectors are switching over..

our table neighbors always have a great selection of WW2, Korea, Viet Nam, U.S. era fighting knives!

Reproduction DE from Reddicks..
and,,,

Craigs authentic DE.

At Craigs table , the toast of the show ,,the AH desk set,,again the photos don't do it justice, it's a beautiful piece..

Just a tiny tiny bit of some very nice pieces that were there..

A couple nice Repro HRs for sale by a forum member.

,another, an old copy, in wear longer than the war lasted!

I didn't see everything,, but I'd say there wasn't 10 authentic private purchase rings there!

Couple of the better PP rings.

Here's a unique one.

Appears to be a custom made piece. No telling if it's period or not.
Don was there with the buyer and myself. Each of us studying it. Don stated the skull was the same size as the early HR skulls, and the band is very close to specs also.

I noticed and can be seen here that the skull is a separate piece soldered on.
Who knows what this can be? , a ring for one who didn't qualify for a HR and just had to have one.
A SS vet who had it made up afterwards.
A soldier from another branch of service [non SS, - KM? Heer? Luft.?] who just had to have one of those cool rings and had this custom made.

- can tell you the silver has a nice tone. That the quality looks to be period,nice work on it and a happy new owner..

So thats it, promise to take more photos next year and a better HR report...Until the next SOS!!

Much thanks G. for this very interesting impressions!

Gaspare thanks for your SOS report.
Benten

Hello G.,

a big thank to make me feel there...

R.

Wow, that is an interesting ring, Gaspare. Definitely worthy of further study. I bought 1 original SS Ring from the family of the veteran - they came in on Friday or Saturday. I will post pictures later. I also bought 1 private purchase ring that I want to get you copies of for your book. As is the case with any private-purchase ring, it's hard to judge with certainty the authenticity, but this one looked good enough for me.

G,
Thanks for taking the time to update us on the show. Very much appreciated!

Great photos sorry I missed it but looking forward to the Max show definitely this year.