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Originally Posted By: odal
and still an other:
This one is pretty cool...

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Oh yes.
Some real nice ones within and also some not so often seen ones too.

Got a Little luck these days. grin
Got a very nice 1931/1932-catalog....and, nearly unbelievable, 2 days later a perfect matching ring.
Silver 800, black Oxyde and the skull still with rest of the gilding.
Sorry the not so perfect pic.

I have the exact same one, maybe not as nice condition (split band) but also a rest of gilding. Allegedly a ground found ring from the Eastern Front.
As I understand it, thisring was produced from 1.WK (WW1) till about 1945? Am wondering when mine was made, but if it was found in the Kessel it was probably worn by a German Soldier in WW2...

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As you see, these rings were sold in this 31/32 catalog, but vor sure still long years ago and years later.


�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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Originally Posted By: odal
As you see, these rings were sold in this 31/32 catalog, but vor sure still long years ago and years later.
Yes... hard to say when exactly, I remember someone saying how these Tank Treads were already sold in WW1...

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I think so too, but i have no wwI period catalog and in the newspapers i have from this time i found no hints of skull rings.
Nevertheless i think they were sold in wwI period too.


�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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Originally Posted By: odal
I think so too, but i have no wwI period catalog and in the newspapers i have from this time i found no hints of skull rings.
Nevertheless i think they were sold in wwI period too.

I think there is even a WW1 picture with this ring... but not sure... or is it some Russian?

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No one more here that wants to show his skull/skulls?
Unbelievable, this forum is full with real nice ones shocked


�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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After a while of searching ....found a period WWI advert for this skull pattern:

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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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and an interesting website to this very chunky Westwall skull

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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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Looks like it does/did have stones in the eyes (?) nice skull- I really like it.

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,,,, More skulls,,
This is a old case I've hd a very long time.

I have these,,the others I posted previously,,about 5 that are cased/boxed , and 5 more that are part of groupings..

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taking some reshoots so here's some more for the topic!

This is a common ring. But,,not in this condition. They are usually bare metal, little or none plating left. This is near mint,,little or really no lifting to the plating..

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some years ago there was a small hoard of these 'Gorilla Skull' rings found from a reliable source.. A few of us were very lucky at the time to get one for our collection!

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,,around 1999 I went to visit my wifes cousins dig in Ukraine.. I've dug a few times and had never found so much as a button!
Then while breaking up a clod of dirt was this beauty.. Very fragile, thin, not much left of it..

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Thats lots of skulls!
And some real nice ones within.
Especially i remember this Gorilla heads some years ago.
Still have one or 2 of them 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
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Originally Posted By: odal
After a while of searching ....found a period WWI advert for this skull pattern:
YES! And now we know they're at least up to 100 years old, or can be. Might have been worn in WW! AND/or WW2...Found in Kurland Kessel (allegedely), it was probably worn by a Landser.

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Originally Posted By: odal
and an interesting website to this very chunky Westwall skull
Love the chunkiness. Don't like the shape of the skull too much... unless the German is thinking of wearing the head of a Mongolian on his finger...but hey that's taste, please don't let it spoil your enjoyment of the ring. And like I said: the chunkier, the cooler in a way...

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Originally Posted By: Gaspare
,,,, More skulls,,
This is a old case I've hd a very long time.

I have these,,the others I posted previously,,about 5 that are cased/boxed , and 5 more that are part of groupings..
Wow that Tank Tread is in MINT condition?! :-o

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That poor little "panzer skull"( sometimes w flowers/poppies on shank I believe..) doesn't seem
To get a seat!!! G if it needs a place to sit, I'm sure I can make a ring seat available for it lol! Very nice selection of rings there- lots of interesting variations and patterns

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Untill some other rings come out i will show one that isn`t so often seen.

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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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Originally Posted By: odal
Untill some other rings come out i will show one that isn`t so often seen.
Looks like a joker

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wow almost looks like its that last ring I posted [Dug]!!

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That's a nice one I have it's brother somewhere- will
Post a pix

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Here is my Joker (the one on the left)


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And the one on the right is same example as the one dug out by Gaspare i believe.
Mine is marked alpacca

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Here's mine..

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Originally Posted By: ado
Here is my Joker (the one on the left)


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Exactly! The Joker says Hi, quite different from the one on the right (which reminds me of the X-wife...)

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Originally Posted By: Mike (aka Byzanti)
Here's mine..
That's it, this one's cool...

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And i thought this is a not so often seen pattern laugh


�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 think we might have a good percentage of them right here lol

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Fine!
Good to see this thread growing.

Okay, let me try again.
A real not so common one:

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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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Oh man odal I love that ring... if u ever EVER wish to part with it- man! It would have a good home here!! Outstanding! Enamel? And the eyes- what material? Red enamel or something else?

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Black and red are both enamel.


�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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VERY nice, odal!!!

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Nobody here that owns a ring of this pattern?
Maybe in better condition.
Or someone that has seen one?


�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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An other "pirate"!
Like to hear opinions about laugh

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Beauty, how about inside pic?


There are less original rings than you think, much less...

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Sorry, bad light, not so good camera and dirt in blush

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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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Love it blush


There are less original rings than you think, much less...

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This is really cool... where does it come from? Never ever sen this one before anywhere else...

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