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a bit of a weird topic but.. For photos of soldiers that looks like real winners as far as rings in wear but,,,but a near miss.
Sometimes a lot of money gets spent on these photos the sellers say "you can see the ring fine"
An example,,,a nice photo bought. Clear, in focus, should be fine close up of the ring when scanned!
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I was thinking,,Hhmmm, maybe a Luft ring of some sort,,Flak! yes!! OR, the holy grail the Gegen England ring!!!
Well, interesting,, but nothing, no ID, a near miss.......
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Here is another I was going to get. Lucky the seller was honest and said 'you just can't make it out',,looked like it had potential,,but a near miss.
It is amazing when you really look how many photos the men are wearing a ring or 2. IF you have any near miss photos please, post away.....
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Gaspare, I do own about 1500 "wearing edged weapons of the IIIR" photographs. There are a lot "wearing ring" photographs between them. often unidentifyable. You already got a few "wearing ring" photograph scans from me with identifyable rings, eg a clear Westwall ring. In the meanwhile I got some additional photographs, eg. a nice identifyable Luft ring. The photographs are not cheap. I have bought them from the net, from ebay and from private collections which mainly were disolved. So it is always a pity for me seeing one of my pics for which I have payed good money anywhere shown in the net.... (btw, the second pic above I have bought  ...... and I would not say that the rings are not identifyable for a specialist) therefore I have totally chancelled to show any or even parts of my best paid pics. Personally I would think that a lot of -in photographs- shown rings are identifyable. But mostly of them are simple, smooth wedding rings, often "seal" rings with a stone, nothing special for identification for ring collectors. But on rare occasions the ring might be interesting and real clear to be identified like the already mentioned luft ring in one of my pics. Best regards,
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Oh man I'm sorry! , I took it off the auction site not too long ago.. Well now I guess I can add: Photo credit 'Wotan'.
Yes you have many good photos! Seems daggers come out really nice and clear in most photos. I also collect Wolchowstock and they usually come out pretty clear also!
Watches, rings,not so good. Worst is probably cufflinks, don't think I've seen one photo where they are identifiable.
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Gaspare, doesnīt matter, you couldnīt know.
My photographic skills are bad so is the detail but I am nearly sure that a ring collector could identify the rings. The left ring seems to be a metal ring with plain (or perhaps a monogram which cannot be seen because of the light) surface, the right ring Looks like a relatively simple, patially drilled ring.
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Another photograph with an oval ring with flat dark stone.
And a ring with an obviously transparent stone.
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Two photographs with death head honor rings. One even in the pic to recognize, the second one due to my bad pic not but with a loupe you can clearly see it (together with a wedding ring - btw the honor ring is the left one of the two rings). And be sure these rings are no fakes but originals  . 4.JPG (41.93 KB, 333 downloads) 5.JPG (50.51 KB, 334 downloads)
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After checking a lot of my photographs I have to say that you ARE RIGHT, a lot of rings is NOT identifyable. Also I cannot understand this. The pebbling of a button cann be seen clearly but a ring beneath this button canNOT be identified because blurry... But it is this way.
Another fact that you donīt see rings in a lot of pics is that due to regulations the men often wore gloves when taking official photographs.
Finally, if there are enough pics several rings can be seen and identified.
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Many thanks for sharing your pics with us!
Very interesting.
But on the first pic of the last 2 ones i think thats a private purchase skull ring
ïŋ―Eine gewalttïŋ―tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Zïŋ―rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
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odal, you are right just from the small detail pic shown here, but that is the pity with my photographic skills. In real, with a loupe, you can see the honor ring very clear (itīs the same with the second photograph).
Additionally I know the name of the man and unit and due to his rank in the photograph and the knowledge that he has gotten the honor ring some time earlier it is also clear that he is wearing his honor ring with pride (as he also shows his honor degen - which he has also gotten - proudly in the photograph).
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Oh-sorry. Yes, always hard with scans...
Thanks for explaining!
ïŋ―Eine gewalttïŋ―tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Zïŋ―rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
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odal, here is another scan of another photograph of the same man. I think in this scan the honor ring is better to be seen.
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Here is a seal ring with something inside the black stone. On the original photograph, with a loupe, it looks like a diamond inside.
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Two private puchased deathīs head rings.
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And three more rings with dark flat stones.
Regards,
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odal, here is another scan of another photograph of the same man. I think in this scan the honor ring is better to be seen. Thanks for showing. Yes, without doubt a honor ring.
ïŋ―Eine gewalttïŋ―tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Zïŋ―rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
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Two private puchased deathīs head rings. the first one Looks like the "skull and sperm" pattern.
ïŋ―Eine gewalttïŋ―tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Zïŋ―rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
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nice shots! the shot with what might be a diamond,,,I think it is the black glass ring with the frosted skull in it. A ring that has a long history of before WW1 to current.
something very similar to this:
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@ odal, yes, I thought the same.
@ Gaspare, you can be quite right. I wonder what you experts would find in these pics which are for others the citated "Near Miss"....
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wotan, Nice pictures and thanks for sharing them.
G, Super nice ring! I've seen that ring in red as well and have looked for a in wear picture but no luck.
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Here's another. I was told mine was made of black Onyx. I've seen these around over the years, but I only need one.
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should be glass,,,Usually when still in molten state and starts the cool off period they press a steel skull die in it to leave an impression..
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OH NO guys!!! This wasn't a near miss!! It would have been perfect!! I was the near miss  . This was up for auction and I was going to bid and win it! BUT,,I was called out of town and didn't bid before I left [thought I'd be back] Here is the complete shot:
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This went for a little under $60.US!!!
I would have went higher for a nice clean shot like this.. This photo would have been much much clearer in hand!!
The close up crop:
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Gaspare, there are a lot of different possibilities for a "near miss"......
I know the feeling for a missed photograph in auction very well!
Good luck for the next oportunity.
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clearing out some files from the PC.. These are from the Military Fundforum:
A nice near miss,,SS man and his bride!,,wonder what that ring is!
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again, photo credit Military Fundforum:
Luft.man,,2 rings,,thought I'd get lucky and see them,,but no, a near miss..
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I was going to bid on these but the rings just weren't clear enough,,,near miss!
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I didn't get this one either,,,but the ring looks like a Italian DAK ring.. IF they aren't really clear they're not for me,,this one is pretty nice though!
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clearing out some space on the ole hard drive,,, These are photos I considered buying but did not.. They are 'Near misses'.. Ring shots but not clear enough to actually see and ID the ring..
First: a nice shot,,but not clear enough,,a near miss,,,
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another.. almost,,but a near miss,,,
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just not clear enough..
disappointing but sometimes fun to look at.. IF you see a near miss come on, put it up..
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Gaspare, I have the Italian DAK ring shown three photos up, so I'd call that one a hit! Would've liked to have had the photo. And the helmeted fellow is certainly wearing a skull ring from the obvious outline. It may be this one. As the crossbones protrude significantly, you can probably narrow it down to 2 or 3 styles. Shame its not a touch clearer.
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just not clear enough..
disappointing but sometimes fun to look at.. IF you see a near miss come on, put it up.. Oh, i think this is a Westwall ring. Glasstone, high left a helmet, diagonal the inscription and bottom right the years. This pattern of stone:
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ïŋ―Eine gewalttïŋ―tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Zïŋ―rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
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here a thread on my near-miss pics - the TK is evident of course. I own these photos and I may be able to take better pics since I bought a new and better camera http://phpstack-500133-1583587.cloudwaysapps.com/ubbthread...9420#Post299420
Buying rings, Odal and runic brooches and jewelry and Greifen kunst brooches.
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I had been watching 2 SUPER photos on auction. They were very recognizable, one a skull ring and another a Heer ring. I wanted these photos SO bad!!!,,,but, have a family member sick I've been helping with and for whatever I missed them  So,,from now on I'm bidding as hi as I can go from the beginning and then IF someone really wants to outbid my crazy price then they are welcome to it.. This is a photo I at first liked. Had a close up sent but the ring isn't recognizable,,so deleting it off my hard drive and posting here as a near miss!
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,,,And,, here's the close up. you really can't see what it is,,,too bad...
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Tonight I looked at a few thousand German WW2 portrait photos. Took me a couple hours. Looking of course for a ring in wear photo.. Usually here There will be a great photo and what looks like a fantastic ring,,,but no,,,its a near miss.. So really I hate to post here.
To bad,,just a bit clearer and we'd have something.......
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and then we have this.. Interesting photo,,,and I see a nice ring where maybe on close up we can see something,,,,,,
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