Around Christmas last year, A distant relative of mine died of old age, During WW2, My mothers second cousin (Richard Cox) was a non-combatant worker involved in making special cables for a British anti-magnetic mine system called; the "Double L sweep" The basic concept of the device was by sending and electric current through the sea, from one end of a short cable to the long end of a second cable, it would detonating the mines in between the two ends of the cables, Moving on, at the end of the war he spent a lot of time involved in playing cards with a number of servicemen, It was then, he became the first person in my family to win a Iron Cross (2nd class), by holding three of a kind in a poker game, Yesterday I received from my cousin "his medals" in the post as she didn't want them, Attachment 163055
A) Iron Cross 2nd Class (WW1)
B) 1914-1918 Service Cross (WW1)
C) 25 Year Long Service Cross (WW2) for the Luftwaffe
D) 12 Year Long Service Medal (WW2) for the Luftwaffe
E) Luftwaffe Eagle Emblem
Both C and D can be issued to all three branches of the German armed forces, But only Luftwaffe medals have a flying Eagle in the ribbon, I thought I would share this story with you guys, Also so you can see real medals, as the markets are flooded with fakes. One last thing, I should point out in all fairness to Richard, he did win his own medal, a WW2 Defence medal which she kept for (Old times sake).
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