Medals

[5thDragoons]

Having railroaded for a long time, I collect Euro RR memorabilia. Of a military RR nature is this set of WW2 Reichbahn items.

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Languishing in the lower right corner is a WW1 French Verdun medal. No room for it in my French medal shadow box and I couldn't just leave it collect dust on a shelf.

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From my assortment of other French medals is this one that appears to have been from what French vets called an "old sweat". Literally, in this case.

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Hung on the wall nearby is this WW2 grouping I bought in a manila envelope for change. I'm not sure what all of it means, but of interest is the "aerial gunner" tab.

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I've got a bunch of this sort of thing. Not wanting to load up the forum with pics all at once, I'll post it here & there as space allows and I'm not interrupting conversations of the regulars. Steve

[5thDragoons]

Okay, these really aren't military in nature, but they do go with the DRB memorabilia shown above.

This box is mostly French - a little Belgian national railway. Attached to the Roskopf conductor's watch is a dedicated RR fob and chain.
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Closer view of the watch. It keeps time, but I've never carried it.
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This box is mostly Belgian and the majority is from the railway in the Congo. Both table medals are made of native copper from Katanga province.
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When I started railroading as a brakie, wifey got me a pocket watch. It only took 2 days of climbing cars and cranking handbrakes to see it wouldn't last long. After that, I went with a cheap Casio I taped up and just stuffed in a pocket. Kept excellent time! SW

[Major Tom]

Very interesting, thank you for showing them.