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05-23-2013 05:38 PM
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Re: Ostfront ring. Unearthed in England.
Wilna is German for Wilno - Polish name.
Vilnius is Lithuanian name.
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Re: Ostfront ring. Unearthed in England.
Interesting find, I have also seen Ostfront medals found in UK fields.
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Re: Ostfront ring. Unearthed in England.
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meyle77
Wilna is German for Wilno - Polish name.
Vilnius is Lithuanian name.
This is how I translate Wilna, Polish: Wilno, Belarusian: Вiльнюс, Вiльня, German: Wilna, Latvian: Viļņa, Russian: Вильнюс, Yiddish: ווילנע (Vilne), Czech: Vilno.
Thanks, Mark.
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Re: Ostfront ring. Unearthed in England.
I'm wondering if anyone could help with the design of the ring. KC one would assume is wearers initials but is the design on the side of the ring just that, a period design or is there any other significance. I notice the patern each side is the same but upside down to each other.
Cheers, Mark.
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Re: Ostfront ring. Unearthed in England.
I notice the second 'o' in 'Ostfront' looks more like an 'a'. Is this of any significance I wonder?
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Re: Ostfront ring. Unearthed in England.
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Glenn66
I notice the second 'o' in 'Ostfront' looks more like an 'a'. Is this of any significance I wonder?
Looking at the way the engraver worked I think it is just a case of using more than one stroke to form the 'o'. Interestingly under magnification it can be seen the same tool was used for outer and inner engraving.
Mark.
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Re: Ostfront ring. Unearthed in England.
In September 1943 the remaining 'large' ghetto of Wilna was liquidated, maybe the owner of the ring was part of that "aktion"?
Or maybe for the supression of the failed ghetto uprising on 1 September 1943 organized by the Fareinigte Partizaner Organizacje (the United Partisan Organization)?
Survivors of the FPO fled to the forest, where they joined up with Soviet partisan units. FPO fighters participated in the liberation of Vilna by the Red Army in July 1944.
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