Nick Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Anyone got any Austrian awards they want to show ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Anyone got any Austrian awards they want to show ?←Austro-Hungarian Imperial U-Boat Badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WAR LORD Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Here are some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WAR LORD Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 (edited) another Edited April 23, 2005 by WAR LORD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WAR LORD Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WAR LORD Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scowen Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Another post for Warlord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Huxley Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 My Austrian cased Field Pilots badge with stick pin ... for your considerationfull picture of case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Huxley Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 And now a closer shot, notice the depth of the enamel ... unlike some of the reproduction pieces that are about today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Huxley Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 View of the reverse of the badge .... notice the flush rivets and the quality of the finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Huxley Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Overall view of the reverse , showing the correct, later attachment hooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Mike, I still love that badge.... one of the few originals floating around. Nice early-war case too. At the end of WW1, believe it or not, even these were coming in cardboard boxes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Here's what was inside that little cardboard box. Mike's pictures are an excellent reference....... the (really good) copies of this badge have superb enamels, but they still have not perfected the rivets....... wire hooks to the frame are a HUGE no-no, except from 1920-35, during the First Republic. Zimbler did wire things togethor, but the body better be a hollow-stamped, fire-gilded bronze base or it's a sinker!Here's a late-war one that was in the little red box: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 My one and only Austrian medal bar and matching ribbon bar on a familiar background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landsknechte Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 My one and only Austrian medal bar and matching ribbon bar on a familiar background.←There really is something about astroturf that brings out the subtle nuances of ribbon and medal bars... (Although I have heard rumors that various untoward things have been done on said astroturf by various four legged entities.)I don't really have all that much that's Austrian, but I've always found this ribbon bar to be rather interesting. The owner has kept his interwar Republic award in first place, in violation of Third Reich regulations.--Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Huxley Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Rick, I think I love this badge more than the Prussian ones I have. The quality is second to none and as you say soooooooo very hard to find. The case is quality as well ... but like everything, standards started to slip towards the end of the war.Still a very nice piece in that again so very hard to find cardboard box. Yet again Stogie strikes and finds that rare item :food-smiley-004: Sorry mate that I took this one out of your collection, but it has come to a loving home and is valued.CheersMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 No worries, no regrets! (Well, Ok, maybe a few regrets)........ I can't think of a better home for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Here's my only decent Austrian award, on a frack bar, a nice Franz Josef RK. I think most of you guys have seen this before on another forum.cheers Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus H Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 My only feeble award really that I dare show, this was actually chosen by my wife Jo !!! And the only medal she's ever condoned me buying !!!!She actually liked it Since then it's back to normal and all are a waste of money, related to shoes, Tesco's and other more imortant spending...of course !!! Not to mention garden plants which she kills !!KrMarcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus H Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 (edited) Rev: I like the fact that the main middle bulk portion of the bow has a 'different' concept to that of the main ribbon, and the mini ribbon use, just shows the thought and detail in these. If it were Brit made, ample stictching and bugger the rest, make do and mend adoption.A nice example with a difference of a most common medal. Edited May 27, 2005 by Marcus H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 My favorite, te Armeekreuz or Kanonenkreuz from the Freedom War. Made from the cannon Boney didn't need anymore. (maybe it's my 'thing" about recycling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Karl Signum Laudis in bronze, war ribbon with swords, [attachmentid=5765][attachmentid=5766]in Breitner of Budapest maker's "tombstone" case:[attachmentid=5767]If ALL cases looked like this, my attention might wander from mounted medal bars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David S Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 The only 'pure' Austrian ribbon bars I have are these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Nice with the mini repeat bar David. Those are tough to find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WAR LORD Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 An interesting group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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