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    • 2 weeks later...

    Hello Chris,

    would you show me the backside of the silver medal, with a better foto of the eyelet ?

    The engraver was Ries, not Reis. The medals with the big portrait are all Ries-medals, if they are original :whistle:

    Regards Andreas

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    • 5 years later...
     
    Hello everybody, I have just seen the topic. Since I want to make a few additions.
    Here is a Ries, type 2b in gold
    
    Best regards

    Gtm xxxx 004.JPG

    Gtm xxxx VSRS SDA.jpg

    
    
    and another type 1d in gold:

    1TM gold 49 71.jpg

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    • 1 year later...
    29 minutes ago, spolei said:

    Very interesting photo. At the 15th IR, 12 soldiers received the TM before May 16, 1915.
    However, different award dates are entered in the ranking lists.

    Agreed, but for some guys I find 2 or even 3 dates for some awards... I assume all had it approved on different dates but the physical handing out was done at a ceremony

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    9 hours ago, spolei said:

    There are different dates for the medal for bravery. Act date, day of award, day of publication in the prescription sheet. The soldier was then honored on such occasions.

    It is possible that especially this early in the war the old "You have been awarded the medal, here is the ribbon, the actual medal will be presented at a later date" could already have been in play. This could have been for 2 reasons... supply ... and the fact that the award was considered high enough that the presentation would be carried out by a high authority, and out of the line when the regiment could be assembeled for a ceremony...

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    I would make a little correction here. The three importent 
    different dates are: 
    
    1st: day of deed, 
    2nd: approval by the king and 
    3rd: Issuing date of the certificate
    In the ordinance sheet of the Ministry of War, the date of the act 
    is given as a standard in connection with the name.
    The reason for this is that the award is always made retrospectively
    to the date of the crime, so that the Benefit supplement are not 
    reduced by delayed Commission decisions. The allowance always begins 
    on the day of the deed.

    Verleihungsurkunde Willenecker Johann gmic.jpg

    8  Silber gmic.jpg

    Anlage 4 Nachweis aller Verleihungen in den VOBl gmic.jpg

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    • 2 years later...
    Here the golden military merit medal of Joseph Hoffmann, chief fireworker 
    1st AR "Prinz Luitpold", for an act on December 8, 1870 near Beaugency-Cravant. 
    He had already been awarded the silver medal for 1866.
    
    Best regards, Walter
     

    TM gold 7071 VS u RS. k.jpg

    Hoffmann Joseph.jpg

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    • 10 months later...
    Hello,
    All recipients of the Bavarian Military Merit Medal 
    (Medal of Bravery) from 1793 - 1918 are published by the OMSA. 
    If you're interested, just take a look there.
    
    https://www.omsa.org/verleihungen-der-churfurstlichen-ab-1-januar-1806-koniglich-bayerischen-militar-verdienst-medaille-von-1793-1866-an-bayerische-truppenangehorige/
    
    https://www.omsa.org/verleihungsliste-der-trager-der-bayerischen-militarverdienstmedaillen-im-ersten-weltkrieg/
    
    
    Best regards
    Walter
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