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I think it is rather a Prussian order Pour le Merite than a Johanniter.
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EK 1914 1914 EK1 with screwback marked L/12
saschaw replied to Graf's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
I know this wasn't you, Kai. But this was, and I might have misunderstood it, but it sounds strange in regards to the fact knowledge we do have on awarded vs. private purchase crosses. "1 category is = the ORIGINAL DECORATION ONLY IF OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM THE RECIPIENT OR HIS FAMILY WITH ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION WITH A VERY STRONg PROVENANCE> in short the 100% original rewarded worn soldiers property well 99.9999 % off the collectors wil not have such a cross" Stopping here might be a really good idea. -
EK 1914 1914 EK1 with screwback marked L/12
saschaw replied to Graf's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Thanks for the nice words, Graf. You're welcome! I thought I was pretty clear in answering your question on the cross, and others were, too. As clear as one can get without picking a quarrel. Kai, you have probably read of "probemäßig" and "Probemäßigkeit" on the German forums you're visiting, or you've read it in the magazines or books. You know and we know which types were definitely awarded. And that we don't need a 100% wearer proof to know it's original. These are facts you are aware of. I wonder. I really do, honestly. -
EK 1914 1914 EK1 with screwback marked L/12
saschaw replied to Graf's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Did you notice my shop is in German language only, and this could be the reason I'm not writing "wearers copy"? And don't you agree a WW2 era made 1914 cross with screw back is rarer than a 1918 awarded "K.O." cross? You probably do agree! Other question, how do you know (my) L/59 cross were "much more common" than (your) L/12 cross? Any proof for this claim? Probably not. Neither have I. Any serious collector - and I'm sure my customers are - do know a vaultet screw back cross cannot be an awarded one, so is a Zweitstück (wearers copy!) anyway. I don't see a reason to mention this. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. See the L/12 cross I sold: "gefertigt während des 2. Weltkriegs um 1941/45 für den Ordenshandel". I find it hardly irritating to be offended here. I did not claim wearer copies not to be worth collectiong. Never! I'm honestly not 100% sure if speedytop did - but I don't. Still, they are copies. Why not collecting copies? It doesn't hurt, believe me... So thanks, Graf, for your gentlemanlike behaviour. And thanks for the talk! -
EK 1813 EK2 1813 - good or not?
saschaw replied to marrauder's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
The core is not cast, and it is painted. Definitely a modern fake. -
EK 1914 1914 EK1 with screwback marked L/12
saschaw replied to Graf's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
I'm seeing a nice and not to common WW2 era wearer's copy here. -
I noticed late, but I noticed: Brust's mini chain was offered in Jan K. Kube's 121st auction in october 2011! It came with an additional, other photo of him... The one award missing from the chain is probably the Brunswick cross mentioned in the WW1 era references. Pitily Kube did not notice what Hessian medal it is, nor did he identify the Annam dragon. Instead: "ausländ. Dekoration" (foreign decoration)... :whistle:
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This is long service cross ribbon. Both mentioned orders have a lighter blue ribbon, and the Württemberg would be in totally wrong position. With RAO2EX, the wearer should have been Generalmajor. Oberste did not get RAO2, from what I know. I'm not sure if this is identifiable. Too many common WW1 awards for these ranks... and most we have no complete rolls for. Still a nice bar, of course.
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Thanks! Having it in hands, I agree it seems to be silver, but is unmarked.
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Austria-Hungary Nice grouping of an Oberstleutnant
saschaw replied to Poulton Palmer's topic in Austro-Hungarian Empire
You're confusing three totally different medals. Niemann refers to the Kriegerverdienstmedaille of the Reich only, a four classed medal for black soldiers in the colonies. The Prussian medal an Austrian EM or NCO would have received in WW1 is the Prussian(!) Kriegerverdienstmedaille, which looks the same like the lowest class of the medals in Niemann catalogue. But: one is a one-classed Prussian award, the other one the lowest grade of a four classed award by the Reich. The big medal with "WR" cypher is the Prussian Militär-Ehrenzeichen 2nd class. Something totally different, a Prussia award awarded in the wars of 1864 and 1866, and to the white soldiers fighting in the colonies. Ficker seems top wear the last one to replace/upgrade his Prussian Kriegerverdienstmedaille. Would someone please chime in, if I'm wrong in anything?