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I'm curious what others will say about the EK, which might be good, I'm not sure, but: the medal bar is played with. From it's construction, it's not a 1870 bar, but post-WW1. It probably started it's life with a 1914 EK and a Hindenburg cross.

Demir, I disagree with your last sentence. While they are not official made originals, they are not fakes. They might though be considered as copies. And yes, I love them too. I'm not sure if it is good not to show a fake. If you come to conclusion to agree with my point of view it is fake, should others not see as well, to learn from it?

It comes from the seller I assumed. Sorry, but I'm sure it is a modern forgery.

Might I ask where this came from? It may be my tired eyes, but I have a bad feeling with it... Rose is an order jeweller from Germany grand duchy Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in Schwerin.

Saw that interresting group before; pitty it got split up. I wish RR was still here to interpret it. I tend to think it might well be an officer's bar, as there is no long service award on it. An EM/NCO would get it for nine years of service, and war service counts twice. So a EM/NCO who possibly served before WW1 his usual two or three years of service and then served some years of WW1, would have gotten it - while a officer needed 25 years! An officer is more liely. None of these awards was limited to a certain rank, so no intention here. I'm having a ribon bar for years, that is that close, I have doubts it is someone else's. The WW1 awards almost match, the non-official were not allowed to be worn. Just one different ribbon, that might be a mistake... If you agree and want to re-unite at least these, please PM me. It's not a bar I cannot give away. :cheers:

Thanks Daniel... I know the rules. ;)

Daniel, we don't know who's the owner of the medal bar, while Mike bought the ribbon bar. The set was on eBay.de and got split up. That seems to be a silver merit cross, but that does not change anything... ;)

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I think he meant the medal bar. Unfortunately, there were not good pictures of the reverse but the tag. That's all the pictures that were on eBay:

Claudio, that's just a "Kleine Goldene Verdienstmedaille". You can compare it to the silver one - the large gold is as large as the silver is - about 40 mm. The bar might have made the 10,000 mark if it were the big one... those are hardly ever seen... :whistle:

Probably, yes. But don't tell the investors from Kuwait. I'm not sure (I'm not from Baden-Baden), but assume it refers to the "Old Castle" from 11th century. "New" is nothing but a point of view. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Hohenbaden

It's not the Kanonier Roth's, but the (70/71) Lazarettgehilfen Röth's. He later had a pretty good court job that more than explains half of his awards: Schloss-Verwalter in Baden(-Baden). He "managed" this castle: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neues_Schloss_%28Baden-Baden%29 You won it, you said? Now did you?

Depends on what you understand with "research". I think anything one can research from it is known... Finding the wearer is not possible unless a combination is unique - from this combination, some thousand exist.

Oh, you too? Thanks Claudio... I know it was at 6'000. Curious... I guess it ended there...

Someone knows how it ended? My totally incapable father didn't manage to pass me the phone when he was outbid... :banger: :banger:

It will find a new home, for sure. Posibly here. I hope I'm missreading when I understand you are offering something that is not in your estate...

I saw similar groups, offered with Ottoman awards, and some time later, these incl. the ribbon ripped of... I hope this won't happen to this one as well... such a shame.

Must be due to the Ottoman medal, which as a single is neither too much. The German set without the Ottoman would have hardly reached 200 pound.

I like what I see.

One more which is... http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140481609142

Great Ulsterman, thanks!

Must be another one, I think...