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Sure it is bronze, not iron? Use a magnet... Almost correct. This mark is seen on ALL official strikes of this medal that are not silver: bronze, iron, zinc. Up to June 1916, they were struck in Karlsruhe state mint in silver, then they changed to B. H. Mayer and non-silver. If yours is bronze, congratulations. Those are the rarest while zinc, iron and silver are rather common with a total of guessed 170,000 awarded in WW1. Not to be confused with "Spangenstücke", which are usually silvered bronze or brass - but not official strikes, and always without the mark.
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Up again - I found him by coincidence. He's still in the 1913 Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Baden: Dr. Vinzenz Czerny, Wirklicher Geheimer Rat, Exzellenz, ordentlicher Professor a.D., Direktor des Krebsinstituts und Samariterhauses. In the meantime, my photo pre-dates 1897, he upgradet his BZ2a to BZ1 and added BFL, KO2, a Serbian St. Sava order plus the usual stuff to get: Prussian 1897 and Baden 1902 medals. I still have no idea what's behind the armrest... it is nothing of the mentioned.
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Austria-Hungary FJO - About Kriegs Dekoration
saschaw replied to pinpon590's topic in Austro-Hungarian Empire
The knight's cross grade's Kriegsdekoration is just the ribbon: The striped one instead of the red peace time ribbon. The crosses are the same in this class. -
Is known by whom that was made? I have no idea who was Halley's Predecessor, and when exactely... but it looks undoubtfull interresting.
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Nice, honest bar! From mid-1916 on, from what I know. They changed material as they changed from Karlsruhe state mint to B.H. Mayer in Pforzheim. This happend in June 1916, however they (B.H. Mayer's) exist as well in silvered bronze and silvered iron. I do now know when they made which, but the bronze ones must be from mid-1916.