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Here are my wound badges.

Textile for one wound and enameled stick pin for three.

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eitze

Here are my wound stripes.

They are all made of some sort of plastic on different textiles.

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eitze

Hi there,

the Wound Medal with RED anamel is for the military.

The civil medal has WHITE enamel.

Unfortunately I`ve sold my collection of W-Badges/Medals some years ago.

If not known to you, please check this site with some variation of the named medal:

http://perso.numericable.fr/~semoeric/LES%...DECORATIONS.htm

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eitze

I don't think (I don't even want to consider that) that the thieves will be so stupid to take apart the bars. Nowadays such bars, especially the named ones, are a lot more valuable than the single orders & medals added together.

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Claudio

I am sorry Claudio, but I think these impressive bars are not for sale on the normal channels. There would be a too great risk for the thiefes.

Either they rip them apart or someone gave the order for the robbery and is now sitting in his celler with all the fine bars

All the best for you Heiko !!!

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Sal,

what an impressive piece

I can fully understand, that you are infected by this virus!

Good luck for your hunt for other crosses

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Hello gjw,

most have been said by Schie?platzmeister, but I can confirm that it was also awarded for all the other small campaigns in the German Colonies.

Here you can see one of my bars for a member of the German Schutztruppe in South-West-Africa.

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And here`s a picture of his post WW-1 Ordensspange, which can be found in Gert Efler`s fantastic Waldeck book

As you can see - nothing from Waldeck on the bar

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eitze

Hello,

I want to show you a postcard of the "boss", which I obtained this week.

On his neck he`s wearing the Waldeck Military Merit Cross 1. class and the ordensspange is a pre WW-1 piece.

Also from me best of luck and I hope nobody else has kept an eye on these mentioned pieces!

And by the way - I want to bid on some Waldeck stuff; it has to be reunited with my other Waldeck ODM, so please don`t bid on these

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eitze

I got my Waldeck VK 3. Kl. with X from Kube and luckily it was such as described in the catalogue.

It is a pity that some firms do not send detailed scans or photos, if you ask them

A. Thies is also such a candidate - no picture of the backside when I asked for it

On the other hand Zeige offers a very good service. Whenever you ask, you receive first class photos !!!

By the way Claudio - very impressive pieces, as everything from your collection

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eitze

Hello Red,

as I already told you on the SDA-Forum, Bavarian Orders are the most beautiful of all current German State Orders; and this includes also the Bundesverdienstkreuz!

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And the reverse.

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Beside the above book I was able to get these:

Verdienstkreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern.

Only 73 pieces were awarded for WW-1

The obverse:

In an ad in the August issue of the BDOS-Magazine it was announced for 09. December.

But no catalogue out yet

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This time only paper

I was able to get this book:

"Offizier-Stammliste des k?nigl. Preu?ischen Infanterie-Regiments von Wittich (3. Kurhessisches) Nr. 83: 1866-1903"

This is the Waldeck Home Regiment and it give the biographies of all 316 active and retired Officers of the Regiment up to 1903.

You can see in the appendix, that many of them were awarded different classes of the "Waldeck Verdienstkreuz"

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eitze

For Germans, the Ehrenzeichen der Bundeswehr is generally awarded as a long and loyal service award, 20 years for the golden cross, 10 for the silver, 5 for the bronze and 7 months for the medal. So basically the Ehrenmedaille comes after completion of conscript service. They can also be awarded in exceptional circumstances for merit without regard for the time limits, but rank often plays a role here.

Hello Dave,

that was the original intension back when the Ehrenzeichen was created, but it is not the practice.

During my 4 year tour with the Airforce, only about 10 soldiers of my unit were awarded with the different classes of the Ehrenzeichen.

And nobody got it atomatically after completing a special timeline !!!

On the other hand I know the case of a private who got the Gold Cross after saving a child from drowning. And it was awarded beside the Life Saving Medal of the German State of Nordrhein-Westfalen!

But nevertheless - it`s a shame for us not to own a pure bravery award

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eitze

Unfortunately - up to now - we do not have any bravery awards for the German Army

So the only thing you can earn is the Honour-Medal and the 3 Honour-Crosses.

But these decorations are for general purposes. They are awarded for long service, meritorious service or for special occasions, as it was in this case.

Mine was awarded in 1986. You can see the document, whis was signed by the then Minister of Defence Manfred W?rner, in the attachment.

It is time to create some kind of bravery award for the German Soldiers or make it easy and re-issue the Iron Cross

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eitze

Just took a fast photo of my small Oman collection.

Nearly all pieces were made by Spink & Son, London.

Enjoy

eitze

Hello Chris,

the only known (to me) address is this:

http://www.lhd-shop.de/AssortmentEntrance.lhd?current=02

It is the shop for the German soldiers. If you search for "Orden" you`ll find the section, where they are offering orders and decorations. Here you`ll find also a mounting service for a "Gro?e Ordensspange".

On my last call to them in 2003, the right man for orders was Mr. Konen. You should try a call and perhaps he is still working in that section. He told me that you can send in broken Spangen and they look if they can repair them - but you have no guarantee!

They do the mounting not by themselves, but send it to another firm.

I also tryed Albrecht Bender in Bavaria, but they do not sell to private customers

And I phoned to some firms who sell "Sch?tzenbedarf" - but without success

So if you know someone else, please let me also know!

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@wild card.

Nice piece the mini you?ve shown.

@Mike

What a cool find

Let`s hear it every morning.

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Hello Gaffken,

what an impressive cross

And with only 16 (!!!) awarded pieces a first class rarity !!

I`ll show my Honour Cross with Swords bar, which was original posted in another thread.

But I think here`s the correct place for all Waldeck stuff

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eitze

And last the backside of the Centennial Medal.

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eitze

The Centennial Medal front with the heads of

- Prince Friedrich of Waldeck-Pyrmont

- Kaiser Wilhelm II.

The backside:

Back to life

Got a new two-piece bar from Waldeck, which consists of these:

- Silver Merit Medal with X

- Centennial Medal 19. August 1813-1913 for the III. Bataillon of the Infantry Regiment "von Wittich" (3. Kurhessisches) No. 83.

This was the Waldeck Home Bataillon/Regiment, which was formed 1862 from the old Waldeck "F?silierbataillon", when they signed the treaty with the Kingdom of Prussia. So Waldeck soldiers became Prussian soldiers.

Frontside bar