eitze

Hello Sir,

What do you mean by very basic ?

Tanzania is a country that had wanted to cut ties with UK and all what could remain too much european.So it's not strange they have chosen a new type of shape.

By the way the manufacturing quality of their Order is exceptionnal (nothing to match with the quality of most of the medal of Tanzania),and the quality is much better than most of the european Order.

Just to give an idea the 1st Class sash badge is 165 grammes.

Emmanuel

Hello Emmanuel,

it was not my intension to say something bad about the orders of Tanzania

I thought there was a diffenrence to European productions.

greetings

Andre

And last an unknown medal.

Perhaps you know what it is.

greetings from Germany

eitze

Second:

Republic Medal on Armed Forces Ribbon

Hello Megan,

nice but very basic oders.

Are they homemade in Tanzania ??

Here are my 3 pieces.

First

Vita Service Medal and envelope (War with Idi Amin `s Uganda)

Mervyn Mitton,

Francis Christiaan Ludwig von Steinaecker, was a flamboyant and eccentric character; a former Prussian officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the DSO for his service. He failed to adjust to civilian life after the war and committed suicide in 1917.

In June 1900 he recruited the first men for his "Horse". At that time he hold the rank of Lieutenant.

The unit was stationed near the Komati Poort District.

The corps was one of the most complete and self-contained units in the coutry. They had their own intelligence, transport, workshop and were able to work the Selati railway with their own men for over a year.

Major von Steinaecker commenced the war as a private. His steps are worth noting: Sqaudron Quartermaster-Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, D.S.O: and finally Hon. Lieut.-Col. in the army.

Infos from: "The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, John Sterling"

greetings from Germany

eitze

Hello Darrell,

these are very interesting close-ups of the medals.

Once I have a single QSA to a member of "Steinaecker`s Horse". Only mentioned this, because of the entry of Lt. Hartley in the medal roll.

greetings from Germany

eitze

Hello Beau,

that is a nice collection and specially the pieces with old ribbon

Most offered medal came without any.

greetings

eitze

And the second one.

Christ. P. Fricke 3. Iaeg. Bat.

Casualties at Waterloo after Siborne:

- 1 Officer and 35 NCO/Men killed

- 5 Officer and 75 NCO/Men wounded

greetings

eitze

@Wild Card

Is there a German medal you didn`t have in your possession

After finally getting ribbons, I can show you my latest Brunswick Waterloo medals.

Carl Zelle, 2. Lin Bat.

This is a interesting one - no suspension, but a drill-hole

Casualties at Waterloo after Siborne:

- 1 Officer and 2 NCO/Men killed

- 1 Officer and 6 NCO/Men wounded

The cross is made of silver.

Unfortunately I haven`t got any idea how many were awarded and further no pictures of worn pieces.

greetings

eitze

Inspired by the previous topic I can show you the

Nigeria Police Cross

It was established with effect from 01. October 1965 and is the highest Police decoration.

The cross was instituted to be awarded to any member of the Nigerian Police Service for a most conspicuous act of gallantry in the course of duty.

The cross was manufactured by Hobson & Sons of London.

greetings

eitze

And here a Prussia "Kriegsdenkm?nze" for 1814.

greetings

eitze

Now to get a ribbon!

Here it is

New, but it is a ribbon !

@Wild Card

I am not sure if the ring is a original one.

Unfortunately I can`t say anything about the marker`s mark yet - the medal was placed to my bank safe this morning. Next time at the bank I will check it.

@Ulsterman

There was another medal to the regiment sold in 2007 by DNW: Trompeter (= trumpeter) Joh. Duvenbostel.

greetings

eitze

This is my latest.

Just arrived today from the UK.

HANNOVER WATERLOO MEDAL

Husar

Heinrich Wiebe

Hus. Regt. Herzog v. Cumberland

There is a interesting story behind the Cumberland Hussars and their part in the battle of Waterloo.

The whole Regiment fled the battlefield

At Waterloo the Cumberland Hussars were all-volunteer German unit, all young men in their first battle. Their horses were their won property (not supplied and paid by the goverment as it was the case with the French, British and KGL cavalry.) Their officers were as inexperienced as they. The colonel of the regiment was Oberst von Hake.

The Cumberland hussars remained under the heavy artillery fire for a very long time. Unfortunately it had not occured to their inexperienced officers that they could reduce casualties by having their men dismount. When the entire British and KGL cavalry had dismounted and taken shelter under their horses, (for example the British 7th Hussars dismounted in order to offer a less conspicious target, and had been moved back and forth several times. Then they took cover in the sunken lane, but not even this was safe. One of their officers wrote "... enemy's guns having exactly got their range and doing great execution.") the Cumberland hussars were sitting motionless in their saddles. The British and KGL officers wondered in amazement what was wrong with the hussars, allowing themselves to be slaughtered like that. The hussars finally began showing very visible signs of wavering and Lord Uxbridge sent an officer to see what was going on. The regiment began withdrawing but a number of officers and privates outraged by the cowardice of their comrades, left their ranks and attached themselves to other regiments. The rest of the regiment left the battlefield and galloped all the way to Brussels without participating in one single action !

Oberst von Hake was put before a court martial and was sentenced to death, but the verdict was later converted by the King to a life-long house arrest at von Hake`s estate !!!

Here are the casualty numbers for the Regiment after Wiilliam Siborne:

- 1 Officer, 2 NCO and 15 Men killed

- 3 NCO and 30 Men wounded

- 2 Men missing

Nice story or?

I would like to know, if Oberst v. Hake was also awarded a Waterloo Medal and if Heinrich Wiebe was one of the few who remained at the battlefield!!!

greetings

eitze

A nice one

Unfortunately I was outbid on this.

But I got a Brunswick Waterloo from the same seller cartmann333 two weeks ago - will show it later.

Here are the casualty numbers for the Landwehr Bat. Salzgitter after Wiilliam Siborne:

- 1 NCO and 10 Men killed

- 2 Officers, 3 NCO and 57 Men wounded.

greetings

eitze

Hello Eike,

so you got the little gem

I didn`t bid so high, because I was after some other medals.

But it will find a good home at your Waldeck collection!

Greetings

Andre

:angry:

Hey - where`s my post in this thread ???

What about the freedom of speech in this forum

eitze

Here`s my latest; just received today.

Hannover

A well worn medal for members of the King`s German Legion.

greetings

eitze

If it is Josef Kiss, Norman Franks book "Above the War Fronts" states, that he has shot down 3 Savoia-Pomilio planes:

6. kill - 13.07.1917

11. kill - 18.11.1917

15. kill - 07.12.1917

Unfortunately no further info, if one of them was forced to land.

greetings

eitze

Hello Robert,

you have a nice picture of an Italian plane, which was probably forced to land by the Austrians.

It is some type of a Savoia-Pomilio reconnaissance and bomber aircraft built in Italy during WW-1.

Here you see a painting of a SP 3 by Robert C. Karr.

greetings

eitze

I`ve got a copy of the Court Handbook for 1811 and the only persons listed are those, who were decorated with the different classes of the "Order of the Westphalian Crown" and foreign orders. But no medal listing - perhaps in the later issues ?

greetings

eitze

Eitze,

Thank you for posting numbers 88 and 89. With all of the forgeries of these medals that we constantly see of these medals,

your offerings are like a breath of fresh air.

I notice that your examples have different ribbons. For the benefit of the membership, could you tell us which one is correct?

Again, thank you and Best Wishes,

Wild Card

Hello Wild Card,

I can only repeat what I already said in the "Waldeck-thread":

The ribbon on the 1813 medal seems to be old; but I don`t know if it is original.

But what I know is, that the order of colours on this ribbon is wrong.

The correct order is shown on the "1813-14-15" medal: Red - Black - Gold !!!

About forgeries - I asked Gerd Efler (author of the Waldeck-Book) about the medals before I bid and he advived me not to bid on them

But I couldn`t resist and was lucky. They fulfill all criteria he wrote in his book about genuine pieces !!!

greetings

eitze

Kingdom of Westphalen

Silberne Ehrenmedaille, 2nd. model

The King was Jerome (= Hieronymus in German) Napoleon, the youngest brother of Napoleon. He was known in Germany as "K?nig Lustik" - King funny or merry. It was said, that "lustik" (the right spelling is "lustig") was the only German word he was able to speak, but that is a myth.

greetings

eitze

Brunswick Waterloo Medal named to Carl Schoenemann, Av. Garde