eitze

Hello Humberto,

ang. = Angestellter

That means he was a civilian "employee" - perhaps in the bureau or some kind of technician.

greetings

eitze

Hi Dave,

very nice pieces

Two for you and two for me - that make 4 less for the open market

greetings

eitze

Eitze,

What a shame that the house was most probably destroyed in WWII. Thank you for checking it out for me. I would be very grateful if you could check the archive register for the date of Paul Stein's death. Of course any costs I will be happy to reimburse you for. Thank you for your interest and help.

Many thanks, Mike

Mike,

I`ve send a letter to them today; let`s see if they can find him!

greetings

eitze

Hi Mike,

today I went to Goethestr. with my digicam, but unfortunately No. 4 and 4 a is a big red double house with a couple of flats

It looks like a house built in the 1970.

Further I checked the register for this new house, but there was no "Stein" ever lived inside.

Also a ckeck for the name "Paul Stein" in the resident register was negative.

Unfortunately the name "Stein" (= stone) is common.

If you wish I could send a note to the archive register, to get the date of his death. But this could last some days.

greetings

eitze

Hi Mike,

the world is a small place

I am from Recklinghausen and so it is nice to see this group from a former citizen of my hometown

His old flat at Goethestreet 4 is a parallel street of my office. Tomorrow I`ll see if the old house is still standing or if it was destroyed during the bombing in WW2!

greetings

eitze

Yes - the man on his side is the Croatian Fieldmarschall Slavko Kvaternik.

Here you can find more info and pictures:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10785&hl=croatia

greetings

eitze

Thank you 922F and especially Megan for the info

Unfortunately there are no news for the decorations on the mentioned homepage.

But it is nice to hear, that there is a star to the Grand Cross. I`ve never seen such an example.

These so called "International Orders" are often offered on auction and they realized good prices.

I`ve paid nearly 700 Euro for the whole set ten years ago. I know it is only gilded bronze and the production costs in Italy are far below, but it was a unique opportunity to get a nearly complete set of this order !

If anybody has a picture of the Grand Crosss STAR it would be nice, if you could show it here.

greetings

eitze

Another of those fantasy orders.

That is clear to me

But who is the man / organisation / circle, etc. behind the order ??????????????????

greetings

eitze

And the last:

GRAND CROSS OF GRACE

GRAND CROSS

COMMANDER CROSS FOR CLERGYMAN

COMMANDER OF GRACE

COMMANDER - Standard and on Ladies bow

COMMANDER - Military Division

KNIGHT and OFFICER - Military Division

KNIGHT and OFFICER

KNIGHT and OFFICER on Ladies bow

Let`s start.

The crosses are are black/white enameled and the ribbon is black.

DONAT OF DEVOTION - 1. and 2. class

Dear Fellows,

I wanna show you my collection of the "International Order of the Militia of Jesus Christ".

In the past I got one or two pieces of the upper classes, but eleven years ago I was able to buy a whole lot of this order.

After trying to get information about the order and the failure of this search, I put all the pieces in a box and nearly forgot about it

Please look at the photos and perhaps someone has any information for me:

- Country of origin ?

- who`s behind the order ?

- who`s the manufactor of the insignias ?

- is it still awarded / by whom ?

- is there a breast star for the Grand Cross ?

greetings

eitze

Hi Greakly,

I am sorry, but I have nether heard about a book of all recipients of this medal.

But perhaps there is something old on the antique market, but I don`t think so.

The Crown Order Medal was such a minor decoration, that there was no need for such a source.

It will be the best to ask one of the Prussian experts here around.

greetings

eitze

Deutsch-Neuguinea 1913/14:

The bar was awarded for the Neumecklenburg-Expedition, which took place 14.12.1913 - 21.03.1914.

I think it was some sort of pacification campaign against rebellious natives.

My source lists this bar only awarded to Police units ???

But perhaps he was on the ship which transported them to a coast or somewhere else?

greetings

eitze

Hi EITZE ,

Can I ask from you big scans of these pages ?!

Send please to my e-mail geshem@bk.ru

May be you have information about

17 Military Merit Crosses to Russian NCOs during the Russian-Turkish War 1877-78 (1878-79 )

and

4 Military Merit Crosses to Russians in China (1902 )

http://www.medalnet.net/Difference.htm

Hello Igor,

I am sorry but I`ve already delete all the scans from my PC. Beside this, the scans where in the same size as shown here. It is only a small book.

Military Merit Crosses: it might be of interest for you that there is a book about all recipients of the GMVK. It is called:

Das preussische Goldene Milit?r-Verdienstkreuz

Quellen und Darstellung zur Geschichte der Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Band 2

Herausgeber MILITARIA-Archiv Klaus D. Patzwall, 1986

Perhaps you`ll also find the names of the mentioned Russian soldiers.

And I am sorry, but I don`t have a copy of this.

greetings

eitze

Referring to the way Cpl Wilson died, he said: "It was a supremely selfless and brave act - he would not have thought twice - and he gave his life that one of his beloved riflemen might live.

Will there be a posthumous decoration for this act of bravery ???

greetings

eitze

And I've sorted out the Horruh That Is Waldeck and at least now can tell what I have for that are:

Wadleck Merit Cross 1st Class July 1896 through 1918, 2nd Class July 1896 through 19188, Officer class 1912 to0 1918 (so these three grades are complete for the 1896+ type), but only have 3rd Class from in May 1913 through 1918, 4th Class from in August 1913 through 1918, then have complete Merit Cross rolls July 1899 through 1918, and then Gold medals from in August 1913 through 1918.

Sorry eitze but Waldeck is now put back substantially on the schedule, with all the additional Schaumburg rolls to do.

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Rick,

but it is nice, that Waldeck isn`t forgotten

And perhaps Daniel will publish his revised Roth list this year!

greetings

eitze

And the second and sorry for the blurry pictures.

greetings

eitze