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I'm really not buying anything anymore. Taking a break from collecting since I gave up my business about a year ago. But when an old friend in Saxony eMailed me about this bar.... well, I couldn't really say no, could I? It would have been impolite! I can count on my hands the number of Mecklenburg Long Service Crosses I've actually seen mounted....
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Bernhard! Fantastic. These were so hard to find then and I can count on one hand the number I have seen since i first sold my collection. Foolish mistake at the time, but no choice.... here's another of my favorite shots showing two variations of the cases used to issue the Knight's Cross of The Order.
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Serbia Serbia - Knight's cross of the Order of St. Sava
Stogieman replied to Carol I's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
And! That's what the forum is all about! Collectors helping collectors. My very best to you both! -
Hallo Solomon, if he was an "old-school" NCO with long service, he would have been eligible for one of the honor crosses of the house order. My original "gut reaction" call when I saw the bar was "Gold Honor Cross with Swords"... hence why it was missing (they were real gold) and hence my failure to bid... I know I've had 3 in all my years and only one gold with swords. They are very hard to find and quite beautiful. I think the gold content was marked "585" on the back. Any way you look at it, it's an impressive bar and one to be proud of... I can't tell you how close I was to bidding... I bailed out with less than a minute to go... Just didn't want to start a new project!!
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I would expect that if "Bohemia" had been used at all; it would have been used on items manufactured strictly for export. Sort of like Hummels marked "Germany" as opposed to "Deutschland" during the 1930's. Same with after the war... Items were marked "US Zone Germany", "Occupied Japan" and eventually "Western Germany"... but for export as at the time US law (at least, I cannot comment on other countries) required the country of origin to be clearly marked on imported goods. Pre-WW2 items were marked "Germany"... sometime in the 1950's "Made in Germany" started to appear. These marks have been useful gauges to manufacturing eras in porcelain, bisque and other wares whether china or children's toys for some time....
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Hi Rob, nice star indeed and a rather difficult variation to find. Congratulations!
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EK 1914 2-piece ribbon bar
Stogieman replied to Peter J's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
The article may be found here: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?autocom=galler...q=sc&cat=23 Page five (5) under "device gallery" will show fake spanges and real ones. -
EK 1914 2-piece ribbon bar
Stogieman replied to Peter J's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
I would tend to think someone added the '39 spange after the fact to "dress it up"... also, I don't really like the look of the spange itself. The head of the eagle is too poorly designed/shown which makes me question the authenticity of the spange itself... for examples of known original miniature spanges please see the Lundstr?m article on ribbon bars in the Imperial section of the forum. So, you have a bar, probably original, to a guy who was KIA after received both grades of the 1914 EK and a Hohenzollern...... that somebody went and screwed with after the fact and ruined the bar. -
So.... you want to buy a MOH in Europe, eh?
Stogieman replied to Stogieman's topic in United States of America
As I said... the quality is a little off. In all my years I have seen only one (1) that IMO was authentic. It was a Civil War piece and being sold on a German website of all places...... It was north of 5K if I recall correctly. This one was just too funny to not point out to you guys! -
So.... you want to buy a MOH in Europe, eh?
Stogieman replied to Stogieman's topic in United States of America
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Thanks Mate, missed the link. Nice little on-line memorial!