Stogieman

Coming to a sales thread soon.........

Greetings WildCard! Well, I've seen bars as early as 1866, and only once for 1848....... but never one this early! Fantastic!

Greetings Rosenberg, The actual name in German is: Verdienstkreuz f?r Kriegshilfe Awarded 1916-1924 Loosly translated to Prussian War Aid Cross in english The miniature is very nice.

This bar belongs to one of our members and I will let him decide to speak up, or not. To my eyes, this bar is right as rain, but very perplexing. The Saxon War Merit Cross was a peculiar decoration. It was given if you held no other Saxon war-time award for WW1, but was to be returned upon receipt of a war-time WW1 award.. Since the piece is mounted and there are multiple war awards on the bar, who can explain this riddle?? Thanks!!

Thanks David, I will try to remember to ask for explanations for all so that the ladies and gentlemen who might be newer can learn some of this stuff that we whiz right by!!

Hi Christophe, sounds like a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

Hi Daniel, the only appreciable difference between our bars is the color of the thread on the back...... photo soon!

And...... as good a place as any for a quick explanation of: DRP DRGM David?

Nope, I'm seeing bronzeish swords on the VO,AO & HKwX and silver swords on the RHO

Nice crosses. I agree in that the variety that can be found, the endless variations.... really makes the search fun, doesn't it?

Hi Christian, I agree with you. But I have never known Chris to be in a rush to sell something so figured I would take the "long" view.

Hi George, wonderful pieces and even more so being from your family. The Imperial Pilot Badges are amongst the absolute pinnacle of rarity for any aviation artifact of the pre-1918 era. Just magnificent and thanks for sharing these!!

Nice piece Micha. I agree with respects to quality. Always buy quality/condition first. Sometimes though, as with this piece, rarity must step in for precedence!

Hi Gordon are you sure it's not Hossauer? He was one of the pre-eminnent House Jewelers of the era and a known maker of Long Service Bars, the RAO, etc. That "R", might just be an "H"! ;>)

Fabulous! I have an odd one in the sales forum right now. Unmarked cross and matching unmarked packet. How odd is that??

Isn't that an Airborne beret, BTW? If that's a homemade "look I was in airborne badge" it's a rather impressive piece!

No, he's doing ahat the trend is amongst most auctioneers and dealers. Split it into pieces and maximize the proceeds, ergo maximize the commission/buyer's premium. When one considers this is 40+ years of hard work, tireless research and real history being destroyed forever...........

Hi David, I don't remember seeing the early cinch type backing plate with a DRGM stamped in. Interesting!!

Hi David, the "half-height" ribbon bars can be found across the board from many different states and seems to be a very individualistic choice. They show up quite a bit but not very often with as interesting a combination! Nice Bars!!

Of additional interest should be both the earlier styled 25-Year LSC (also note the split ring suspension! Quite correct on an early cross) and the Lilac/smooth armed RAO4. Fantastic group!

OK, anybody have a photo of the reverse. It should be engraved rather extensively??

Well, maybe not the quality but still arather wonderful find in a flea market!!

I understand Christian, but it's very frustrating. I have done the "buy it all and keep it together" thing a couple of times and in the end, when it comes time to pass it forward, no-one else seems real interested. Look at some of the outrageous groups good dealers we know in Germany have split up after trying to sell the group(s) intact...... Perhaps we have simply doomed ourselves with the prices some of these pieces command now. Very frustrating indeed.

A little bird has told me that there were several nice 1813 crosses at Kassel....... anyone with photos, please add them in or start a new thread!!

Well, that's the first time I have seen that legend on a S/B disc. Most impressive!! In fact, after quickly spinning through the archives, I cannot find anything referenced to that organization at all!