Stogieman

My Evil Twin might have a scan of this somewhere, sorry for the pix, tough to shoot fire-gilt with my equipment!

Ta-Dah!

Actually, you'd be pretty surprised at what went through, even Imperial! I have pix in my archive of a Mecklenburg FFK2........ with the ?se soldered on the bottom arm! I've had a number of 1870 EK2's with radical tilt to one of the arms.... and they were issued that way!

But wait! There's more!! Not only his bar, his photo, but an astonishing group of portraits...... as well! PROOF that he was... Jesse Jackson's daddy! [attachmentid=9162]

Not the same bar you say?? [attachmentid=9181] Well, thanks to the miracles of modern scanning technology.......... and to the astonishing technical expertise of Amazing Ricky Vision? the (real) "Evil Twin" shows this shocking revelation!! [attachmentid=9159] El Cheapo simply INSERTED his two postwar awards onto his wartime medal bar seen here! [attachmentid=9160]

Here's the reverse of his medal bar:

Our Major racked up an impressive group of awards during WW1... Both Classes of the Prussian EK2, both classes of the Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross, a pair of Hanseatic Crosses, etc. Not bad for a Battalion Commander! Our Major resigned his commission and abruptly left the service before New Year's Day, 1919. Here's where it gets interesting..... How frugal can you be??

This wonderful group was sold by one of our german friends a few weeks back.... described as "Medal bar & Photos of a Major" (only)... But sometimes, you get lucky. In a scrawl on the backs of several photos, we are able to ID (& confirm) him as Major Alfred Meyer-Vogt of Foot Artillery Regiment 20!

Rick Research is "The Evil Twin"

Very nice Don, not one I've seen before. Concur on the local issues.

As an aside, here yet again is one of those most fun pieces that RR's ability to pour through the rank/honor lists put a name on this bar. The Combination of WW1 awards would only have been possible to exactly 2 people. The second was a major fighting in Poland as a Pioneer...... logical process of elimination would have had him with an EK2, not KVK2wX, tah-dah! General! As a second aside, despite the best tutoring available, I still cannot "read" these lists, symbols and cryptic notes as my Twin does. He is a wizard, probably with a pact to some evil spirit that has given him the gift he has

Claudio, I don't think they were Italian. None of his duty stations would have set him up for that (??) Bob, can you post the Bio details as well?

Hi Joe, that is one of the sweetest examples I have seen in a very long time, of a very hard to find award. I would have liked to post the big pix, but I think there would have been much wailing and gnashing of teeth waiting for the pix to appear! A great cross and an excellent approach to a collection. Just try and get a really good example of all the EK2/EK1 equivalents...... not such an easy task! My compliments!

Yet again, original parts...... cobbled together. Note the wear patterns on the backs....... yeah, that came from being mounted together for 150 years...... uh-huh....... As my Brit friends would say...... "pull the other one!"

Geez, how blatantly bad can it get?

and in the best of the Imperial "tradition", the case!!

And the reverse has some enamel as well!

A very special Wilhelm Ernst Kreuz courtesy of Joe Campbell. photos were massive, sorry I had to skinny them up, they don't do it justice!!

Hi Eric, I would have to agree with you on the Deumers vs. Juncker in "weight" and appearance, but I still find just a subtle bit more finishing on the Juncker badges. Call me biased, I can live with it

Hi Bill, an excellent example. Nice and clean and a "looker" of a ribbon to boot! Very nice!

Hi Jacques, as always, a magnificent selection and some superb crosses peeking out! Nice! I would agree with Marcus' opinion on the slipcase. Midwar experiment perhaps, but I think even given the lesser quality, they were still superior materials, weight of the cardboard and the inner fitted tray.... much better than what I would deem a "late-war" example.

ahhh yes, just like driving. As with medal bars. Sometimes our "Orderly German Friends" are anything but!

speak of the devil.......

Fabulous, simply fabulous!

Hi Chris, for the record, no disrespect and/or derision was intended.... I just get a chuckle out of the name. Just as some of the 6 word Imperial pieces make me snicker. I do understand the significance of the award itself. My apologies if my comment offended anyone.