Stogieman

The reverse...... a buddy of mine had this shipped to my house because the seller refused to ship overseas. I was able to hold it in my sweaty little palms!

A Napoleonic era Guelphin Orden, Knight's Cross, First Class with Swords in real Gold

hey mon, I told you....... Bavarian Red Cross.......... it has taken me this long to find this photo fro you!

And for comparative purposes....... here's what the case would look like:

And the back showing the seal:

to complement your wonderful find in Austria........ it's brother!

The reverse of the pair...... sorry for the huge photos, but I really wanted people to see the details!

the dates just seemed not crisp enough....... the detail not quite what I liked to see..... but notice the wear pattern on the FFK2.... all worn on the left arm like it was rubbing against something hanging next to it.

I had this pair briefly...... I sent them back to the seller who was (and still is) one of Germany's pre-emminent Mecklenburg Collectors. He was most insulted by my disbelief that the Meck Kreuz was not so good..... curious if anyone else has an 1870 Meck. FFK2 to show....... It's never sat well that I was never really sure if this was good or bad.... a gut call, some help from a friend in Germany and back they went.....

the other half looked like this:

Another viewlater on..... that's a Commander's at the upper left.

Sorry, can't resist sharing this one.........

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As an aside......... kind of depressing scanning through my Saxon archive folder.... you would die if you saw what used to live with me :speechless-smiley-004:

Rewverse of the same...........

Another RK2wX scanned by me

Here's a Second Class example, no swords. Once it was here too!

The only other case I ever saw was this RK1....... the price was obscene. It was real gold. I still get moist thinking about it.......

Reverse of the RK1wX......... how stupid was I to sell this!

Here's a superb example of the RK1wX in silver gilt, ca 1916-18

Reverse... the ribbon was correct WF, but in GK width!!! It was used like a lining to the case. Very intrigued by this, I was!

Cased White Falcon RK2wX. Black case, no fitted tray, no markings anywhere on the case.

Hi Jaques, nice crosses. I prefer Juncker, but the quality of these is very nice as well.

Yes, as Ziggy Marley said: "I axe many questiones"

Hi Chris, I don't think there was anything official about it.... some guys just took the time and expense to mount everything they had. I've seen photos of guys bedecked with shooting prizes and tucked amongst them will be a single 1870/71 KDM, or an EK2. Very bizarre, but as "civvies" I think the "anything goes" mentality took hold!