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One of the Decorations is the Order of Golden Fleece -in the middle just under the Teutonic Cross

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Prussia High ranking Medical Corps Officer

This picture is related for the post WW1 period during the Spanish Flu

Hi New World, I agree with you Yes, you are correct about the ribbon i forgot that the 1st Ferdinand Emission 1st Class comes with ribbon However, still this fancy ribbon with the hole does not belong to the Set The original ribbon for 1st Class is 40 mm wide Buyer Be aware the Rule apply

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Hi PREM, It is Original It is German made Their quality is very nice It is believed that the maker is the German Firm Zimmerman Only you have to find a a German triangle type ribbon Most of those 1941 crosses were given to German military persons The box for this model is green one on the middle of the photo It is Boris III Model

This Set we discussed not long ago is for sale on auction again It is for sale as a 1st Class Star 69 mm the correct size should be 59-61 mm The Cross is 52 mm wide - the correct size should be 61 mm The ribbon is not correct. It should be a sash. I like the 'bullet ' hole they made to look more dramatic The initial prize is 7000 Euro with top estimate -14 000 Euro

This Fantasy Star was assembled from original parts of 1st Grade and 2nd Grade 4th Class cross I suspect the arm or enamel was repaired on the 1915 was incorporated in the lower arm in a crocked line. The body is from the 1st Graded, however the two central medallions are obverse and reverse ones from a 2nd Grade Cross let's remind ourselves that there are only two Models from this issue 1915 -1916 and 1915 -1915 and none of them has a reverse medallion with the 1915 incorporated in the upper arm and the other year on the lower This Star was sold on eBay France for 389 Euro

This is a good site for ribbons http://www.ribbonsshop.com/

From my German collection apart of few rare 1941 EKs listed in other forums, this Grouping to a Bulgarian General

https://genwiki.genealogy.net/Alfred_Dieterich_(*1862)

Hi Chuck This bar looks like belonged to someone with at least Colonel Rank All those decorations had been awarded as the person advance in the ranks. Also on the topic The Order for Military Merit during war time was awarded also with additional War decoration with war time ribbon However, the 6th Class was never awarded with war decoration -only with war time ribbon Here is a bar with 5th Class with war decoration Interestingly the high Classes from Commander(3rd Class) to Grand Cross with War Decoration did not have War time ribbon, They were awarded on Standard ribbon Grand officer -2nd Class with War decoration

The First part is correct. However the 5th and 6th Classes of the Order for Military merit were awarded with and without crowns. The crosses with crowns are awarded after one without crown was given already. This particular cross is King Ferdinand Issues. The crosses from 6th to 4th class during war time were awarded with ribbon of the Military Order for Bravery -like the one on the bar posted by scottplen Here are some bars - with Military Order for Bravery - Soldier Cross given to NCOs - Order for Military Merit 5th Class with out crown with standard ribbon -Order for Military Merit 5ht Class without crown with war time ribbon, next to 4th Class of the Order for Bravery. Also -5th and 6th Classes with crowns