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Hi all, First of all, I do realise that this is a bit late, however I made allowances for postal delivery times. So, what ODM's did Santa deliver this Christmas to you to greet 2012!? In my case, Santa delivered nothing to me as I had to pay for everything . Even postage wasn't free, as Santa charged me for the use of his sleigh . Okay, to start this topic off I got an Iron Cross 1st Class with the maker's mark KO, as well as a Lippe Detmold Military Merit Medal. See what you think and please post your own recent purchases. Regards, Matthew
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It seems that things are looking that way. But you must admit that Lippe-Detmolditis is particularly contagious. Of course, if I do become infected by this fever the blame is partly yours, for providing us with such a good website on lippe-detmold and its medals :cheeky: . Anyway, thanks for the information about the leopold medals. Regards, Matthew
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Really great bar, im sorry to hear about the prussian service award. However, the job you have done with this bar is really great and it was totally worth the effort. By the way, could you tell me if the silver and bronze medals of the order of leopold were awarded for civil or military merit? Thanks, Matthew
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@ QSAMIKE: They are, but we think that his medal was awarded post war, as he stayed on in the army in the Royal Signals Regiment. Therefore it doesn't help me that much find out which war-time RAF regiment he was in. @Paul R: The clasp, as already stated, is the North Africa 1942-43 clasp. Regards, Matthew
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Hi all, Usually i'm more active over at the German forum, but i've been doing some research at home lately and found my grandfather's medals, as well as a set of miniatures also worn by him, and three medal bars of various sizes. The six medals that he had are the 1939-1945 star, the africa star, the italy star, the 1939-1945 war medal, the defence medal and the long service and good conduct medal. His ID number and name is only on the long service and good conduct medal. Apart from that, the only other outstanding feature is the bar on the africa star, which reads North Africa 1942-43. From what i've read this was awarded to the royal navy, air force and 18th army group headquarters. My grandfather was Maltese, and according to my father he enlisted in 1940 and fought in Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea, North Africa and Italy up to Caserta and Naples. I was wondering that if from his medals and this information any suggestions could be made to which regiment he was in. My father always says that he was in the royal air force, although he was definitely not a pilot. The bar on the africa star seems to support this. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and please see the pics below to see his medals. Thank you very much, Matthew
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Hi all, Thank you both for your input, speedytop, see what you mean about the dots, and on closer inspection I see them too. I also think i've found ou the reason for the difference between the medal I was comparing it against. The medal shown here is a typical Weigand made one, while the medal i was comparing it against was one of sixteen privately made pieces by Sy and Wagner, rather like the mecklenburg strelitz tapferkeit cross by Godet. With this information i fully intend to bid on it, so wish me luck !!! Will let you know how it goes in a couple of days. Regards to you both, Matthew
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Hi all, thank you both for your replies, however i think i wasn't clear in my last post. What I meant was that Solomon's example has the dots, while the one i am showing doesn't. If anyone else has another example of this medal, could they please show it so that we can compare. Thanks for your help, Matthew
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Just a little something i noted. The letters on the obverse of this medal are different from those on the example displayed at Solomon's website. Most particularly, the two dots on the top of the U in FURST appear to be missing. As far as i know the only manufacturer of this medal was Carl Busch, so what is the explanation for this discrepency? Thanks for your help Matthew
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Hi Christophe, Just to let you know, the weight of the medal is 26.2 grams, and it is maker marked with Weigand F. on the obverse and E. W. on the reverse. Does this match with known original medals? If anyone else would like to add their opinion to whether this is original or not, please do! Thanks for all your help, Matthew PS: Christophe you are right, once these medals get a hold of you they never stop! I only have 2 lippe detmold medals, the military merit cross and the military merit medal with swords, but lippe medals are so beautiful that I am thinking of focussing my collection on them.
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Just to add something new to this thread which i don't believe has been mentioned before. A bavarian MVK 2nd class with swords and crown mounted above it on the ribbon, not attached to the medal itself. Is this a modified normal crown or something else? (By the way, was it normal for an MVK or any other military merit medal equivalent to the EK to be mounted before, because the majority seen are behind it?)
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The iron cross, both second and first class is a common award, found easily on ebay or medal dealer sites like that of Helmuth Weitze or Jorg Kalies (just search these names in google and it will bring up the website) About the others try looking at the above mentioned dealer sites. Hope that helps, Matthew