zorg

... Would shooting clubs have used the term 25 years loyal membership? ...

Yes; it's a common term in Germany - not only in shooting clubs.

It could also be for one of the many shooting clubs in all German towns and municipalities, even in the smallest village.

They mostly had green/white ribbons, everywhere in Germany.

Ah ok ... learning never stops!

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ... probably in view of the ribbon-colors: green + white ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flagge_Herzogtum_Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha_%281911-1920%29.svg

I guess Pete can tell you more about this WHW tinnies ...

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/12687-whw-tinnie-database/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterhilfswerk

Both WHW Standarten / miniature flags series ...

first Regiment General Göring Standarte in green

2nd Kriegsmarine

Ich habe jetzt mehrfach gelesen, dass das Crux Victorialis teilweise als Vorläufer des Eisernen Kreuzes angesehen wird. Ist das irgendwo in der Literatur belegt?

Zumindest wurde es ja laut Wikipedia vom 16.ten bis 18.ten Jahrhundert an Kavalleristen verliehen.

From the German Wikipedia: The Crux Victorialis was awarded from the 16th to 18th century to members of the Cavalry.

? An ornamental waterfall.

It's the Hercules Monument; it is located in the "Bergpark (Mountainpark) Wilhelmshoehe", northern Hesse, Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_monument_%28Kassel%29

Another portrait. Copperplate print by Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen (* 6. Sept. 1762 in - † 27. Januar 1840)

General of Cavalry Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (* Vienna, 26 June 1760 - † Vienna, 20 April 1836).

That's quite possible. Thanks!

A rare award, Zorg. Nice to see it ...

Can you value it? Some time ago i saw a younger one on 'bid or buy' for ~ R1.600 ...

Thx Mervyn! Maybe you have a picture of the undestroyed reverse?

Yes - looks like a dog tag from Vladivostok (собака = dog / Владивосто́к = Vladivostok) Sorry - I can't translate the whole text ...my russian's very rusty!

Obverse: Head of King Frederik VII facing right, circumscribed ‘FREDERIK VII KONGE AF DANMARK’ - Frederik VII King of Denmark.

Reverse: ‘1848-1850’ circumscribed ‘FOR DEELTAGELSE I KRIGEN’ - Participation in War.

South Africa's highest civilian award - awarded to foreign citizens for promoting international relations with the increasingly isolated apartheid state. Awarded (1973-2002).

First type (1973-88) badge of the Commander class of the order. 8-pointed multi-rayed silver star (4,6 x 4,6 cm; 44gr sterling silver), displaying two white doves on a turquoise roundel (obverse) and the national coat of arms (reverse). Unfortunately lost.

Looks a little bit like the medal for the Military Wounded. Silver gilt; reverse plain; diameter 35mm.

Any suggestions?

Regards zorg

Ok - maybe a little bit out of topic .... Iron plaque 'Legionendenkmal' 1803 - 1816 (1927)

Cast iron memorial war plaque for the 'Deutsche Legion' (King's German Legion), which was formed in 1803 to fight in the Napoleonic Wars.

Measures: 178 x 110 mm. A relief sculpture of the Hanoverian Horse rearing above a defeated enemy - the fallen man has lifted his shield to protect himself from the horse’s hooves. The two are situated on a base that displays the Legion’s motto "Nec Aspera Terrent" above 1803-1816.

Nec Aspera Terrent ... Latin for 'Undeterred by hardship' or 'Difficulties be damned'

The plaque is signed by H. Wedemeyer (1927, H. Wedemeyer, by Lauchhammer).

It's the manufacturer: G.Loos. dir. = Gottfried Bernhard Loos (1774-1843) direxit (latin for 'have made') ...G.Loos have made this medal.

Yes - thank you, Uwe!

Returning to my basic question: does anyone have seen such a cross in a book or an auction catalog? Is it an individual item or are there others?

Hi dedehansen,

I don't think so. In my opinion the cross have nothing to do with freemansonry. The allseeing eye symbolize the omnipresence of god ... not only for freemasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence

Dear Gentlemen,

does anyone have seen such a cross in a book or an auction catalog?

Thx zorg

Silver Cross 46 x 33mm to the third anniversary of the reformation

Avers: '3.tes Reformationsjubilaeum 1817' - Medaillon of Luther

Revers: Medaillon with the all seeing eye

Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld - Volunteer Medal of the Fifth German Army Corps 1814

"Medaille für die Freiwilligen des V. Armeekorps 1814"

It's a piece for soldiers respectively NCOs. A total of only 1708 pieces were awarded, 130 of them with the wider frame for officers (post #52).