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Looks like you solved the mystery, Chris. Thank you very much. It makes my buttonback even more interesting. Best regards.

Reverses. Hello, Dean. Thanks for reply, but as I see, the Schwarzburg award doesn´t have white stripe as is on my ribbon. Also the blue colour on the buttonback is dark blue, close to blue - purple. Regards.

Hello Claudius, Thanks for kind words. Godet buttonbacks are my weakness. I bought this one in bargain price together with another buttonback and with the story, that they both belonged to one man. It is interesting to see two buttonbacks from the same maker and era having different style of EK minis used. Left one has got pearl beading, right one line beading. So, for me it is nice combo with one mystery. Looking forward to see it disclosed.

Reverse of the buttonback with the better view of the unknown ribbon.

Hello, I browsed through the german ribbons on the net, but can´t find any match with the last ribbon on this buttonback. Did I miss something, or is it foreign ribbon? Thanks for any help.

Good to hear that. Cheers.

I have also EK2 of same kind, blackened and marked (S-W). Not vaulted, of course :)

938

The back

This one is interesting, at least for me: it is blackened, as early crosses, but vaulted, as postwar purchases. Cross is marked only 938, but frame looks to be S-W. It doesn´t look it was hand vaulted.

Interesting comparison, but I would like to know, if your statistics counts with one very important point. EK1 (or EK2) couldn´t be awarded twice to one soldier (in one war). One man - one EK1 (or EK2). But in Austrian army, every grade of bravery medal could be awarded to one person repeatedly. So, in this case, you can´t count one man - one medal of bravery. At second AH bravery medal were NCO awards only until sept. 1917. Then also officers started to be awarded with some grades of AH bravery (easily identified with K letter on the trifold ribbon). And finally, correct me if I am wrong, but as I know, bronze grade of AH bravery was the main AH award given to foreign soldiers, not the silver ones. Here is some source with same opinion: http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/bravmed.htm I think it makes sense, because bronze AH bravery was the only grade that didn´t attract any pension for recipient. Regards

Good evening Just purchased this addition to my Godet button collection. 12 ribbons + wound badge. (The only ribbon that is not seen is penultimate one, for Hungarian ww1 commemorative medal). What do you think, is there any chance to trace the wearer? Thanks in advance

There was some problem with this server yesterday. When I posted reverse photo to my second post, the obverse photo in first post disappeared. When I edited first post, the reverse photo in second one disappeared. And than I totally lost the connection. So, here it is.

Reverse

Another wounded association badge that was offered on eBay.

Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class. Very nice and interesting.

Spectacular piece with the same buttonback as my 1870 mini. I don´t see it perfectly, but it looks like the numeral 7 in the date is leaning same style as on normal size B-cores. Thanks for showing it.

Interesting, never seen that EK2 1870 three piece mini. All I have is this EK2 1914 19 mm three piece mini, but I have no idea about maker.

Karol Divald (1830 - 1897) ran many photographic studios in Austrian monarchy, one of the in Budapest, another in Prešov (hungarian Eperjés), now Slovakia. This photo is from Eperjés You have it written there, on both sides of photograph.

Yes, I bet you it would be from the same series as "Return of Koenigsberg" medal, hehehe.

Thanks for info. Ebay prize is about 35 dollars for bronze piece and 70 for silver. From this I knew it would not be very rare, but I noticed only two auctions in a year (two for bronze, one for silver), so I am quite surprised to hear it is such common piece. It changes nothing on the fact that it is beautiful work and must have for me. Still waiting for some "Return of Sakhalin" medal, hehe.

Here is the silver (silver alloy?) piece. Note the hallmarks on the reverse (flag and number 1000). Regards, Miro

Wonderful reverse. Btw, Medal is about 6 cm in diameter and quite thick (about 1 cm).

Nick, I mean commemorative medal of return of Okinawa, which was occupied by Americans since the end of ww2 and given back to Japan in 1972. I would like to know numbers awarded, to whom it was given and the types that were issued. As I told, I have always seen bronze version, now I have found something that looks like silver piece, with hallmarks on reverse. Here is obverse of bronze piece.

Hello gents, Can you give me more info about Return of Okinawa medal? I think it is one of the most beautiful japanese medals, although it is only commemorative table piece. Always saw it in bronze, but once also in silver alloy. I am not sure if it was variant, or just fake. Thanks in advance for any additional info/links.