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Hello, here another example, Leser silver gold-plated medaillons (1916). This type exist also with golden medaillons.

Also Weiss

Leser is very beautiful

Hi Chris, there are no worse MVO's, they are all beautiful. Look her are four variations of Hemmerle with golden medaillons and silver gilt medaillons.

Hello Andy, the two certificates for the cross are allright. The right certificate ist for the award and the left is a dokument for the return of the cross to the Ordenskanzlei, after the death of the winner. All MVO and MVK's had a obligation to return after the death of the owner. It is correct, after war, he was an official at the german customs.

Hello, the box is for a second class crown swords. This cross was not awarded during WW1. Only Hemmerle and Leser built crosses in this rank. Deschler produces only second and third classes during WW1. For me it is a fake. Andreas

Hello Don, there is a winner of the golden braverymedal: Karl Frankl, 10. Feb. 1888. Mauern/Oberpfalz Gefreiter der Reserve 2. Kompanie, 25. bayerisches Infanterieregiment date of the fight for the winning of the golden medal 6.10.15 He also got the EK2 and the black woundet badge. Regards Andreas

Hello Chris, I have never heared about this association before WW1, but it might be possible. The bravery-medal was awarded since 1792. Possibly for the owners of the 1866 and 1870war. This ebay card is ok, the golden braverymedal is a post-war production. cheers Andreas

Hello, here can you read all the pages of the "Bayerns Goldenes Ehrenbuch". http://wiki-commons.genealogy.net/w/index.php?title=Datei%3ABayerns_goldenes_Ehrenbuch_1914-1918.djvu&page=3 regards Andreas

Hello, another book is "Virtuti Pro Patria" printet in 1966 and contends all owners of WW1 with her dates and doings . http://www.zvab.com/basicSearch.do?anyWords=Virtuti+pro+patria&author=&title=&check_sn=on regards Andreas

Hello Glen, I think you are looking for this book. http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/auktionshaus-andreas-thies-e-k/catalogue-id-2884280/lot-17789353 The original is very seldom and expensive. I am also looking for it. Here a link about different owners http://de.academic.ru/dic.nsf/dewiki/958848

Hello, gratulations to this items, very, very nice. The left decoration is the Prinz_Alfons_Schießabzeichen. The little pillow for the decoration looks very lovely. The armband is one of a Munich volunteer corps but I don't know if it is original. regards Andreas

Here the decoration with the Karl-Truppen-Kreuz to austrian telephone operators.

Hello, in the book "Bayerns Goldenes Ehrenbuch", which shows the storys about all owners of the Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden, Militärsanitätsehrenzeichen and the Tapferkeitsmedaillie Gold / Silber, said his birthday was in 1892. For over three years I worked on a database about the owners of the bavarian bravery-medal. My references were this book, a brochure of the "Verein der Tapferkeitsmedaillienträger 1955" and the listings of the ancestry-database.

Hello, in my documents, his birthday was in 1892, 30. August. He also awarded the EK 1, EK2 and the bavarian MVK 3. class with crown and swords. His last rank was Unteroffizier. Andreas

Hello, the bill was for an Feldwebel (NCO). That was a lot of money this time. A regular worker earned 180 RM/month and one Kilogramm bread was 0,37 Reichsmark.

Hello, very nice document. The winner of the EK was also a winner of the golden bavarian bravery medal !!

Hello Chris, that is right. It was the last production of Deschler.

Hello, he startet his military carrer on the 1.2.1917. First unit was Ersatzabteilung ( replacement Battalion) 3. Chevaulegers Regiment for training . In November 1917 he changed to the regular 3. Chev.Regiment. Here the battles of the last page: 26.7. - 2.8.1918 bewegliche Abwehrschlacht ( defensive battle) zwischen Marne und Ysle 11.8. - 3.9.18 Stellungskämpfe ( position competition) an der Vesle 4.9. - 9.10. Kämpfe ( battle) an der Siegfriedlinie 10.10.1918 Rückzugsgefechte ( rearguard action ) zwischen Aisne Secre bis zur Maas The first page is very difficult to read, but I try it Andreas

Hello Ed, Ohnesorg joined the Chevaulegers in 1917, 5th escadron 3. Chevaulegersregiment on 22.11.17. His profession was plumber. He changed to the artillery as a driver on 28.1.1918. 2. mobiles Ersatz Bataillon 2. bayerisches Fuß-Artillerie Regiment. He was educated at the rifle 98 and the tubular steel lance. He left the army at 12.11.1918 to his hometown Kaiserslautern. He was awarded with the EK2 on the 18.7.1918. The list of the battles are very difficult to read.

This veteran was awarded with the braverymedal of Würtemberg, the EK2 and the servicemedal of Würtemberg. regards Andreas

Hello, Ohnesorg changes in January 1918 from the Chevaulegers to the artillery as a driver. He finnished the war with the bayerisches Fußartillerie-Bataillon 28. He was awarded with the EK2 in July 1918. I could find his dates at the ancestry-database. Kaiserslautern is a city in the Pfalz-region, which belongs in this time to bavaria. Thats the reason why he join the bavarian army. Show us some pages. Cheers Andreas

Hello Herman, that is a original MVK second class from the manufacturer Leser. It was the latest edition of Lesers production during WW1. regards Andreas

Wow :love: I´m overwhelmed. What a beginning of 2014 gratulations.

Thank you very much for the informations and the nice pictures. The marking is WC ( Weiss & Co ) 950 for silver. Gratulation to this beatiful item, a highlight for the collection.