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Hello, nice picture of "old men". I think they are Landwehr-soldiers. They use the old Mauser-rifle 88.

Hello, that's very interesting. I've heared about two different variants, but I haven't seen this differences anytime. Are both variants regular decorations, or is the thinner kind a production for trading? thank's

Hello Chris, this cross is very rare. About 150 awardings. The MVK was a returnable decoration, if the owner died ( till 1934). The enamel of this cross looks very bad. In my opinion, it was a third class, new gilt and the medaillon were new enamelled. I don't know if Leser sell this crosses after the war, but it is possible. This postwar decoration looks like Leser, but I have no acknowledgement for it. The swords are equal to the swords Type 2.

The manufacturer of these """" 1. class with crown&swords""""" was Leser. It is the latest type of Leser, used for MVK1X, second and third classes. The MVK1Kr X was not made oft this Type 3. Sorry but your MVK is a fake.

Hello, the manufacturer of this MVK was Deschler.

Hello, here two bars of my collection with Luitpoldcross 40 years.

Hello Dante, that is another intersting bar. The MVK is a late Hemmerle ( 1918). The rank of this NCO was Offizierstellvertreter. Can you show us the backside? The Hochzeitsmedaillie was coloured golden ( that was also allowed). The bar shows the FEK (Frontkämpferehrenkreuz), so it would be assembled after 1934.

Hello, This medal should shared to all troops. which had Bavarian King Ludwig III as owner. The end of the war prevented the deal out. In 1922 the coins were found and given to Kronprinz Rupprecht, who spend this medals after the burial of King Ludwig III to loyal bavarians. It was allowed to fix this coin to the medal bar, as a civillian bavarian decoration. Sorry about my bad english, but it is difficult with less knowledge and a bad translatorprogramm this special themes to translate.

Nice bar of an Vizefeldwebel. The MVK is a late production from the manufacturer Leser. the servicemedal is silverplated.

Here is one match Jäger Karl Hock, born 9.8.1896, Wenigumstadt 1. Kompanie, 2. Jägerbataillon died 10.8.16 Gruß Andreas

Hello, I coldn't find Albert with this date of death. Only a Alfred Bauer. regards Andreas

OK, let's change, here the top highlight of my collection. It is a Hemmerle

Gratulation, it is not easy to find a bravery-medal with all papers.

Very nice bar, gratulations. Mennacher was member of the bavarian Infanterie Leibregiment. He also got the Leiberring Nr. 147 and the Edelweiss . Do you have the complete military heritage of him?

Hello, it was allowed to fix this coin on bar. The ribbon was the same as the Jubiläumsmedaillie The coin was given without any ring.

Hello, might it possible, that the yellow/white ribbon shows the Westwallmedaillie? It could be possible that the owner was first member of the RAD and became later a soldier.

Hello Chris, you have very good ears. That will be a holliday for my collection. regards Andreas

Hello, the winner of the bravery-medal had been prefered for official jobs. They got a little pension ( silver 5 Mark, gold 10 Mark), but in the time of the great depression it was also 10 Mark. My relative ( winner of the silver Medal) had been a worker at a cemetery before 1914. After the war he startet as a policeman, then he became a civil servant at City Hall. He quits in August 1945 and loose his pension, because he was member of the NSDAP, as any official.

I'm not sure, but this officer could be Marquard Sleevogt, who was comander till 1910. This picture of the book "Unsere Jäger" shows Sleevogt. I'm not sure, because I miss the MVO Ritter second class.

Hello, my newest entry. Soldiers of the 2.JgB Aschaffenburg

Hello, here two pictures from my relative. The champagne and cognac will probably ended up in the bellies of the officers.

Unrelated original bits? The uniform is in a very good condition.

Hello dante, do you have created the uniform itself ? The rank of the uniform seems a regular soldier before WW1. The owner of the bar was an "Offiziersstellvertreter". The bar was built after 1934, because of the FEK, but it is a nice bar. Can you show bigger pictures of it? The "Edelweiss" on the cap is a postwar production with the crown inside, I think especially for the ILR. regards Andreas

Hello dante, nice picture. The rifle seems to be a Gewehr 88, used by Landwehr-units. regards Andreas

Hello Alex, very, very nice bar . Redenbach was also awarded with the EK1 and the woundbadge in gold. On the last position of the bar had to be a bavarian 9 year sevice-medal. Do you have a picture of him? regards Andreas