seeheld

Hello Gents,

today I got this nice MIni bar, but I'm not collecting british decorations.

Who may help me to identificate the decorations and which rank got the owner?

I guess to find a name is impossible?

Who can tell me how many Euros are possible if I'm selling this bar.

I do not like ebay...

Thank you and best regards

Seeheld

At first the 1st class is one of the rarest Award from Mecklenburg-Schwerin overall!

And the evidence is the needle system, because this one here is from much later time period.

The original needle system was made by IRON and very thin!!!

Regards Seeheld

Hands off!

It's a fake!!!

Best regards

Seeheld

After rechecking my Griffin Rolls I found one possible Lieutenant. Served in the Garde-Kürassier-Regiment in 1904. His name is Bredow, Leopold Waldemar von.

He got the PrKO4, MecklGO3, SchwedSO3a.

This means I found 3 of 4!!! Only the Friedrichs-Order I can't find.

Regards from Hongkong

Seeheld

He was born in 1875. According to my rolls his Griffin Order came never back to Schwerin...

After rechecking my Griffin Rolls I found one possible Lieutenant. Served in the Garde-Kürassier-Regiment in 1904. His name is Bredow, Leopold Waldemar von.

He got the PrKO4, MecklGO3, SchwedSO3a.

This means I found 3 of 4!!! Only the Friedrichs-Order I can't find.

Regards from Hongkong

Seeheld

I was checking the Griffin Order rolls. Here is no enties regarding a Lieutenant or higher rank who received the knight cross during service in the Füsilier Regt. Königin Victoria von Schweden.

Maybe this guy transfered to this regiment after receiving this order during service in an other regiment. So far no match.

regards from China

Seeheld

Yes, most probably it's a swedish order of the sword.

regards Seeheld

What's missing?

A NEW HOME in Germany (in my own Collection)!!!

I guess here is a Swedish Order of the Sword missing. An Austian Order of the Iron Crown is also possible. Brunswik is almost impossible.

If you want to sell the bar...

Best regards from Shanghai

Seeheld

Seeheld -are you in Tsingtao again? Can you take some photos? Is anything recognizable from 100 years ago?

BTW: do they even have a museum there regarding the days when it was a German outpost?

Hi,

yes I'm again in Tsingtao. But my camera is broken and I will leave this city in a few hours.

Untill now I was not able to find a museum regarding the german time.

But in Tsingtao (Qing Dao) exist a german quarter with many old german buildings.

Best regards

Seeheld

3. Feldpost ______ d. 25. Inf.Div. ?

4. Feldhilfsarzt ______ Munscheid?

5. Adalbert Schmidt, Kantor, from ??? (name of a town in Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt)

maybe "Lauschendorf"?

Feldpost-Expedient der 25. Infanterie-Division

Munscheid, Wilhelm - Feldhilfsarzt

Schmidt, Adalbert, Kantor in Landsendorf

Best Regards from Tsingtao

Seeheld

I have some German handwritten entries that are giving me trouble. Any help would be appreciated.

1. This looks like Unterarzt Thilo Capellen, but the name sounds odd.

2. Albert? Albus? ?

Capellen, Thilo - Unterarzt

Schupp, Albert - Feldwebelleutnant

Hi Paul,

Yes, I saw it too!!!

Auszeichnungen des GFM Walter Model (see Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Model )

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• Eisernes Kreuz (1914) II. Klasse am 20. September 1914
  
• Bayerischer Militärverdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern am 29. März 1915
  
• Eisernes Kreuz (1914) I. Klasse am 19. Oktober 1915
  
• Ritterkreuz des Königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern am 26. Februar 1917
  
• Mecklenburgisches Militärverdienstkreuz II. Klasse am 22. November 1917
  
• Österreichisches Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration am 22. November 1917
  
• Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond am 22. November 1917
  
• Verwundetenabzeichen (1918) in Schwarz am 27. August 1918
  
• Spanienkreuz am 31. Mai 1939
  
• Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse am 22. September 1939
  
• Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse am 2. Oktober 1939
  
• Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber am 29. August 1941
  
• Verwundetenabzeichen (1939) in Gold am 25. Mai 1942
  
• Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 am 15. Juli 1942
  
• Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten
  
• Ritterkreuz am 9. Juli 1941
  
• Eichenlaub am 17. Februar 1942 (74. Verleihung)
  
• Schwerter am 2. April 1943 (28. Verleihung)
  
• Brillanten am 17. August 1944 (17. Verleihung)
  
• Nennung im Wehrmachtsbericht am 21. Februar 1942; 3. September 1943; 5. August 1944; 19. April 1945
  

Now I got the complete mecklenburgian Militärverdienstkreuz roll from 1848 until end...

According to this roll: Walter Model got his MVK2 on 21.11.1917 as Oberleutnant im Leib-Genadier-Regiment Nr.8.

regards Seeheld

The 1st class mecklenburg-Stelitz cross with "Fuer Tapferkeit" was awarded ONLY 21 times from 1915-1923...

This is a mistake done by my good friend Peter-Ohm.

Much, much more as 21 1st classes are arwarded...

Regards Seeheld

Hi Claudio,

I have seen this bar in Kassel and I have no doubts, but without further informations from the family side we have no chance to identifier the name...

Congrats

Seeheld

This one was for 1870/71.

Reverse.

Regards Seeheld

:whistle:

without comments...

regards Seeheld

:jumping:

446 Crosses are awarded.

Nice original Example. I have seen it too.

Regards Seeheld

Hi Tony,

please so kind and post better pictures of your Griffin Order...

Regards Seeheld

Oberveterinär Dr. Joseph Wall

Großherzoglich Mecklenburgische Ersatz-Eskadron des Dragoner-Regiments Nr.17

Regards Seeheld

Seeheld, are you in Tsingtau, China. Right now?!

Are you browsing through the resale shops or antiquity stores?

Yes, you are right, but here and also in Tientsin is nothing for us collectors. :banger:

Regards Seeheld

Oh my ...

Wonderful, I have to say!

Thank you for sharing. In case you want to sell... I'm standing by! :whistle:

Regards from the former german colony Tsingtao

Seeheld

Back side

Regards Seeheld

Here is my not only one, but my most beautyful one...

Ernst von Eschwege

Regards

Seeheld

I'm really deep impressed. Specially about the mecklenburgian bars. It's should be not so difficult to identify the former wearer.

Unfortunately I'm at the moment not at home and have no possibilitys to search in my list.

Regards from Taipei / Taiwan

Seeheld

wow! Are you sure 14? I thought some of those had EK2s as well.

I'm not yet finish with checking the EK2. But still more than 7 left with the same combination. Not every mecklenburgian soldier got a EK2...

Regards Seeheld