Rogi

Awesome info Iver thank you for sharing and what a great set I was able to find a bit more information about the ship Captain von Stecher commanded, S.M.S. (Korvette) “Frundsberg" After its service it was hulked in 1905, it became a mine storage ship during WW1 and was handed over to Yugoslavia in 1920, becoming "Zlarin" her fate is unknown after that.

I would give up my next VW golf for this piece lol , if my work wasn't so far away :(

This one recently came into the collection, it is a beautiful piece and I can't be more happy with it a nice tag on the bottom mentioning the Austrian recipient is also present. Along with 14k Austrian hallmarks on the crown suspension ring and hallmarks for VM (Vinc Mayer) on both the gold suspension ring and silver Danilo piece itself In a general search online that I was doing while trying to find more information on Captain von Stecher, I was fortunate to find that a friend on the forum, Iver owns another piece from Battleship Captain Friedrich von Stecher's orders and medals he shared with me his research on him and I'm looking forward to Iver's following posts, I feel like we've "re-united" the pieces of the Captain's collection. Here is a link to Iver's topic :)for his Bronze Military Merit Medal to Captain von Stecher http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/63510-bronze-military-merit-medal-friedrich-von-stecher/ Here are some pics Reverse: Inscription: and I was able to find his Order of Danilo Roll, here is the extract where he is listed : I'll post a bit more information on the Captain, when Iver gets a chance to post Any information, photos, comments are greatly appreciated :)

That is great news, what luck

Since this appears to be the plated version (later war issue) it would be hard to tell, I'd go with Bronze too because of the attachment ring. Oh and just in case you see the all silver civilian version, there is also an all Silver Version, actually made of silver (very rare) Here is a pic of one from my collection it'll have a marking on the rim of the medal (my example has A for Vienna Although I was told it is in later case of issue. Still was very lucky to have purchased the medal

They make a good couple together :)

In the sales section, not here :S here is a link: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/classifieds/

I love that orange enamel

Aye it is pretty close to the Order of St. John although there are differences. Just don't think about it in British terms, it is an order although the Serbian orders have to be sanctioned by the King, or approved. My understanding of our orders or medals, was that they were given to the British (or foreign recipients) out of gratitude for their service/an act of bravery etc. They differ from the British system of awarding and although this is technically semi-official, it is an official order because it had to be approved by the King of Serbia/Yugoslavia himself. Same style with the Serbian Cross of Mercy. As for the gazette, there could be multiple reasons why it isn't listed in the Gazette (would make the Gazette tooooo long ) Other countries also awarded similar Red Cross orders and Medals (Montenegro, Bulgaria, etc), I know of a couple Serbian officers whos British orders aren't listed in the London Gazette, yet they have definatley received them , some are listed in Serbian sources, others not. After the bombing of our Chancelry of Orders in Yugoslavia (which destroyed it), most records were lost and we can only piece some things together from exterior sources. I think the recipient in question was awarded this order as a recognition of thanks and that they contributed to either helping the Serbian Red Cross or the patients of the Red Cross(totally different than the British system of belonging to an organization or group) some Serbian orders and medals didn't necisarily mean that you belonged to the organization and paid its fees that was associated with the order or medal's organization. This was also NOT a commemorative order. Not everyone that served in Serbia got the order and it wasn't handed out easily you had to do something, or contribute to receive it (and even then, some recipients might have been skipped or forgotten in time)

AK maybe?

This for the King or Red Cross question ^^^^ It is Red Cross for sure Although I'm semi positive that the King had to approve some of these, as they always appear last, or close to last on medal bars vs other association orders or medals

Wow the orders are arranged like candy hehehe Excellent post Nick :D

Ohhhh Nick Prince Tokugawa is awesome love how he enjoys taking photos with his foreign orders not a lot of Japanese recipients have done this so extra awesome when we get to see an array of orders like this Thanks for finding these man awesome!

Excellent it is great when it comes with other medals (especially if they are engraved) that is almost as good as having a doc

There is a chance you can order his records, more on the forum will know more but I do know that a lot of records burned in the archives in a fire in the 70s The chance is slim but it is possible.

Totally my fault on Kriz didn't think twice about the language Sorry all

That is awesome Glen, there are a couple Ottawantonians here on the forum hehehe glad to see another Canadian and especially another from Ottawa

First, I'd like to thank you all for your kind comments and contributions to the thread it is greatly appreciated Serbman, welcome to the forum and The first photo is Prince Iesato Tokugawa there is another photo of him wearing the Order of The White Eagle, 2nd is General Kusunose Yukihiko, he received the Order of Takovo 3rd Class while attending that trip with Prince Yorihito, I have the document request somewhere here as well will post when I dig it out Here is a link that was started a while ago to the recipients mentioned there is 1 or 2 more recipients that I've found since, but havn't been able to access free photos to share them with the forum http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/60560-order-of-takovo-recipients-japan/

Peh not, glue, it is enamel from that enamel machine on the Soviet Red Star Thread! ! lol (jkin of course )

Hello Ceylon, Welcome to the forum Does this one come with a Document stating who this individual was? In Serbian it is called the "Odlikovanja za humanitarne zasluge" Order for humanitarian services/merits in a generic term and depending on which version, each one has a different name. Your version looks like the "Križ Društva Srpskog crvenog Kriza Kraljevine Srbije" or Cross of the Serbian Red Cross, Kingdom of Serbia. I can't make out which version it appears like most, but it looks Rothe and Neffe to me, it could also be Huguenin Brothers, who used Rothe's same style and mold, when it arrives are your home please take some more photos of it, front and reverse. I cannot say for certain but I think it is handed out by the Serbian Red Cross, it was usually held as last order in the medal bars, from the photos I've seen and therefore I think it is accepted by the Government my mum is a huge Red Cross collector and will know more than me, when she arrives from work, I'll ask her to take a look All the best Igor

Wow, work of art

"museum level replica" Also says that ^ on every one of his listings :(

Right is fake?

Order of the Iron Crown as well, impressive :D

They look like association (minis) badges to me, but we'll keep on the search could be anything I can't do the accent on my computer but there is a locomotive that used to run ŽG Ljubljana so try and search there If it is WW1, Croatia started to march towards independence and the movement took hold after the war. You can still find minis and badges with full Croatian checkerboards (and nothing else) that date to around the war to after war period.