Alpha Draconis

Hello Gents It is indeed Polish white eagle order, it's missing black two headed eagle to be Russian. Hello Gents It is indeed Polish white eagle order, it is missing black two headed eagle to be Russian... And Paja you are correct about Marianer kreuz!

Hello Lars I'll need your opinion on one of the minis I have. I'll p.m. you regarding that. Joseph A.D.

Hello Lars It's a shame that we couldn't see the back of the star, but thanks anyway to show us there is a higher grade of st Sava of this unknown producer. If anyone has a similar medal, please post it here for comparation! p.s. Lars, do you still collect miniatures? Joseph A.D.

Hello Rogi my friend, nice to hear from you again!! Great job you did dismissing the Belgian manufacturer!! As you said all we have to do is to obtain a hallmark or a stamp of the producer... French or Swiss maker?? What do you think of mine? Early Huguenin or French made like two of yours golden painted?? Any insight will do... Lars, thank you for the photo and a sharp eye!! The saint on the breast star is the same as is on my medal! Do you have a photo of the reverse of the star, there is maybe a stamp of the producer and a solution for our quest??? Nice work Gents B.r. A.D.

Hello Igor I hate to be a bearer of ill news but your piece is not mysterious, but I allways loved Russian humor You there have a fine example of 3rd type1921-1941 neck badge made by Huguenin of Switzerland. Do you collect st Savas? I find them one of the most beautiful and most various orders in the world. Do you have some insight about mine and Obi st Savas? Best regards Alpha

Hello Obi Sorry for the late reply but I was away on business. Thank you for the pictures, your st Sava is a beauty!! I have never seen one like yours before... Now for the similarities with mine, unfortunately there is none Your piece is masterfully crafted, mine is crude, your has narrow, wings down eagles, mine wide German like, your suspension is normal for st Savas, mine is weird, your numbers are flat, mine deep, your letters are extremely big, mine small, and the saint looks different....... so I don't think it's the same producer! How do you know yours is Belgian made? Any hallmarks??? Best regards Alpha

Hello Obi Can't wait to see your piece!! I mean your order Alpha

Hello Gents I have acquired yet another mysterious st Sava order, and I want to show it with you and maybe we can together determine its origin!! IMHO, I think it could be an early Huguenin le Lockle piece, and I mean the earliest type possible, maybe the first or trial type??? Now to elaborate my thoughts: First thing that meets the eye is the suspension under the crown, which I have never met nor seen, and it is not tailored, it is made in the same manor as the wings of the eagle, very crudely made. It was not tailored instead of usual "tree" shaped suspension, cause there are no traces of removal of the "tree" suspension... The saint looks mostly like early Huguenin, but maybe even Pires, those two has similar saints. Third thing about this order which is different than any other are the numbers, they are very thick and crudely made. They are over 1 mm thick, compared to other Savas numbers 0,3-0,5 mm, makes a difference.... So, Paul, Rogi, Paja and other gentleman, please help with your advice, maybe 8,10,20 eyes have seen more than the two of mine p.s. I'm posting the saint pictures of early Huguenin and Pires to compare it wit, but they are pretty small, so if someone has a better pictures please share.... Best regards Alpha D.

Hello Jason Welcome to the Croatian ww2 collecting spree, hope you'll enjoy it as I had!! I used to have majority of the NDH collectibles!! I saw that you have a new acquisitions, and I congratulate you on those... About a "checker" on the ribbon of king Zvonimir medal it is as Paul has said a personal idea of feng-shui Some of the recipients taught that the medal will be "nicer" by adding something more on them, and maybe this guy didn't want to wear the miniature ribbon of War commemorative sign, so he joined those two together! I suspect that the little coat of arms is from the miniature of War commemorative sign, or maybe the sign itself(I'm not sure about the size of your medal coat of arms) Here are some pics of all of the mentioned. Hope it helps and keep up with a good work!! Best regards Joseph

Hello Gents Can you help me find a producer of this order, it has an Austrian hallmark for 800 silver and a letter "A" for Wien manufacture. Could it be Rothe & Neffe? Best Regards

Hello Chuck This is Serbian order of the White Eagle, it depends of the size which class it is. If this is the higher grade do you maybe have a star or a ribbon to determine the class, cause first three grades have this medal of the same size. Hope this helpes Joseph Oh I have forgot to say that if it is a small dimension than it is 4. or 5. class. 4. class gilded, 5. class not gilded. Best regards

Hello Paul Thanks for your answers, it's quite difficult to obtain any info on these badges! Best regards Joseph

Hello Chuck Thank you for your reply and thanks for your friend Nik Nik too and wish you all the best in this year!! About the item, my first taught was that this is the center piece of this badge, but year is totally wrong, there is no hole/holes in the eagle chest to hold the letter E, and why hallmark part of the badge when you hallmark the back of the whole badge??? So I taught it was maybe some older jeton or something... Thank you Chuck one more, and can you please ask your expert friend about Odessa artillery graduation badge I posted few days earlier?? You may respond that on the Odessa badge topic or you can p.m me, I have to ask you something else privately... Best regards Joseph

Thank you Stuka f I couldn't find it under Napoleonic buttons, and the size doesn't fit as well... So fashion I taught military button of some French period.... Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!! Joseph

Hello Gents I have a question about a large sized silver button with "N" and a crown. Is it a Napoleonic time button and is this a normal size of the era, it's quite large; 3,8 cm. Thanks Joseph

Hello Gents A friend of mine asked me about one badge or jeton or something, and I didn't know what it is, so I'm asking here to help the guy. Markers mark on the back is AM 1861, dimension aprox. 3,5 x 4 cm. Cheers Joseph

Hello Gents Recently I got in one french group of militaria an interesting double eagle badge with faded st George on its chest with crossed cannons under its talons, and since I'm no Imperial Russian badge expert I begun investigating. Since I don't have related books I started browsing the net, but found nothing... then I switched to Russian alphabet and found out that I have an Odessa artillery graduation badge in silver, 32,51g, 51x46mm, unmarked( except of the faintly hand engraved number 141 or 14M?), with crown. It seems that after the end of the empire the badges were issued without a crown since the school continued to work! I want to ask you gentleman does anyone knows how many of those badges were issued with and without the crown? There were also other variant of the badge, bronze with silver gilt, the same dimension, but 10g. heavier... why two variations, or are there any more variations? I know these are hard questions, but I know there are some passionate superbeings who can answer those. Enjoy the pics!!

Hello Tomislav Thanks for Your information! Do You have picture of the third version with numbers? Do the painted version always have the same type of pin, and the enameled have the other kind of pins or do they booth came with mixed pins?? And what about badges with red painted letter U, I have heard that some of those are originals as well, not all of course! Speaking of badges with red U, Barry sold one of those recently for nice price..... Best regards Joseph

Oh, come on Nick, give people who made it some credit, they must have spent 15 € to make it And to name it St. Andrew star is another fun part of the story

Hello Rogi It's a big one, aprox. 8x8cm! Circus? A.D

Hello Gents Recently I saw an unusual White eagle star, silver 7,8x7,8 cm, markers mark KP. Is it a supstitute, custom ordered and made star, or some fantasy piece?? Here are the pictures. Please share your knowledge A.D.

Hello Nick So it's Bulgarian after all. Is it a commemorative medal as Paul has said? Who is the woman on the medal, if it is not a fictive woman? Best regards A.D.

Hello Paul Once again thanks for Your help and knowledge!! It's a shame that the obverse is greatly damaged so I can't identify the women on it. I think it's a women because of the necklace witch is still visible. Best regards Joseph

Hello my respected colleagues!! I recently stumbled across one unusual medal, very thin(1mm), 37,5 cm diameter in brass(I think), but it's very worn off. There is double head eagle, and cyrillic letters, probably Imperial Russian, maybe Serbian or Bulgarian? Please help to identify this medal! Best regards Joseph

Nice set Rogi!! And the stamps and named medal are great!! A.D.