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Thanks Solomon!

Working..

Working.

Congrats Rick and thanks for sharing!

Thanks Naxos!

Thanks Guys!

Another bunch of awards I have not seen before..

To continue what Mark said about the honor crosses.. ..The silver merit medall was founded in 1885 by Heinrich XIV and the golden medall in 1897 by the same man. Swords were added to the medals in 1909 and also a crown for the golden medall. Silver medals were awarded to privates and corporals while the golden ones were for NCO's or civilians of matching rank/status. The silver merit medal Mark just posted is the first cased one I have seen.. Very nice..

Super!

To answer questions A and C, Nobody knows. Even nimmergutt only has Reuss-Greiz numbers from 1908/09-1914. And just as a reminder, Greiz was the smaller of the two. Reuss wartime awards rolls haven't surfaced yet so there are no numbers what so ever as to how many medalls and honor crosses were awarded with swords. But one thing is clear.

1st, 2nd and third class honor crosses are FAR MORE numerous than the officers cross, 4th cl and anything with swords and/or crown, because the original three classes were awarded 1869-1918 and all the others only between 1909-1918.

Yet another one I haven't seen before.. Interesting and thank you for sharing!

Mmm.. Sweet!

Thanks for sharing mate! I've never seen that labor merit medal in the flesh before..

Ahh, the infamous muffin.. I thought that HH couldn't go that low..

My new silver Reuss merit medall with swords. For better and bigger pics see: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...d=1#post1330828

Nope, not yet. But I can tell you that only two KAG ek1's have been posted on both forums combined.

Summa Summarum Part 3

"800"

1

1 with mark on pin and with two sidehooks

1 with mark under the clasp

1 convex

1 convex with mark under clasp

1 convex with mark on pin

1 convex with mark in the center

2 vaulted with mark under clasp

2 vaulted

"900"

1

"925"

1

"935"

1

1 with mark in the center and with very special pin

"950"

1

1 vaulted

"AWS"

1

"CD 800"

1

"Deutscher Offiziersverein"

1 screwback with a big washer

"D.R.G.M."

1 marked "800" and the nut 653146, PM and 800

"D.R.G.M. Victoria"

1 Screwback

"Finke"

1 non-magnetic screwback with a big washer

"FR"

1

"Fr"

1

"Fr W"

1 marks in two separate incised boxes under the catch

"G"

1

"GODET"

1 with marked GODET and 800 in two seperate incised boxes on pin

"Hansen"

1 Screwback

"HBG"

1

1 with dots between letters

"KAG"

1

"KMST"

1

1 with disc attachment

"KO"

11

1 with "800" on the pin

"Meybauer"

1 with hallmark

1 with crossplate,Meybauer hallmark at the backplate

1 with regular screwback,Meybauer hallmark at the backplate

"SILBER"

1 with blued sheetmetal core

"We"

2

"SW"

1

"WS"

1 cased with thin pin and engraved maker mark

2 with thin pin and engraved maker mark

1 with thicker pin and mark in a small box

"JWS"

1

"V"

1 with "800"

"Square"

2

Unmarked

1

1 "26"

1 "Deutscher Offiziersverein", screwback marked with 4 stars and "800"-washer is missing

1 "Meybauer" with crossplate

1 "KMST"

1 "Clamshell" screwback(Deumer Type), non magnetic core

1 Screwback with big washer(same cross like the clamshell variation), non magnetic core

1 convex

2 non magnetic

1 magnetic 1957 EK

Thank you for your support!

Thanks mate!

Yes indeed Mark! Thanks for sharing..

Indeed they are! I've never seen this guy in the flesh before.. Thank you very much for sharing!

Ps. If you'd like to see my latest Baden acqusition, check it out here:

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...298#post1317298

Stunning!!!

Thats a killer combination! A hohenzollern, OZL and Reuss, wow.. Thanks a bunch for sharing!

Last post there was over three months ago and while the general area is the same, the intended content isn't. I see no harm in having two threads.

Hmm.. Most interesting.. As it's a 1st cl. with crown the recipient would have to be atleast a general-leutnant or a noble of very high standing. Thank you very much for sharing!

I've been interested with Reuss things for quite some time now, but I haven't started to collect them.. ..yet.. Don't get me wrong, Baden is my main interest, but I do have to expand to other states to keep my collecting viable. Besides there aren't many Baden awards left that I could acquire. I got one nice item from Christian that I will post in a while.

So any and all members who have Reuss honor crosses and other Reuss things, please share them so we can ! I may have something to add to this thread too In a little while..

Thanks for the Closeups Andreas!

As for Darrells questions:

The Evil one.. ..Is the other one.

If I did take any pictures and I'm not saying I did, those would be so classified that I would have to shoot myself for even trying to describe whats in them.