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Many German states had a provision according to which years serverd during war times would count double. Was there maybe some similiar rule in the Netherlands?

That would indicate he received his Officers Long Service Decoration with digit XL on the bar in 1930 just before he was pensioned?

Thank you for the quick response, Uwe!

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Could someone identify this award/badge, please? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for your help, guys! I have to admit that I am really surprised about the green color fading so completely. There is not the slightest trace of it in any corner!

Three examples from Berlin (Red Eagle, Crown Order, 1870/71 Medal) Colmar/Alsace (Red Eagle, Academic Palms) and Russia/Tambov (Bulgaria, Civil merit / Russia, Aleander III. 1894 Reign Medal).

General Hahndorff served the final two years of the Great War as Deputy Chief of General Staff to Field Marshal von Hindenburg. Hahndorff had previously been a division-level commander on both the Eastern and Western Front. The text/dedication on the back reads: Hahndorff Generalleutnant General- Quartiermeister Gn. H. Qu. Sep. 17

Does anyone recognise the second ribbon? It is maybe not dutch at all?

It is certainly not official but definitely looks old. Does anyone know more about this piece?

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All varieties you could place in your buttonhole. Probably a showpiece for the retail industry.

Kris: Yes, no problem. Jock: No idea. However, it might have something to do with memories which came up during christmas night...

Please find attached a similiar case but with a KVK instead of a RK. However, as the text tells us it is not as funny as your example: Captain Otto Brauer (02.07.1893-25.12.1942) never wore the original as he shot himself in the very same (christmas) night.

I found him. It is Alexander Edvard Tillander (St. Petersburg 1855-1918). http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_makers_A.html

A connection with the 1898 art-craft and handicraft exhibition in St. Petersburg would make sense as there are many tools to be seen on the badge which do not seem to be masonic in that combination. Why would they use latin letters?

Thank you! So it is probably not a military item at all. "AT" seems to be unknown; maybe it is "AP"?: http://www.silvercollection.it/bisrussiansilverhallmarks.html

The top shield under the Tsar’s crown seems to show two anchors. On the back there are silver and maker's marks (which?). Though it seems to be Russian there are Latin letters on it. Who can help? Thanks in advance!

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An Austrian colleague just informed me that the medal was indeed awarded posthumously to Ensign Hugo Möhwald of the infantry Regiment 22 on 11 October 1914 and that the old model was still in use at the beginning of the war as they still had some pieces in stock.

Please find attached images of a gold medal for bravery mounted on a cardboard. The text on the cardboard reads: "Gefallen als Held am 11.9.1915 bei Debelo - Osoje Serbien Fähnr. Möhwald Hugo" "Died a hero on 09/11/1915 (from 1914) at Debelo - Osoje Serbia Ensign Möhwald Hugo " The coin weighs 28,05g and is in absolutely uncirculated condition. Judging from the outer appearance it indeed seems to be made of gold. These circumstances raise quite some questions: 1. Were these medals awarded posthumously? 2. How can it be that the 1859-1866 model (portrait of Franz Joseph I, looking to the left, with a small beard) was used almost 50 years later? 3. Would it be possible that it is not the piece actually awarded but bought by the grieving parents? 4. Is anything known about the ensign Hugo Möhwald? The piece is from an old collection. Thanks in advance for your help!

The duke was indeed desperate to scratch the young men out of every corner of his territory in order to demonstrate that he was now true to the allies. He was probaly right to think that the Prussians would take revenge for the nassovian occupation and annex his duchy which only had been created in 1806 by the grace of Napoleon. The sacrifice of his soldiers let Nassau survive another 50 years.

- Düppeler Sturmkreuz - Kriegsdenkmünze pro 1864 - Kriegsdenkmünze pro 1870/71

Thank you, Paul! It was a pleasure meeting you in Gunzenhausen. I hope it has become clear in between that my GMIC Name is not "sex cop" ;-)

I would be more than happy to offer any support you might need. Great. Therefore what GMIC has joined together, let no one separate.