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Nope-that was it! It's all the more cryptic now. Thanks-

OK-further investigation made Jeff Floyd think this chap is Venezualan. But I still think its Hungarian writing. Anyone have an idea what it says??? ....he asked hopefully. :cheers:

My humble contribution from 1918:

In this case "different"="splendid"! :speechless1:

Ah thanks Sir!! Well, the Reservist officers got screwed-no LS medals for them! This chap had 5 years (mostly front-line) service from 1914-1919 and got recalled in 1937-1941 and what did he get? A mere EK2 and HKx. he padded it out with a Hungarian comm. and a Bulgarian Commem. and was in the right place to get a Westwall.

OK: why do you think that? Isn't the last ribbon the Saxon service cross? I assume that because of the width of the white edge. It also looks like the krankenpflege medal (#499 Nimmergut). Fold obscures # of greenish stripes. Can you lift up the backing so we can see clearly?

This is an entry in the Wehrpass to a "Dr. to the stars", who had a good practice in berlin before being pulled into the Wehrmacht in 1939. He'd served as a medico throughout 1914-1918 with the prussian Guards. Upon being reactivated these entries were put in his book. His Militarpass only says he got an EK2 in 1917 and of course the top line seems to say "Frontkampfer Ehrenkreuz". Would anyone out there with more skill in this please tell me what the last/bottom lines say? I think its the positional/rank, but don't know. Ta-

:Cat-Scratch: Is there a number on the back?

.....or some photos of bars being worn! Robert?

According to the Frankfurter Zeitung of Sept. 10, 1937, the regulations for the reissued wound badges allowed for those who had missed out on a badge in WW1 or "needed an upgrade"; @450,000 new badges were issued.

Very interesting!! Thanks! Modern Mynmar/Burmese medals seem to be a little obscure. David would have been glad to see the mystery solved.

Nice photo! i wish it were mine. here is a Yugoslav officer-ex Serb by the medal bar I reckon:

Do you have the LOC#? Is he an Askari? We can get clearer/larger images from the LOC. That is a ripping photo!!

LS for Regulars only? I think I have seen them on dR officer medicos. Hmmmm... off to snout round the Wehrpasses.

Much to my surprise, the "famous" and oft-seen on eBay "UN service medal" aka "The Famine Medal" is not that at all! At least i do not think it is. After spending some serious time with a Gee'z dictionary and my Ethiopian/Somali ex-officer friend "Dave", who now works at Dunkin Donuts in Lewiston, Maine, the UN medal appears to be a Derg restrike of the Korean war medal! The original imperial Korean War medal had the old Emperor on its face. The "new" medal says, "United Nations Service: 1943 (+8 for the Ethiopian calender=1951)! This follows the pattern of replacing or banning the old medals which had the Emperor's countenance upon them and the tri-color ribbon (all of the same width). Often it comes in a GDR made box. It is a form of Ethiopic cross, reminiscent of the original Korean (Swedish made) campaign cross. Thus, it is a Communist medal awarded for fighting against another Communist regime! Now watch the prices sky-rocket!

Hear Hear!! Any other examples out there?

Thanks-Great link. Having seen some of Millers' CDs I am agog with the wealth and complexity of the files contained therein.

Very, very impressive information! Thanks Chaps!!

I know we don't like to give ballpark prices, but the closest sold item I found in my notes was an EK2/WFOx/HKx/LS18/LS4/Sudeten/Prague bar +ribbon bar (inc. Turkish Harp star rbbn./Hung.comm.) for $870 @ Jan. 2005. Assuming the ribbon bar was worth @ $70 and the LS medals and Sudetenland medal were worth @ $150-$200, then about $600-$650 is a good ballpark number. I reckon $575 would be very fair in this market. Just my guess estimation.

Ah-Ha!! It was you who got #1 Congrats. Nice pick up.

Holy Hogwarts!!!! That Dutch general is wearing a noncom. EK2!!!! :speechless1: It makes one wonder how many noncom. EK2s went to foreigners?

FANTASTIC!!!!!!! I LOVE this thread. Thank you for posting this.

Bulgarian, Austro-Hungarian and Finnish officers all received the 1914 iron cross during the war.

Well, he may well be correct> But a lot of 'make up" awards were handed out while the troops were in barracks in 1919. Given the Silesian Eagle, this chap was wearing a uniform in east Germany etc. in 1919/21. I have also seen a document for a Prussian KVK award handed out for merit in Erstaz battalions in 1919 to NCOs, basically "holding the fort/showing up/being there"" while Germany descended into political chaos. That might expalin the "non wartime" placement on the bar.

With double time and out in 1919? It would account for the cross and the odd PKvk.