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Yup, white thread. One can see the ring at the top of the yellow ribbon.

ah-thanks!

Attributed" means medals you KNOW were THE awards given to a specific person on a specific date: e.g. "Star awarded to Sergeant Iskar on August 12, 1917."

no-it says "1929" on the back-and no adams apples.

Ah- so not a screw back used as an 'attachment- to- clothing' device, but the central piece of the order was screwed into the backing of the medal as a part of the construction?

Nice, very,very nice. The Austrian 81mm piece-was that a senior officer/government officials award? Do you have any attributed pieces? What is the campaign bar? Also, top left star...is that a wartime Ottoman issued piece?

outstanding!!!! That is an awesome collection and the presentation, with pictures and documents in the background really makes the history vivid! You have an amazing collection.. There are some unbelievably cool pieces there. Bravo!! :jumping:

I bought this bar a while back and this weekend I plan to take out my old 1932 Reichsheer 'housewife thread set" and restore this bar. The first medal is obvious and easy to sew in place (I think). However, I am wondering about the medal in third place. My original thought is that it was a centennial medal. However, given the slight 'orangish' cast to the ribbon, I am wondering if it might be a Baden Verdeinst medal on the civil band. I would suppose given the Baden precedence that it would argue for it being the civil merit medal, yet we know from photos that the Prussian Centennial medal was sometimes/often placed in chronological order, ahead of the 1902 Jubilee medal. Respectfully, what do you all think i should do? What medal should I sew in to restore this bar? I would be grateful for your opinions and reasonings thereunto. Thanks, QS

here's something unusual. I bought this ages ago and in rereading the Nazi Seizure of power (about Nordheim, a history classic) I was intrigued to read about the Red Front bringing in bands for their parades. I suspect this may be a Red Front marching band given the instruments (all designed to keep a beat) and the 'uniforms'. It has 1929 on the back. Alas, the caps do not sport the red front star, but one cap and the belts seem to have a tree motiv. Any thought?

Well, if the price was right....I'd like the top two pieces. Going back to the regimental badge; is the badge worn lower right a similar unit badge? Is it official (like the Polish unit badges) or commemorative?

So, if I read you correctly, you think that this is a "put together" group? Can you tell us more about why there was a screw on the reverse of that year's (1969) Orders? What are the differences by years? Lastly, have you seen Riemers' book on Bulgarian badges?

wow-thanks Humberto-good information. So the war lasted only 8 days? I thought it was longer, but my sources here (the NYT index, Latin Amrican Wars vols 1+2) are not exactly complete. Do you have any idea as to a ribbon colour? Was there an El Salvadoran campaign medal as well?

wow- talk about quality-

nice one Ms. M: Is that the Swedish version?

I have a vague recollection of a journal article in the journal of Modern history a few years back. Basically, the Nazis recruited nobility to add a layer of social legitimacy, prestige and panache' to their "revolution". Earlier vague promises of a constitutional Hohenzollern restoration which may or may not have been made to both the royals and to Hindenburg in January 1933 were quickly forgotten and permanently tabled after Hindenburg's' death. After the death in action of a Prussian Prince in action and the resulting enormous crowd at his funeral in Potsdam, Hitler issued his decree barring Princes etc. from the armed forces. Princes and other royalty however continued to serve in party paramilitary organizations and the Luftschutz. After the bomb plot in 1944 the hammer fell on the nobility and the Nazis, fearing a possible threat by right-wing royalists (who were rather well informally organized and actually, still are) booted them all out and many were imprisoned on suspiscion. Not a few were also connected directly or indirectly, to the Stauffenberg plot. They certainly all seem to have been no more than two degrees of separation from the plotters. I see from a quick google search that there's a decent book out there on the Hessian Princes and the Nazis that is quite comprehensive. Prince Phillip said something about this recently too. By the way, see the link below about 5,000 new uniforms a year being made in Poland-fond while searching for more info. on this subject. http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Briefs/9276.htm

Nice! This ribbon bar was sold on eBay recently. It is upside down too. Alas, not to me...

Thanks from me also!! I would LOVE to see anything else bulgarian you might want to show us! Thanks again.

Ah- so the lower left hand number is the book number? Please, can you translate the pages of your award book for us?

The books' title is: "Bulgarian orders and Medals 1878-2005" by Todor Petrov, Voenno Izdatelstvo, Sofia, 2005 (no ISBN number I can find). It's a large, well illustrated but basic level of information book. The Numbers are from the document shown in this thread. if there were a total of 68,265 and the document shown was issued in 1978 for #043261 ...then it follows that there were @25,000 awarded from 1978-1991, when the Order was abolished.

That really is a fsantastic box. here is a picture owned by the chap therein so named on the jpg.. Its from this excellent web site! Published for purposes of academic discussion only I might add. http://www.stehelene.org/php/accueil.php?p...4&total=165 To see what these men saw-

ah- not bender! Hey thanks for the magazine! GREAT article too.

Nice- a Bender piece? I also bought a 45 KVkx in the packet in London in @1972. Over time it too oxidized until (mostly) only the grey zinc is left.

click on the link and then on the tabs on the right hand side of the folder. ....a VERY interesting Freikorps award.

Is that a regimental badge then? Worn on the breast?

Good thread. I think I have photo of the tank from the other side.