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There is an amazing group to a Bavarian in an old thread. The group was owned by Ed Haynes.

whoa! The exception rules!

spiffy. The Verden LANDWEHR r battalion spent most of the battle about 1200 yards west of the Elm Tree crossroads just below the ridge line. They stood near where the new convent now is and had a good view of the attacks on the Nassau troops at Papelotte and the destruction of DErlons corps. In 1826 their Brigadier wrote that the Landehr Verden battalion was moved forward to support the English infantry during DErlons assault and that they exchanged lots of skirmish fire with French Trilliars at the hedge at the top of the ridge. Apart from that they had a rather uneventul battle, getting hit by the occasional 12 lb cannon ball, but not actually engaged in any substantial direct combat. They had a grandstand seat to watch the arrival of the Prussians and Durettes gallant stand in the afternoon. They had the misfortune to be shelled by the Prussians at one point towards the end of the battle,. At Quatre Bras the battalion was slow to form square and got badly mauled by a French cavalry charge. Many sources refer to the battalion as being ' wrecked ' on the 16th. The battalion lost 165 out of 621 men between June 16 and June 18 th.

Good question. I have looked at this myself with more limited resources, BUT looking at on line Soldbuchsover the years the 50 percent split from 1917 concurs with what I have found. The last two years of the war and especially in 1918 seem to have been the huge years for EK awards. Of the 231 Soldbuchs I have records for, 110 were awarded in 1918 or backdated from 1919-1924. It's almost as if the EK was a consolation prize . I only have ONE record of an officer who did NOT get an EK2, an Ast.Arzt in the Guards who spent his entire war in Berlin. Jim Inwalle has some interesting stats. From his extensive Soldbuchsover collection. Most of the figures I have seen come from the ' standard references' sources, which in turn were not very well researched. Priviteria and I had a brief discussion about his stats. @ six years ago and he basically admitted they were guesstimates and had NO solid sources to back them up. Typical, " a guy told me this" stuff . I have a bunch of secondary quotes from Officers Association newsletters etc. and one always wonders where they got their figures.

Thanks Dave! Great stuff.

Good Lord! is it numbered perchance? All you need is his photo and you are good to go! I actually walked past his house on December 29 th down in New Haven.

Very cool. I had no idea Swedes got so many foreign awards gratis.

and a Franco/Prussian/1866 veterans bar @ 1900. Note the unusual Centennial medal.

an ordinary chap's bar in 1919

Any chance you have a picture of one of the lists?

and an NCO recalled in 1939....

and an NCO's photo...

a few more

here are a few of mine

oh? easy to state that the first class is a repro, but given the provenance of the bar that is highly unlikely. What makes you think it is a repro ?

wow! thanks! I shall send off a copy to Rick posthaste...

Isn't the sailors medal that Navy Association medal given by Tirpitzs organization?

Wow. Rujab, wow. Just. Wow. I did not even know the 25 anniversary medal existed!

Fantastic thread. Paul Dawson has been going through the Imperial Guard rosters for 1815 and found some really interesting stuff. If only the medals could talk.

Fantastic! Have you ever seen the US National Geographic photos of Russia. Per war?

sweet! I miss back in the day.....

Cool. Has Merwyn seen this? I always wondered if some British towns also issued medals. In the USA one sees town, county, state and organization medals. By the way, many current veterans still wear local medals and state National Guards wear all three, depending on the state. In Maine for example, I have seen vets wearing ribbons from the Feds, state and the Legion, all on one ribbon rack.

whoa! Great photo.

Well, as a UDA chap once said to me, " it is not the religion, but the religious national identity that is the problem.

Excellent post. I seem to recall the Red Cross records for WW1 are available......and maybe now WW2? Germany has some rather unhelpful privacy laws, which may prohibit you getting info from their archives. I am surprised the IWM does not have copies.