Mike Huxley

And now the group that went with the photo

Next ..a closer shot of the awards.

Not totally connected with Long Service awards .... but here's a nice little group and photo of a reciepient that's in my collection. He wears the Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse award along with his 1870 award. Pictured in, probably early 1914, with his son's or even grandsons.

dante, I hate to disappoint you, but unless this Asshole will sell you the original medals as well ...... then it's far too late to save this bar It's gone forever any replacements that are put back on it are not the original ones. A very sad situation I'm afraid. Mike

Fantastic group photo you have there Christer. I would agree that there are 2 flight badges, however I think they are both Prussian. I hate those sort of guys as the one with the pilots badge sitting second left ...... obviously a slow drinker or trying to avoid buying the next round of drinks

Rick, The theory you put forward for the thicker lower silver edge on some of these awards is very interesting, I had not noticed this before it was brought up on this thread. Having checked out my BMVO's I too can see a difference between the earlier awards and the later ones. To show this, here is the reverse of a, although slightly damaged, early "Lesser" award with all round thin silver edges and a much later "Weiss & Co" piece .

Thought you were Ferg1 well done. Please show some close-ups when the badge arrives Mike

My feelings are that this is a good one, although the pictures are not of great quality, there are many pointers that would make me think this one is 100%. If so, it went for a very reasonable price. 320248328458 What do you think Stogie? Regards, Mike PS ... I'm neither buyer or seller

100% agree. A genuine issued piece in excellent condition and one that I would welcome into my collection. Nice buy Noor

No Ed. This is your typical thought on the subject for anything German. My thoughts are that you don't avoid eBay or any other selling site. The important thing is, as with all collecting, that you know your subject and history. Research and learn, that's the basis for knowing what's right from wrong. At times we all have cock-ups, but we learn to avoid them. E-bay has brought to my collection many nice pieces that I know are true, but before bidding I researched and made sure the item was correct. My first purchases of Imperial German were on E-bay back in 2001, and they were from a well known senior Mederator that's on this forum. Maybe I was lucky with my first buy's, but that someone was a guiding light for my further collecting themes and knowledge. By belonging to, and being actively involved in forums such as GMIC, you learn from others and in return pass your experiences on to new collectors. That is what is happening in this thread. Don't knock it Ed but try to get actively involved instead of trying to disrupting it. Regards, Mike

Welcome to the Forum. This bar would not be possible to trace with only these awards and no supporting documentation. Also in my opinion it's over priced for what it contains. Cheers, Mike

I love the bar too Scott ... but I can't see where the MICE have been nibbling at it Guess the comment has to do with your line of business Stogie

Can't be black Mike .... It's got swords!!! It's the last two awards that interest me?

First of all, Welcome to GMIC Charles great to see you here Secondly, that is one killer collection of Braunschweig House Orders that you have there Chas. As yet I've not been fortunate in finding any of these to add to my collection but I live in hope. Mike

Rick, Fantastic Thanks for this, I've let my friend know .... and I think he may soon be a member here. He has some fantastic Imperial awards that I know we would all appreciate seeing posted on this forum. Many thanks again Rick.

A friend of mine on another forum recently aquired this CDV of a high ranking naval officer wearing many awards including a Henry the Lion Commander cross. Can a name be put to this CDV? Would feel that he is a member of the Royal Houshold for Brunswick?

Closer view of both sides.

Oh Stogie .... old age must be setting in faster than you thought Remember this little puppy that passed from you to me Seems to be exactly the same maker as the one you have just shown.

The main document that went with the grouping

By the way Rick ...if you need some of your old scans, after your computer loss ... I may still have some of them? Mike

And one with documents that came in a round about way from the "Good Ricky"

And this one that came via the "Meister"

Hmmmmmmmm I think I know where quite a lot of these reside now !!!!! along with this nice boxed group that came from the "St Henry" Meister ....

Hey Stogie ... I was watching this one as well. It would have gone very well with my Finnish award bar and document.

Reverse.