Mike Huxley

I have just bid on it to see if I can save it, if any one else was going to do it I will of course stand aside.......what a real shame

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

And the slightly more interesting front of the pic !

Christer

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 .

Hi Mike, yes the badge is 100% private purchase silver example....... oh ,and yes I was the winning bid !! Ferg1.

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.

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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

So . . . avoid e$cam???

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

So no opinions on this bar are allowed until after it is sold?

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

Mice little bar Scott. Especially with the W?rttemberg Medal. Not often found. Condition is really, really nice on both pieces.

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

Charles,

Is that a black Hindenburg Cross on there?

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.

OK, now I'm wondering (and blessing my scanner's ability to blow things up a bit)... the lettering on the reverse is not capitalized! I don't recall seeing this variation before. Comments?

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.

Ah-

I remember that one as well.

I am glad to see it has a good home.

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"

Or, how proud this enlisted man was of his Silver Medal to the Order

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 ....

Hi Paul, not at all. But a rare piece still catches my eyes!

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

Reverse.

Nothing outstanding, just a small Bavarian bar with makers label. Obverse

I am not sure if the Redeemer is pre-WW1 or could be--possibly more likely is, from the 1930s, since this grade was for people with status equivalent of a Captain.

Sometimes you just have to settle for

Rick, yet again your right. Like you, I'm also not sure if the Redeemer is pre or post war, hard to tell without any backup documents. However, it's nice to have this one as there can surely be very few of these mounted on Imperial Bars

sachaw, I think this bar was on Phillipp's site a few years ago.

Paul, as you said, I've not seen that many of this Baden Kreuz mounted before, so again a reason for me to snag this one.

Mike

clase up of the Redeemer award.