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Hello Here the abbreviations from the Rangliste 1914 Christophe

Hi Bayern Totally agree with you.

Hello everybody Here is the collection of a friend. Very impressive Christophe

Hi everybody I would like to start a new topic about Saxon belts. I have a Saxon Feldbinde with Gold buckle and green underlay and a wartime Saxon officer belt. Don't hesitate to show yours Christophe

Hi Graham Nice cross. If my memory is ok, there is only 22 crosses awarded during WW1. A super rare knight cross. Congrats One question, is your cross in gold ? It seems that the swords were added during the war (bronze ?). the color of the swords is different from the cross itself. Is there an hallmark ? I remember that Doudlee is the maker of this cross and a D was written in the bottom of the cross. Christophe

Sad news. We prey for him. RIP my friend Christophe

Hi blackcowboys Here is the rule of Saxony how to wear medals before 1933 Christophe

Hi to illustrate the Crown Order with X device, here is a small ribbon bar I used to have in the past. Christophe

Hi Very nice group. Have you got the first name of the Major Jordan. He received the SE3X from Schwarzburg Rudolstadt on 9 december 1914 as Hauptmann. It is interesting to see that Jordan has never worn the Hindenburg cross on his medal bar, even if he died in 1945. Simius has right about the Hohenzollern device. Christophe

Hi Graham, The first cross you have is similar to mine. For me it's a textbook medal In the Nimmergut's Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen, the second medal you show is a variant Christophe

Hi Graham There is something which disturb me with the 5 in the back of the cross. It seems that the hook has been repaired and the inscription disappeared and someone rewrite the number. You can see it is a bit different than the other numbers. Otherwise it's a beautiful piece. Christophe PS : this photo is not mine, it come from ebay

It's not easy to have all of the crosses. Reuss, Saxe Altenburg and Saxe Coburg Gotha are the rarest. I need the Wilhelm Ernst cross. Not easy to find one in good condition to reasonnable price ?

Hi Little update Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Military Merit Cross 1st class: 3570 Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Cross for Distinction in War 1st class : 428 Oldenburg: Friedrich-August Cross 1st class : 2339 Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Wilhelm Ernst War Cross, the number is 368 Saxe-Altenburg: Duke Ernst Medal 1st Class with Swords : 85 Württemberg: Wilhelm Cross with Swords & Crown : 119 Württemberg: Wilhelm Cross with Swords : 5318 Source : Volle (Henning), Stiftungen und Erneuerungen von deutschen Orden und Ehrenzeichen im Ersten Weltkrieg,, Offenbach, Phaleristischer Verlag Autengruber, 2014, 150 p.

You are right, I forgot it. but no swords on his cross. Too bad

Hi Claudio Congrats with your new Helmet. A very nice one.

@Graham : you have another nice medal, congrats. @Komtur : You are lucky to have the Kielmansegg medal bar. It is strange that the SA3a he received on 24 May 1909 is not on his medal bar. I don't know why he never received the SH3 or SA2BX. I like the old SV3aX Christophe

Hi Graham, thanks for your kind word. You have got two very nice crosses. Congrats. The most difficult will be to find boxes to go with them. Christophe

Hi on the picture there is a small defect that suggests a line, Adolf Frhr von Seckendorff received the Reuß Ehrenkreuz 3rd class with X and crown as Dave said above. Christophe

Many thanks my Evil twin. Can we found the Staatsanszeiger online ? Christophe

Thanks Charles, I just need the collar tabs Christophe

Hi everybody Looking for information about one Saxon officer, I have found that he had received the HOH3X after his death. Is it possible ?If my memory is OK, I remember that the Prussians did not award decorations posthumously. The officer : Lt Christoph Frhr von Welck from GR 101(1894-1918). His exact date of death is 28.9.1918. In the Geile's book about Hohenzollern, the author gave the date of award on 19.10.1918. I know that in the Militär Wochenblatt, the delay between date of award and date of publication is one month. He will probably received the knight cross on the beginning of September. If someone has more informations about von Welck, it will be much appreciate. Thanks for your help Christophe

New addition Pair of shoulderboards of Leutnant from GR 101.

I dig in German sources but nothing till now. May be this mystery will stay mystery

Hi everybody Here is a new owner of the knight cross with X of House Order of Hohenzollern : Generalleutnant FRANCKE Franz who received it on 24 September 1916. Christophe

Hi Bayern, Thanks a lot. I know that website. As you can see, there is no other "3" like the one I show in this list. this is quite unique in the German Army. I would like to know when it was adopted and find the text. It's not easy at all Christophe