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Compared to some original awards, the swords appear to be soldered in place. Searching through WAF, I found a near identical twin to this award in the last post on the thread. I think I'm going to put this in the replacement award category.

Gentlemen, may I have your opinion about this Red Eagle order with swords? It is unmarked and I like the center portion, but the swords seem off. Perhaps the swords themselves are to long? The grip also seems to be different than most I see with Red Eagle orders.

I have the bar mounted and a little difficult to get better pictures, hope these help.

Thanks for all the great information! I have found both Schön and Schöen in family documents, but pretty sure it's Schön as found by Komtur. Family history has husband and wife dying of Influenza and the children were raised by relatives. I will post the award documents and some close-ups later.

Yes, sorry about that. This would be my great grandfather who died not to long after the war due to Influenza. I know he spent a fair amount of time in Africa and his family is from Lübeck. I have all of the documents to accompany the awards but that doesn't give me a lot of information on his life. As I go through old family boxes, I come across more and more little treasures. Perhaps I may find some more information as I search.

After searching through some old family boxes, I came across a picture to go with one of my bars. I have shared the bar before, but I would like to present Earnst Schöen in uniform wearing his awards. I hope everyone enjoys.

Was going through some family documents and came across mein Urgroßvater on the plains of OstAfrica with his pets. He regretfully had to sell the lion and the dogs for 200 rupees prior to a new assignment.

My only contribution as it is the only one of my collection I have found with a case. It is one of my favorites.

Gentlemen, You all never cease to amaze me with your abilities. If I read correctly, Glæsel was an architect and an inspektør og -sekretær for Statsinventarie-kommissionen. It would be interesting to know how he traveled to so many locations, I'm guessing through the royal connections? Many thanks for your help!

I recently acquired this miniature grouping. I usually stick with German imperial groupings, but this one caught my eye with all of the different awards. It would appear to possibly be a well traveled diplomat? I was curious if it was possible to be attributed and determine the missing award? What I see: Order of Dannebrog in Gold Order of Dannebrog in Silver French Legion of Honor Greek Order of the Redeemer Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of Wendish Crown Thailand Order of the Crown Prussian Order of the Crown, Fourth Class Best regards,

Many thanks, that helps immensely.

Mein Großvater. Could anyone enlighten me on what the collar insignia means? I know is that he was conscripted and sent to North Africa, where he was captured by the British and turned over to the Americans. He has an EK1 and can I correctly assume an EK2, or was the awarding criteria different for WWII?

I always love these threads, always some very interesting pieces come out. I have a couple of personal favorites, not sure which I like more. Both were the most difficult for me to find, so they hold about equal weight.

Here is the reply I received for the same question.

My catalog just arrived yesterday and I thought the same thing when I saw that bar.

Many thanks Christophe. That was exactly the information I was looking to find.

I recently received a couple of awards for my small Hohenzollern collection for everyones review. I know the Hausorden von Hohensollern Ehrenkreze 3. klasse mit krone und schwerten was awarded approximately 144 times in WW 1, but I was not sure about the Hausorden von Hohensollern Ehrenkreze 3. klasse mit schwerten. I know they were authorized from about the time of the 1866 war but I see them very infrequently and wondered if someone had a tally from the lists?

All I can say is wow, what a great grouping.

Thank you for the nice comments, it is a bar that has been in the family for a long time. Claudio, I would show the back, but it has been mounted in a display for a number of years.

Here's my contribution...

I saw the one you mention for sale which got me to thinking. I still have no idea what mine is actually for, but it was sewn onto something. Definitely good information here.

So I was digging through some of the items I have about and came across this. It appears to be a 1. Garde zu Fuss crest with a couple of attachment points. Could it be a an officer's pickelhaube emblem?

That would be your favorite Chris, the 1. Garde Regiment zu Fuss.. Dated 1883

I managed to acquire a fair amount of items from a family estate. Thought I would share one of the items from the group. I have seen them before but not sure what they are called. A silver Grenadiermütze for the departure, most likely transfer, of Oberstlieutenant Graf zu Rantzau from the Garde Regiment.