Jacques

Nice Harrier,

what are the manufacturers ?

here is the best condition I found; 3 of them were posthumously awarded.

Gold "L/52", Silver "835", Bronze "CEJ"

Silver "4", bronze unmarked Juncker

I would say 1933-1936 era due to the crown design, but in another way the reverse shows the typical anthem of Franco eagle, shild and phalange.

hope our Spanish friends will help us there.

jacques

Hi,

I need information on the gold cross red case. I know that few members here own such case and I hope they will take the time to check and provide these info. detailed pictures should be helpful too.

High:

Length:

Width:

Weigth:

thanks

jacques

Very nice display The medals bar is really nice .

jacques

Hi Scott,

it is a very nice combination. If you can take close up of the MM it should be great.

I know the list you are talking about, and indeed it is not complete. I guess around 100 german soldiers were awarded this coveted medal. you absolutly don't know who was the owner ?

jacques

I never thought I'd be able to contribute an item of my collection to this thread, but sometimes you just get lucky. Anyone have a period photo of a LC vet wearing this combination of ribbons on his uniform? Also, can someone tell me how to get a copy of the list of German recipients of the Medalla Militar Individual (MMI)?

In the Osprey publication "The Condor Legion", author Carlos Jurado says 64 MMIs were awarded to LC personnel as follows:

- 31 to K/88

- 14 to J/88

- 10 to A/88

- 1 to AS/88

- 1 to F/88 (to longest serving commander, Hermann Lichtemberger)

- 1 to S/88 (to last Chief of Staff, Hans Seidemann)

- 2 to Army contingent instructors

- 1 to each LC Commander (Sperrle, Volkmann, Richtofen)

Jurado also claims only 15 winners of the SCiG w/diamonds were awarded the MMI. He made a couple errors in other places in the book, so I'm not sure how accurate the above information is...

special thread opened for Scott

2 others, after I open another thread ...

few more

here we go

another one

here we go

One more for you Scott

newly acquired one

Hi,

Very nice display ! I love the upper medals bar with the "Medalla Militar"

Happy New Year to all of you

jacques

Due to the well worn condition, and oxydized silver I would say 1000? as a maximum price., 800-900 if the eagle is resoldered.

jacques

Hi,

I can't see anything wrong; may on the picture showing the reverse , the top right eagle has been resoldered.

jacques

Very interesting Jaques, I agree life being more important than medals for sure. It just seems that there is much interest in the German involvement but not much about the Republic and its fight against facism.

German Legion Condor is more charismatic than the spanish republicans , I know of what I'm saying, i've been collecting german items for 30 years. Don't forget that Franco government remained until his death. I don't think that the former republican fighters were wellcome during his regency. I guess few badges were awarded to them, try to find a threat among these files.

regards

jacques

Are there any persons with an interest in the Republicans and their cause in here? Didn't they issue awards too?

I have interest in their cause, my granfather fought within a Republican unit and cross the border later in the war while the whole family was in a so-called refugies camp. I was too young when he died to know more about its combats and awards. don't think he got medals, stay in live was the most coveted award !

jacques

Hi Francisco,

I don't know the name yet but I remember to have seen this picture in a german forum. It seen that several prints of this pics exist, I own one myself won on Ebay one week ago.

I look to find the name

jacques

Jacques,

Do you know the name of this NCO? I asked the seller if the name was known and he said yes, that also appears in books, but for tell me the name I should win the auction.

Regards

Francisco

you took the right decision ! nice cross :beer:

Nice Juncker cross but pin is replaced IMO

jacques

Right ! to my knowledge, no german LC member was awarded both medals you mentioned.

looks quite uncommon ! nice looking

Nice Italian documents

Here is another german one from my collection; this one is stamped

Hi Jacques,

nice award (better than mine).

Why don't have the oval stamp? It is normal? In mine award (only 3 for different medal) there is in all.

Thanks, IP

Hi,

I can't explain. I have another document from the same group for the "Medalla de la campana" which is stamped.

I observed that not all the documents are stamped.

jacques