Claudio

Hi David, Here’s the website: https://www.medals.pl cheers Claudio My mistake.,, you are right! ;)

Hi Chris, Since I cannot send you the image by PM, I'm posting here an image how it could have looked like. Is that correct? Cordially C

Thanks a lot Andy! That’s quite a lot of information... back in those times people died much younger... not even 41!

Thanks! ?

I also read Major in Garde ??? (Grenadier) Militär Attaché in Bern, Schweiz.

Dear forumites, I got this Garde Grenadier Officer with spike helmet's photo on a online auction in Switzerland for pea-nuts (CHF 3.- including shipping). I read Heinrich Graf zu Rantzau (I am not sure though), 1870-1912. I noticed that this family was noble and there were many personalities bearing the family name from 1500 onwards. Could you provide more info on this subject? Thanks a lot in advance. Cordially, Claudio

Here a couple of examples...

Thanks Chris, thanks Glenn, I also think is rather Silver than Gold... The Gold ones are for Generals à la Suite, Generalarzt and Artillery & Jäger Generals. I have seen on my books Bavarian Cavalry General helmets also in Silver. BR Claudio

Dear Forumites, A question to the most knowledgeable: Kronprinz Rupprecht when he was wearing his General Helmet, the Helmet plates/emblems and chin-scale were in Golden or in Silver colour? Here a couple of black and white pictures... I couldn't find any colour painting or photos of him with his Bavarian General Helmet. Thanks in advance for your most appreciated comments. Cordially, Claudio

Maybe no. 4 isn’t correct, since Alexandra wasn’t even born in 1861 when W1 was coronated. Could that be a Zentenarmedaille 1898 “Prinzengrösse”?

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_von_Hannover_und_Cumberland

Dear Forumites, Could you help in identify the medals on the Grossherzogin Alexandra's medal bar? Mecklenburg-Schwerin , HO der Wendischen Krone, Ritterkreu Preussen, Luisen-Orden, presumably 1. Klasse in Gold Österreich KuK, Deutscher Ritterorden, Marianerkreuz Preussen, Krönungsmedaille 1861? Deutsches Reich 1871-1918, Südwestafrika-Denkmünze (in Stahl?) Grossbritannien Königreich, King Edward VII's Corporation Medal (1902) ? Denmark Königreich, Erinnerungsmedaille an die goldene Hochzeit 1892 Am I correct? Thanks in advance for your valuable inputs. Cheers, Claudio

I remember very well that bar being sold at the Thies Auction House in 2004.

Thanks Christoph! ????

Thanks Chris! I’ll tell him, your opinion is very much appreciated! ???????? beautiful miniatures... are these in your collection?! ??? ???

Thanks! Almost finished... Some more touches

The painting is almost done...

??? IMHO that went too expensive, especially the other minor bar with only Prussian or Reichsorden... in total the market value of the medals were not even half the final bid price worth. Well at least I was the second highest bidder and the price increased at least Eur 1’500 due to my bidding fight. I’m sure that after € 6’500 there were only two bidders really interested to have it. Do not forget that if the bidder got both bars in total with the commission fees and taxes had to spend more around Eur 14,500... way too much. for bars who nobody will see them because in a private stored away in collection and not exhibited in a museum or in at least shown and shared with other history buffs, passionate student of phaleristics or simply in the collecting world.

Yes, maybe now that the medal bars have been sold we can unveil the mystery about the original owner....

See? Nothing special really...

Both plain red... as usual for such late 19th century medal bars. C

The medal bars have been sold, the first one without the Austrian orders in the end at Eur 3'700 + commission and the second one (the more interesting one, to me), Eur 8'000.- + commission. My congratulations to the buyer. Cheers, Claudio

Thank you very much Andy! Here's my brother's next portrait's project... Ciao, Claudio

Thanks a lot!

Do you also know, by the photo if von Röder is wearing the red crimson Parade rabatt in the front or not. Furthemore which is the 4th medal from the left on the bar? It looks like a Württemberg medal, but which one?