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Hi David, I personally saw the medal bar in Gunzenhausen at Christian's stand. It is surely a very interesting combination of medals and orders. Did you notice that the Ehrenkreuz f?r Kriegsteilnehmer is marked G&S (Godet & Sohn)? Very nice. Since I am a bit "anal" about conditions I didn't buy it. Too bad, because it looks as if it was carelessly stored away and got a lot of humidity. With a bit of more care this bar could have looked much better. But there's still some room for restauration or at least prevention of any further deterioration. Ciao, Claudio
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Don, Here's my latest Bavarian Reserve-Offizier medal bar... it's a Godet-mounting!!! Mint... almost the same medals like your bar. Because of the Austrian Milit?rverdienstkreuz 3. Kl. these officers could have served in the same regiment whose chef was the Emperor Franz-Josef I (10th and 13th Bavarian Regiments if I am correct...). Ciao, Claudio
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Dear fellow collectors, Through a dear fellow collector and German friend I received a lot of ribbons. In this group there were some that I couldn't identify some other that I need a confirmation. Here are the ribbons: 1) Saxony, some sort of long service ribbon? 2) Weimar Republic, Gedenkm?nze f?r Oberschlesien, 1926, oval, am Band 3) ? don't know, it was suggested to me maybe some decoration of the principality of Liechtenstein (because of the colors) 4) ? clueless, probably ribbon of some Balcan State 5) ? , same as above 6) First I thought some kind of Bavarian ribbon, but I coudn't find any confirmation. Who knows? 7) Ecuador? 8) Bulgaria? Thank you in advance for your inputs!!! Ciao, Claudio
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his Urkunde for the Zentenar-Medaille as young F?silier... too bad that there isn't any date on it, but I presume that this document was issued in 1897-8... A very funny note... on this document his name is written "SCHWANZ", which in German means literelly "tail" or also "penis". His real name was "SCHWANTES". Maybe the Beamte/Schreiber (clerk) who wrote his name was a bit confused or was a joker...
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Dear forumites, I just came back yesterday from my "Strafexpedition" in Germany. Very nice and mild fall weather, good German food and beer... all in all a very good and relaxed trip! I was in Gunzenhausen (Militaria show in Bavaria), in Ingoldstad (bayrisches Armeemuseum... very nice!) and in M?nchen. From Gunzenhausen I got this bar with documents, therefore came with a name; it's always very nice for NCO bars, since they wouldn't be researchable. Here's the description of the medals: ? Preussen, Eisernes Kreuz 1914, 2. Klasse (OEK 1909) ? Deutsches Reich 1933-45, Ehrenkreuz f?r Frontk?mpfer (OEK 3803/1) ? Preussen, DA 2. Mod., 1. Kl. f?r den Soldatenstand, 15 Jahre (OEK 1974) ? Deutsches Reich 1933-45, Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen f?r 40 Jahre (OEK ? Preussen, Zentenar-Medaille 1897 (OEK 1965), ca. 1'233'000 Verleihungen (awarded pieces) ? Schweden, Orden des Schwertes, silbernes Kreuz A little quiz for your Imperial collectors; in which regiment has this NCO served? That should be very easy for the "alten Hasen" (veterans) on this forum. I will post more later... In the meanwhile enjoy this little-big bar! Ciao, Claudio
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Hi Heiko, Gunzenhausen was fun! Not many dealers but lots of Imperial medals... not so many great bars and the few ones quite expensive, but all in all a very good show. I had also the chance to know some fellow collectors better. The all atmosphere there was much more relaxed than in Stuttgart... bayrische Gem?tlichkeit, I guess! I have spent some money there... but I will definately have a go for Thies auction, maybe I will try to get one max two good bars... The starting price for the Kaiser Wilhelm II's bar is Eur 25'000.-, it would be already about CHF 50'000.- (Swiss francs); I could buy myself a very nice BMW 3 with that money! Ciao, Claudio
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Dear forumites, I just received the medal bar... it's really very nice. The Hindenburg Cross is marked G S (Godet & Sohn) and I presume that this bar was put together by Godet or a professional Taylor or Orden & Ehrenzeichen dealer. Here's a brief biography I found on internet about the medal bar's owner (name researched by Rick Lundstr?m... many thanks! ): Ciao, Claudio Konteradmiral Otto Fricke (*29.05.1894 in Wennigsen, Hannover - ? 26.11.1966 in Heidelberg) Promotions: 03.04.1914: F?hnrich zur See 18.09.1915: Leutnant z. See 07.01.1920: Oberleutnant z. See 01.05.1925: Kapit?nleutnant 01.04.1933: Korvettenkapit?n 01.01.1937: Fregattenkapit?n 01.10.1938: Kapit?n z. See 01.09.1942: Konteradmiral Career: Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and attended Basic Training and on board the Heavy Cruiser ?Hansa? (01.04.1913-31.03.1914) Attended Naval School in M?rwik (01.04.1914-31.07.1915). On board the Light Cruiser ?Stuttgart? (01.08.1914-30.01.1915) On board the Light Cruiser ?Graudenz? ( 31.01.1915-22.11.1915) On board the Liner ?Helgoland? (23.11.1915-22.05.1917) Commandant of the Minesweeper ?M 38?, 4th Minesweeper-Flotilla (27.05.1917-15.09.1919) Watch-Officer, Flag-Lieutenant and Commandant with the 5th North-Seas-Minesweeper-Flotilla (16.09.1919-20.1919) Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ?K?nigsberg? (21.10.1919-31.05.1920) Platoon-Officer, Coastal-Defense-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (01.06.1920-25.10.1920) Company-Officer and Company-Leader, Coastal-Defence-Battalion II; at the same time, detached to the J?ger-Battalion of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (26.10.1920-03.04.1923) Adjutant and Group-Officer, Naval School M?rwick (04.04.1923-22.09.1924) Company-Leader, Ship?s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (23.09.1924-30.03.1925) Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ?Berlin? (31.03.1925-25.09.1927) Company-Leader, 3rd Naval-Artillery-Battalion (26.09.1927-02.10.1929) Watch-Officer on the Liner ?Hessen? (03.10.1929-24.09.1930) 2nd Artillery-Officer on the Liner ?Hessen? (25.09.1930-25.09.1932) Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ?K?nigsberg? (26.09.1932-26.09.1934) Instructor and Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Ship-Artillery-School (28.09.1934-30.09.1937) Chief of Staff of the Inspection of Naval-Artillery; at the same time, with the Sudeten-District Commander of the 11th Naval-Artillery-Regiment at the West Wall (01.10.1937-30.04.1940) At the same time, Acting-Inspector of the Naval-Artillery (07.07.1938-06.08.1938) Port-Commandant Stavanger (01.05.1940-18.07.1940) Chief of Staff of the Naval-Commander Channel Coast (19.07.1940-17.04.1942) Chief of Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (18.04.1942-15.11.1942) Senior-Quartermaster in the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (16.11.1942-31.03.1943) Inspector of Naval-Artillery (01.04.1943-22.07.1945) In Captivity (22.07.1945-19.04.1947) Released (19.04.1947)