Claudio

Yes, the HOH3X is really high Godet's quality... It doesn't detract at all from the bar that is a Spangenstück...

Here it is... Nothing special... I think this bar was put together by Godet; see the neatly folded ribbons in the front, the pin construction, the stitches on the reverse of the backing and the not so perfect folding at bottom on the reverse...

Hi Thomas,

Wow!!!!  that's a great picture!!!!! On the picture is wearing THE very bar I have!!!! The ribbons are folded exactly as my bar... Do you have more of him?

thanks for showing...

C

He looks like he has the shoulder boards with double piping (reserve?) on his Gala Tuxedo LW uniform... 

Well... It was for sale in a German Auction, and as soon as I saw it, I immediately knew that this kind of combination of awards must be quite unique. Furthermore a fellow collector confirmed my thoughts.

C

Finally found Falke's medal bar and reunited with the rest of the documents and pictures... Someone told me that also his civilian tuxedo bar (Frankspange) is around in Germany, lying in a collection without the knowledge of the current owner about the wearer's name.

On the bar there is no Hamburg Hansakreuz, like on Falke's ribbon bar or miniature chain, but I didn't find any documents confirming his bestowal of such cross. I think he was a bit naughty, wearing a cross he didn't actually formally and officially get... But at least he didn't have the guts to wear it on his full scale medal bars...  

Enjoy the pictures....  (The HHOX is a Godet's Spangenstück, with a flat reverse, but with the typical Godet's rivets)

C

Hi Trevor!

Sometimes from the pictures is hard to tell if it's gold, bronze-gilt or silver-gilt, but once you have such a piece in your hands it's easy to see the differences, especially the weight and the quality.

ciao,

C

Nice!  Is it yours? Good job in identifying the original owner... Now to be sure, it would be nice to find a photo of him wearing this pre-1934 bar... I'm wondering if such combination could be unique.

C

Really nice stuff... the Waldeck due and the Godet-labeled case! :-) Wow... the Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen Silver cross is showing the reverse medaillion...

A special one being sold on the next Thies' auction... "mit Brillianten"... ;-)

Eine Sonderform des Kreuzes mit Brillianten wurde nur einmal an den Kommandanten des 6. Thüringischen Infantrie-Regiments Nr. 95, Oberst von Selle, verliehen. Der Herzog selbst besaß auch ein Exemplar.

http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/carl-eduard-kriegskreuz.html

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_von_Selle

Interesting thread about pictures of von Selle, posted by Christophe.

http://gmic.co.uk/topic/19338-oberst-von-selle/

Ciao,

C

Here an image, tinnie being sold by a German dealer in Northern Germany...

https://www.sammler-cabinett.de/shop/de/mitglieds-organisationsabzeichen/abz-grossdeutscher-reichskriegertag-kassel-1939-an-nadel-2-18880.html

There's also some original footage of this event:

http://www.filmportal.de/film/grossdeutscher-reichskriegertag-kassel-1939_552cc56732574e539428da95ef5a6c3e

Ciao,

Claudio 

That's a beauty! 

Too bad I can't be at SOS!

Thanks a lot dear Daniel! Great work in identifying the potential wearer of this bar...

It's a functionary military officer... Militärbeamter. 

C

Hi Jason,

The 8th decoration must be the Order of the Roman Eagle without swords (no swords devices on the ribbon), since it follows another Italian decoration (croce al merito military). The 6th decoration is the Zvonimir order without swords, the devices on that it's correct.

Ciao,

Claudio

Hi Jason,

In my humble opinion it's the ribbon for the order of the Crown of the King Zvonimir without swords (allied to the Axis powers).

ciao,

Claudio

Good eyes Chris! I didn't even notice that... (it's post # 43 however). That is most unusual... totally wrong!

ciao,

Claudio

Beautiful bars! Especially the first, so neately sewn together. I bet that on the back of the bar is the label of the Juweller Godet in Berlin... ;-)

Let me know if you are going to get bored about it... I'd be more than happy to find a new home for it! :-)

ciao,

Claudio

Now you have only to find the missing parts... the ribbon and the enameled extension on the bottom 

Yes, but nevertheless a Great Bar... It wasn't there last time I visited the museum, since that space was occupied by the previously mentioned exhibit about Bavaria and the Napoleonic era...

Dear forumites,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Krafft_von_Dellmensingen

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Krafft_von_Dellmensingen

I'd like to show some pictures I have taken at the the Festung Tilly in Ingolstadt (Bayerisches Armeemuseum https://www.armeemuseum.de/de/). Very interesting and complete group of a Bavarian WWI general... lots of interesting information about his career, family and insights into the struggle for power within the Oberkommando des Heeres and its military and strategic implications.

I would warmly suggest a visit at the castle of Ingolstadt. Right now there's still a great exhibition about "Napoleon and Bayern"... well done, with a lot of historical insights and also objects of historically very important provenance (Napoleon, his wife Josephine, of the Wittelsbacher Dynasty, etc...). Unfortunately the exhibition finishes in October (now).

Enjoy the pictures.

ciao,

Claudio

Sorry I meant Ludendorff...

A nice close up picture of Hindenburg's breast decorations...

I will let my brother now... ;-) but I doubt he will let it go; he does also collect such badges and pins...:-)