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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
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??? 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.
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Thank you Laurentius! Is the RK of the Luxembourg (Nassau?) Lion Order so big? It looks almost a Komtur cross being worn on the medal bar... Thank you Andy for your valuable information!??? Gentlemen, which order do you think it is on the forth last position from the right, the Maltese shapened cross with white enamel? For sure not the Wurttemburgian order of military merit, I thought maybe from the ribbon a Waldeck HO... thanks again for your valuable and very appreciated comments. ciao, Claudio
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Dear forumites, Here I'm posting a nice picture of a German General Abraham (very teutonic kind of family name) RKT with Oakleaves wearing also a beautiful General field visor cap "old style". What kind of uniform is wearing or what colour do you thing it is? Is it a tropical (tan) tunic with closed collar? That's quite unusual. Note also the Foreign ribbons on the bar after the DA eagles (Long Services). Could you guess which one these are? I can see one blue ribbon with a star shaped metal device (very likely for an Italian Silver bravery medal), a crossed swords ribbon (very likely Rumanian) and the last one the Rumanian commemorative medal for the Eastern front (Crusade against Bolshevism). I don't know which one could be, the fourth from the right. Thanks in advance for your inputs. Cheers, Claudio
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Dear Christophe, I think that you rather meant the first medal bar I posted, with the BMVO3KrX: Generalleutnant a.D. Karl Wilhelm Arthur Otto von Fabeck: Karl von Fabeck wurde am 6. Mai 1867 in Hannover geboren. Als Second-Lieutenant kam er im März 1887 zum Garde-Grenadier-Regiment 3. Über eine untergeordnete Tätigkeit im Großen Generalstab wurde er 1911 1. Adjutant des Chefs des Generalstabs und 1913 Abteilungs-Chef. Mit Ausbruch des 1. Weltkrieges wurde er Abteilungschef im Generalstab des Feldheeres und im März 1916 dann Kommandeur des Garde-Grenadier-Regiments 3, bei dem seine Karriere begann. In der Folge sollte er noch das Kommando über die 4. Garde-Infanterie-Brigade und die RW-Brigade 15 erhalten wie auch Mitglied des Reichsmilitärgerichts sein. Ende März 1921 wurde er verabschiedet und verstarb am 22. Juni 1957 in Bad Kissingen. Laufbahn: Kadett 22.03.1887 Sec.Lt. i. Garde-Grenadier-Rgt. 3 1900 i. Großen Generalstab 1903 Chef 1. / (7.bad.) Inf.Rgt. 142 1911 1.Adjutant d. Chefs d. Generalstabs 1913 Abt.-Chef i. Großen Generalstabs 02.08.1914 Abt.-Chef i. Gen.St. d. Feldheeres 24.03.1914 Kdr. Garde-Gren.Rgt. 3 02.08.1916 Chef Gen.St. Gen.Kdo. VIII. Res.-Korps 1917 Kdr. 4. Garde-Inf.-Brigade 1919 Mitglied d. Reichsmilitärgerichts 16.05.1920 Bfh. d. Inf. RW-Brigade 15 01.10.1920 Infanterieführer III 31.03.1921 verabschiedet Patente / R D A : 22.03.1887 Second Lieutenant 30.05.1894 Premier Lieutenant 29.03.1900 P Hauptmann 27.01.1907 V5v Major 16.06.1913 Oo P Oberstleutenant 24.07.1915 U Oberst 20.09.1918 H Generalmajor I can show the reverse of the bar, but you can't get too much closer with the BMVO3 because it's quite tightly sewn to the bar. Cordially C