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Herr Zeige also very generously provided me with the exact weight of the above mentioned orders. I compared them with Nimmergut's info taken from his 4 books "Deutsche Orden & Ehrenzeichen". This is the result. I am glad to hear your opinion... As you can see, some data vary very much some other data is quite identical (-/+ 1 or 2 grams). I am quite desperate to get some information or comments on these, because, like Tim said, there is no detailled reference book where these orders are studied in all aspects (style, manufacture, weights, materials, different juwellers, ect.). I am very eager to learn more about them. Ciao, Claudio
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Hi Red, The first class 1939 clasp would have been worn, like the KVK (War Merit Cross) 1. Kl., on the pocket. There was no ribbon for the 1st classes decorations. Since you couldn't have been awarded the 1st class without having being awarded with the 2nd classes, he surely got also the 2nd classes of the KVK and the EK on his ribbon bar or first button hole of an open collar LW tunic. The ribbon bar could have looked like the example here below. Ciao, Claudio
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You can also see the difference on the back: the non-combattant does only have the dates inscription and the combattant one has a steel helmet on it. Very nice... I saw once a single court mounted Hungarian non-combattant WWI commemorative medal with the label Godet on the back and document to go with on Ebay. Now I regret not to have bidden more at that time. Ciao, Claudio
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No swords on the medal itself depicted... very rare indeed... I was about to post the answer, but you were too quick to give it away! Very nice... already the combination with a real NC IC 2nd class (only 13'000 awarded in WWI) is quite scarce... almost like a RK 1939 (7800 awarded). But I guess such a Hungarian WWI commemoration medal for Non Combattant is much less sexy than other much more prised WWII German badges, which are more common but command an higher price. Ciao, Claudio See below to better illustrate the difference between a combattant medal from a non-combattant medal.