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    Claudio

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    1. Hi everybody,

      I just would like to add a nice picture (a bit too small, sorry!) of Sch?rner I found on the net, showing him at a pre-war official event as Senior officer of the Gebirgsj?ger with all his medals (PlM and medal bar). Maybe that medal bar is somewhere out there... it's not even something special, on the contrary, it's quite a "common" array of decorations for a senior Bavarian career officer.

      Here's a interesting link with his curriculum vitae and awarded medals (in German):

      http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Sch%C3%B6rner

      Ciao,

      Claudio

    2. ... and here's a medal bar coming from your collection that I bought from you (thanks again for the sweet deal :P:beer: ).

      Medals' description:

      ? Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (OEK 1909)

      ? Silberne Medaille Verdienst im Kriege 1914 (OEK 2833)

      ? Ehrenkreuz f?r Frontk?mpfer (OEK 3803)

      ? Schlesisches Bew?hrungsabzeichen ?Schlesicher Adler?, 1. Stufe, bruniert (OEK 3299)

      ? Preussen, DA 2. Modell, 1913-1920, 1. Klasse f?r den Soldatenstand nach 15 Dienstjahren (OEK 1974)

      ? Polizei-DA, 2. Stufe f?r 18 Jahre (OEK 3527)

      The very odd thing about this bar is that the Silesian Eagle is a nice 1st class piece mounted as it was 2nd class.

      Medal bar, obverse and reverse for your enjoyment.

      ciao,

      Claudio

    3. Hi David,

      The elongated blue (dark) cross is the Bayerische Offizierkreuz MVO mit Krone u. mit Schwertern (Bavarian Officers' cross of the Military Merit Order with crown and swords), pretty a rare bird among this very desirable Bavarian order. If you meant the white cross, it looks like the Hungarian Merit order, but it's difficult to tell from the picture.

      Ciao,

      Claudio

    4. This is a group that was snapped under my nose... too bad! :(:mad: I would like to share the picture with you. That's a very early one!

      Here is the description of the medals:

      - Roter Adler Orden, 4. Kl. mit Schwertern mit Ritzmarken AW

      - Alsen-Kreuz 1864 am Band f?r Kombattanten

      - D?ppeler Sturm-Kreuz 1864 am Bande f?r die Reserve-Truppen (1865)

      - Erinnerungskreuz 1866 f?r Treue Krieger, 1866-1867

      - Kriegsdenkm?nze 1864 f?r Kombattanten

      - Milit?r-Verdienstmedaille mit Randgravur (!!!). Exceptionally rare this last medal. The medal has been named to the wearer and on the rim of the medal there is following inscription: KNGL PREUS SEC LT FAUST D?PPELER SCHANZEN 1864. That is quite a sweat detail, since 99% of German Imperial medals weren't named (with exception of the Baden Tapferkeitsmed.).

      The medal bar came with the picture of the wearer and a trapezoidal ribbon bar.

      Ciao,

      Claudio

    5. Hi Ulsterman,

      It's the Bavarian Ludwigs-Orden (1827-1918), Ehrenkreuz... pretty rare Nimmergut (OEK # 437) lists it on his 2001/02 catalogue for Euro 3'323.- (made in Gold). I never saw an original one, just pictures from a collection of one in a spectacular Bavarian medal bar. It must be quite a rare order, awarded for high civil merits, I think.

      I am sorry not to know more about it, since I do not have the proper reference's book at hand.

      Ciao,

      Claudio

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