Claudio

Maybe no. 4 isn’t correct, since Alexandra wasn’t even born in 1861 when W1 was coronated. Could that be a Zentenarmedaille 1898 “Prinzengrösse”?

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_von_Hannover_und_Cumberland

Dear Forumites,

Could you help in identify the medals on the Grossherzogin Alexandra's medal bar?

1. Mecklenburg-Schwerin , HO der Wendischen Krone, Ritterkreu
2. Preussen, Luisen-Orden, presumably 1. Klasse in Gold
3. Österreich KuK, Deutscher Ritterorden, Marianerkreuz
4. Preussen, Krönungsmedaille 1861?
5. Deutsches Reich 1871-1918, Südwestafrika-Denkmünze (in Stahl?)
6. Grossbritannien Königreich, King Edward VII's Corporation Medal (1902) ?
7. Denmark Königreich, Erinnerungsmedaille an die goldene Hochzeit 1892

Am I correct?

Thanks in advance for your valuable inputs.

Cheers,

Claudio

I remember very well that bar being sold at the Thies Auction House in 2004.

 

3 hours ago, Deruelle said:

Hi Claudio,

Very nice work. congrats to your brother

 

Thanks Christoph! ????

12 hours ago, Wild Card said:

Hey Claudio!

Fantastic work by your brother, my congratulations to him. With regard to General Heye’s awards, you might find this interesting.

Best wishes to you both,

Wild Card

 

 

Thanks Chris! I’ll tell him, your opinion is very much appreciated! ????????

beautiful miniatures... are these in your collection?! ??? ???

On 11/05/2020 at 10:06, David M said:

Amazing

Thanks!

Almost finished... Some more touches

The painting is almost done...

1 hour ago, VtwinVince said:

It's von Trotha, a man whom my grandmother knew later in life.

???

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.

Yes, maybe now that the medal bars have been sold we can unveil the mystery about the original owner....

See? Nothing special really... 

39 minutes ago, Paul C said:

The above bars are very interesting. An ID would be difficult as it is unknown  for which campaign the if the KO4X was awarded for. What color is the backing on each bar?

Both plain red... as usual for such late 19th century medal bars.

C

The medal bars have been sold, the first one without the Austrian orders in the end at Eur 3'700 + commission and the second one (the more interesting one, to me), Eur 8'000.- + commission.

My congratulations to the buyer.

Cheers,

Claudio

Thank you very much Andy!

Here's my brother's next portrait's project...

Ciao,

Claudio

24 minutes ago, laurentius said:

Fourth medal from the left looks like the Verdienstmedaille zum Württembergische Kronenorden

Thanks a lot!

Do you also know, by the photo if von Röder is wearing the red crimson Parade rabatt in the front or not. Furthemore which is the 4th medal from the left on the bar? It looks like a Württemberg medal, but which one?

23 hours ago, laurentius said:

My oh my, I have rarely seen a picture with the Luxemburgian Order of the Gold lion of Nassau (second to last on the Schnalle). I might be wrong here, but I think this might be the rarest order on the medalbar.

Here is a picture of Johan van Panhuys who wears the commander grade of the order.

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
 

Dear Forumites,

This officer portrayed on the picture here below, Major (Oberst?) Karl von Röder, was in the UR19 or UR20?

Enjoy the picture!

Many thanks for your inputs.

Claudio

Thanks Nicolas, but I needed to know what colours are the four last ribbons and the uniform (tunic).

Cheers,

Claudio

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 

2 hours ago, Dave Danner said:

He is actually in the 1914 rank list, on page 755, as a Rittmeister der Reserve (V Berlin) in the reserve of Husaren-Regiment Nr. 7, with the RAO4, LD1, CDIII2 and JM4.

It is Dr. Arthur Mudra, Ambassador to Ecuador from 1928 to 1932. He was born on 30 December 1871 in Berlin and died in 1960.

Almost all of his foreign decorations were as a diplomat, not an Army officer. He was a consul in Shanghai during the Boxer Rebellion, and later in Yokohama and Nagasaki (where he also represented Italy and Romania), so that would account for the Chinese, Japanese and Italian decorations. In 1910 he was Generalkonsul in Philadelphia and was still there after World War I started, since he is recorded as protesting British armed merchant ships in the Port of Philadelphia in September 1914.  He returned to Germany at some point later, and received the Schaumburg-Lippe Kreuz für Treue Dienste on 25.02.1916 while serving with Staffelstab 389.

I would assume there is a more complete biography in the Biographisches Handbuch des deutschen Auswärtigen Dienstes 1871-1945, but I do not have the volume with the letter "M". Maybe Glenn or Daniel has access to it.

Dave! ??????????
 

You are the Man! Great research work... thanks also to Sascha! ?
 

I checked but he wasn’t directly related to General der Infanterie von Mudra PLM m.E., if he was he would have also had the aristocratic prefix “von”.

Now we have also a face..

Thank you all!!!??????

Claudio

Christophe,

I post this for you, if you meant this as described by Sascha... I am not sure.

18 hours ago, Deruelle said:

Hi Claudio

Do you have a name for your medal bar with BV3? It is possible to have better photos of this medal. It is a very rare one. Thanks

 

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:

Patente / R D A :

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

Thanks for your kind comments... 

I have here a couple of nice portraits of ladies belonging to high nobility pre-1914 in Prussian uniforms as well.

About Queen Victoria's portrait I already saw it... She was chief of Prussian Infantry regiment. Nevertheless thank you Johann very much for showing. 

Bit by bit is coming along... ?