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Best wishes for your upcoming birthday. It goes well with your collection, nice to see you have have started your son's interest in collecting early on in life.
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Great family history, photos and awards. Thanks.
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Some good info here:
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I believe this type of ring dates from 1798 until 1918.
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A couple of articles that may be of interest to you:
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-tragedy-of-fritz-haber-the-monster-who-fed-the-world-ec19a9834f74
https://historycollection.com/fritz-haber-the-monster-who-made-the-modern-world-possible/2/
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Very interesting combination.
Some good info on the A-H red cross medal here:
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Very nice 'modest' collection.
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Wow! An outstanding item. Congratulations.
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That is great start to your collection. Well done.
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Thanks saschaw, good to hear.
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Nice.
Here is a priest with a non-combat Hindenburg Cross and a Hungarian Commemorative medal WW1 with swords:
https://antique-photos.com/en/maingalleryap/weimar-republic-priests/wr-priest-2-495.html
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Some interesting photo's on this website:
http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/militaria/medals ottoman.htm
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It is a Bulgarian 6th class Order of Military Merit. The 5th class has a crown.
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7 hours ago, v.Perlet said:
I heard about a Belgian nurse working for a German hospital (no not he Red Baron nurse) in WW1 and receiving an EK - but I do not know if this account is verified.
Regards
v.Perlet
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/allied-spy-got-german-iron-cross-medal-m.html
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Elmar,
Do you know who the manufacturer would be of this piece?
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You might find these books helpful if you want to look at mid to high end orders and decorations:
Austrian Orders and Decorations Part 1 / Volumes 1 & 2: The Imperial-Royal Orders up to 1918 by M. Christian Ortner and Georg Ludwigstorff
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Order of the Iron Crown
in Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Thanks Graf.