laurentius

Dear Claudius I friend of mine ones bought a vet-brought back Imperial flight badge and he gave me some close-ups photos from and I could clearly see the difference. i am quite shocked that I wasn't able to recognize this piece as a fake. Especially the small farmhouses in the middle of the badge are rather poorly made, Well, another lesson for me Kind regards Laurentius

Dear people of GMIC I have recently acquired this meritmedal from baden in gold, I am aware that the ribbon and the catchsystem on the ribbon are not authentic. yet someone told me this was a peacetime ribbon, without the common red stripe through the middle of the yellow ribbon. Could someone verify this? ( the medal is marked at the bottom, see picture) Thanks in advance Kind regards Laurentius Well, darned, I can't seem to be able to upload the picture of the bottom with the maker mark. Too bad, I can only describe it as a fly, a small round piece, with 2 attached ´´wings´´

I would to like both of you for your assistence in this matter Kind regards Laurentius

I do apologize if I have made it unclear to you. The problem with this bar is not the presence of both the FA medals, it's the colour of the bronze one and the position of the medals. If a FA medal is present on a bar it means that the soldier was enlisted in the saxon army (being in the saxon army does not require being born in Saxony). The saxons and everyone in their army were proud to be saxons, which was often showed in their medalbars. In germany it was the rule that the Iron cross should always come first on a bar, whether it is a ribbonbar or a medalbar, but in reality we see that Bavarians and Saxons often (certainly not always!) Place a medal from their own state before an iron cross, contrary to the rules. If a saxon or a bavarian choose to put the iron cross first (which sometimes did happen) than a medal of their state would be second. Certainly not third to an german imperial medal like the SWA medal. Kind regards Laurentius

Dear Scottplen Personally, I don't like the bar. the saxon medals should always come first or second, but never be third after an medal from the colonies. We also see that the ribbon looks new, a bit too new if you ask me, not to mention that every medal ranges in a scale from mint to very worn, and we must not forget that the silver friedrich august medal for 10 years is second, whilst the FA medal for 5 years is first, which should be the other way around. Kind regards Laurentius

Mmm, yes, quite a difference indeed. Thank you for your explanation. Kind regards Laurentius

Dear Jaba1914 Thank you for your reaction, it is certainly nice to have some clarification. Would you be so kind to explain how you could see that it was a bad modern copy? Thanks in advance Kind regards Laurentius

Dear people of GMIC JP-militaria, a lesser known seller of german militaria is offering this imperial flight badge, attributed to Ritter Fiala von Fernbrugg. An austrian-hungarian ace credited with 28 aeriel victories. The only reason to assume it might be his is the ingraving in the back. Would someone on this forum who is known with imperial flight badges have a look at it? Thanks in advance Kind regards, Laurentius here is the link http://jp-militaria.de/epages/c8160b69-739a-486c-b016-ca431d292e5b.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/c8160b69-739a-486c-b016-ca431d292e5b/Products/2435

Dear people of GMIC I have recently bought two lubeck hanseatic crosses, one on a small bar(I will add a photo), which is still in my possesion, and one on a piece of ribbon, which I sold. I'd like to ask if you know any sites that give information about this particular hanseatic cross. Thanks in advance Kind regards Laurentius

Dear andreas, you say that the jubileemedal is bad, would you be so kind to tell me what's wrong with it Kind regards, Laurentius

I visited the houten militaria fair today, one of the biggest in holland and the company selling this bar had it with them and allowed me to inspect it and I must admit that in real-life, as is so often the case, the medals look better. I admit, the deumer iron cross is made during the interbellum, but the bavarian MVK 1.st class with swords is most certainly real. Kind regards, Laurentius

I think it's credible, sure, some of the medals don't belong on the bar, but the bar itself is most certainly real. On the first ribbon should be a regular iron cross 2.st class and on the second ribbon should be a HK with swords. On the third ribbon should come the golden merit cross. On the fourth ribbon should come the silver merit cross. On the fifth ribbon should come the karl merit medal with the crown. The sixt ribbon should have the woundbadge, which was in Austria, contrary to other countries, a medal for a bar instead of a ´´steckabzeichen´´ like in germany. On the seventh ribbon should come the Karl-truppen kreuz and on the last ribbon should come the austrian annexation medal. Kind regards, Laurentius Although I must admit that the colours of the ribbons seem of, the last medal was awarded last, in 1938, yet it has lost more colour than the austrian ribbons, which are still minty red Kind regards, Laurentius

Very nice, love the enamelworks!

Dear Ingo The only info I was able to find about this avaitor are the dates of his birth and dead (16-december-1894_1-november-1942) and the place were he fell, mostlikely in combat (beljevo-velizh). He was awarded the knightscross of the iron cross on may 11th 1940. On the moment of his death he held the position of Hauptmann der fliegerreserve (flight captain of the reserves) Kind regards, Laurentius Stroek

Well, that explains it, thank you very much

Dearest collectors on GMIC I have only recently started collecting, and I would like to ask you what would be wrong with this medalbar. To me, a rather untrained eye, it looks perfectly normal. The medals for example look real to me, Could it be the backing of the bar, or rather the way the medals are hanging from, because I've seen more medalbars with this way of wearing. With kind regards, Laurentius

Dear Alex Although the front looks good, I don't trust the back, especially the line on the lower cross arm greetings, Laurentius Stroek

Ahhh, you ment the Militray Max Joseph orden. No, I wouldn't be aware of a place to buy ribbon for this medal, because it's very rare

Depends on what kind of ribbon you are looking for, Courtribbon (all red) or armyribbon (red and white in stripes, for braberymedals and the military merit cross). This site might be something for you. http://www.sammlerecke.at/orden/ordenstart.html Kind regards, Laurentius Stroekovich

here is mine And the back

I'm new to this site, and I decided to show my hanseatic medalbars and ribbonbars. I do have a question, would any of you be able to identify the maker of the silver Iron Cross 2nd class And here is a picture of the bacl And here is a picture of my german colonial medalbar with a Iron Cross in Silver made by H.W. Werner, and a kolonialdenkmunze the gefechtspange ´´Kalahari 1908´´. And a picture of the back And here is my german ribbonbar, although the miniature eagle on the service medal is missing And a picture of the back