1812 Overture

3 hours ago, Kvart said:

Here is the silver medal together with bronze medal.

In total 1252 silver medals were awarded and 640 in bronze.

thank you

15 hours ago, tifes said:

Dear colleges,

reason behind introduction of small decorations was really practical one. On the field uniform it was just much more comfortable to have all awards on one medals bar and not to wear one or more breast stars or neck decorations which would complicate everyday life of high-ranked generals in the field. First small decorations were introduced already in 1908 but only for highest grades of all principal orders except MMTO - StSO, LO, EKO and FJO. During the course of the WWI lower grades of these orders had been introduced too, some already in October 1917, some only in t1918.

And here it comes...small decorations for MVK II. Class and I. Class (all variants) were introduced only on 24. April 1918. That was at very late stage and vast majority of all small decorations for MVK II. Class, not even talking about MVK I. Class are just post-1918 production. MVK I. Class with KD (with or without swords) was awarded just 78 times (both Emperors - FJI and Karl I included) and approximately half of this number went to foreign dignitaries as courtesy decoration (German, Bulgarian and Ottoman highest ranked officers, princes, pashas). Concerning A-H army we are talking about field marshals and colonel generals only. Full general was to little to get this award as only Grand Cross of MMTO was superior decoration, ranking just one grade above MVK I. Class. It goes without saying that even this small decoration of MVK I. Class in original would be extremely rare and I have never had a chance to see original wartime piece in my life. However I can´t judge from one picture and some close-up image would tell us more. BTW all small decorations of MVK I and II Class sold at late Prof. Fattovich auction in June 2015 were post-1918 productions.

Regards,

Tom

 

     

 

 

你说的很对

Show you an interesting photo of this person wearing two levels of mini Leopold Medal、

Other variants, different countries

14 hours ago, Farkas said:

Hi Gents

that last one is a ‘funny’ one isn’t it.

not everyone in the crowd looks that happy....

and i would have asked if it’s ‘Kaiser Karl’ as well, certainly looks like.

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Hello1812 Overture ... is there anything at all on the reverse of this last one please?

tony

 

I didn't save the reverse picture...

I feel like new and old, mixed with authenticity

Welcome to add

so cute！

surprise scene

I can't read German, but is the snowman an Emperor of Karl?

很有趣~

The first floor comes from the cry of poverty

Look to the left, look to the right

This is rare, the 60th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph, a medal for foreign spectator

At the bottom is the 50th Anniversary Medal of Liechtenstein

thanks for watching! Looking forward to your reply~

Wow! very beautiful! Congratulations, green looks very good

Is it?

Sexy！

What is this army, do you know? miner?

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新的一天又开始了！

这些人有的都不看照相机，差评！哈哈

很有趣！比利时的棕榈学术奖章？

15 hours ago, Ian said:

Tony,

It certainly looks like he is wearing teo Jubilee crosses. I have not seen that before.

Hopefully some one will be able to shed some light on this mystery.

Cheers, 

Ian

我觉得这很常见啊，佩带两个有什么稀奇的？只要愿意就可以了

这个人不是士兵，但他这么佩戴也很有趣。

16 hours ago, Farkas said:

Agreed! Great pictures thanks.

This mans trio caught my eye amongst all the bling...

Am I mistaken (often am) or is he, in fact, wearing two 1908 Jubilee medals?

One on the end on a civil ribbon and the one in the middle on a military ribbon?

Personally I’ve not seen that before....

tony

霍尔蒂表示不服

品相感人

Who is he？

Start a new day of "bombing"

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This article mainly introduces the medals won by officials of the Korean Empire. Welcome everyone to continue to add pictures. In a few days, I am opening a new chapter to introduce the orders of the Korean Empire.

送你两张我存档的图片“锦上添花”

Dear JapanX：I also have some Koreans here, wearing Korean medals and pictures of other national medals. Can you post them in your article? Or am I opening a new article to publish?

Dear JapanX：I really like your article. Are there other pictures? thank you very much

注意看最后一枚奖章，他是梅克伦堡-什未林二级十字奖章

On 27/01/2018 at 21:29, Trooper_D said:

This is a lovely looking cross, Laurentius. Might we see the reverse, as well, please? Do you know what the purpose of the miniature on the trifold was? If the holder also had the First Class award, would he not only wear that?

I hope that you have success in your for pictures from Mericka's book.

Please look carefully! This photo is very rare