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I personally would also prefer to wear the EK2 in the buttonhole and not on the medalbar. That underlines its high symbolic value. What do you guys think, was wearing it in the buttonhole only a transition period thing, until the medal bar was updated, or did some guys prefer to wear it that way without the intention to add it to the bar later?

Nice picture, is this a british CVO around his neck?

Another Pillow picture: Source: http://www.alt-oldenburg.de/oldenbuerger/das-haus-oldenburg/beisetzung-friedrich-august/index.html

Thanks graham! Interesting guy

Who is the guy in the last pic? I found this highly interesting old thread, with picture of Zar Ferdinand wearing a black eagle Kleindekoration

Terrific pictures, thanks! Yeah, Wilhelm seems to have worn it a lot, but I don't remember having ever seen someone else wear it.

If you know pictures of the Kleindekoration des Schwarzen Adlerordens in wear feel free to post them. There are some of Kaiser Wilhelm II wearing it: Source: https://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/ww1-ottoman-unidentified-equipment-and-insignia-mixed-turkish-austrian-and-german-uniforms/ (I wonder who wrote that on the postcard)

Side question: Is he wearing the Kleindekoration des Schwarzen Adlerordens? (rarely seen) Also very interesting how he is wearing the trifolds under his ribbon bar

I also have a set in a comparable condition. Is there a number how many of these G.A. Scheid pieces were made?

So he really was a Panierherr

Did he fall at Badonviller?

Very interesting That bar is beautiful. It is a NCO/enlisted bar, am I right? The Militär-Ehrenzeichen 2.Klasse was the equivalent to the Iron Cross 2nd class in wars were there was no EK?

I would flip it, but You can document it was the other way when You got it.

I've seen lots of documents with this signature

Fantastic, I love family reunions! Kind regards

As we all know the prussian orders in the late years of the first world war were made out of gilded silver, instead of gold to save material and money. Looking through some old auction catalogs i read it wasn't planned to reintroduce decorations made of gold after the war - is that true? If true, does it only mean there shouldn't be replacement pieces for the silver-gilded ones or that also all new ones should only be made out of gilded silver? The austrian silver-gilded decorations were often marked with an asterisk and I think I read somewhere it was planned that they could be replaced with a gold one after the war (I neither know for sure that this is correct, I only remember I have heard it somewhere)

You have a pretty nice picture archive. Stunning photos

1st: METZ or maybe WÖRTH?? 3rd one: SEDAN

They have been preserved excellently - absolutely breathtaking pieces!

I tried to find a picture of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha wearing Claudios ribbon bar. Unfortunately I couldn't find one. I am still confident there has to be a picture of him wearing that bar (but maybe not on in internet)... Nevertheless I saw a grandcross-badge-around-neck-picture of him, so i thought it would be a nice addition to this thread:

How do You come to the conclusion it was a military order. I understand that one can say every traditional knights-order is a military order as they have there tradition in knighthood. What I consider a military order is e.g. the military-order of Maria Therese or the military-order of Max-Joseph. These were also open to commoners (with them lifted into nobility). The Bavarian Order of St. George was only open to nobility with the candidates having to pass an Ahnenprobe (check of birth) The order still exists today, but I doubt the Ahnenprobe is still the same as many (or even most) nobles today marry unequal.

Ah yes, now I remember, it is that little room in the corner. When I saw them I had the feeling these were all made by the same manufacturer... could that be true? You're right. I prefer table showcases, where you can get really close to the objects. In those "modern" installations the objects are often so far away you can hardly see them. In addition (maybe I'm wrong) it seems like, that in modern displays less objects are displayed. The "normal" visitor might prefer these, but for those who like to look at every object in detail (and look for the differences in similar objects) this is unfavorable.

I think that is the vestment of a knight of of the Hausritterorden vom Heiligen Georg. I remember those shields hanging around in the Münchner Schatzkammer.

Is this our galant knight? I am not 100% sure, but almost, were there any other prince Heinrichs? for comparison the picture from Wikipedia:

To get back to the initial topic: King Ludwig III of Bavaria wearing the grandcross(?) insignia of the Bavarian Military Merit Order around the neck on this well known photograph. I kinda feel a little bit embarrassed I never actually recognized how common it was to wear grand cross badges around the neck. (But I am a young collector, so I might be forgiven)