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I just finished an article on an iron cross 2nd class from 1813 being integrated in a golden bracelet which contains a very nice surprise. As soon as this article is printed, I will give you some more details here, so for now enjoy this photo!

How many grand crosses shall be out there? Your photos aren't focussed very well, but as you allready said, the quality looks poor on what one can see. So I am more than sceptical on this sample.

unbelievable, but I often asked my self if these auctions are all real bidders. I know that these fakers work together and bid the auctions higher to lead real bidders to pay more money. One sign to recognize it, is that the bidder list is not open, so you can't follow the stream.

Also an good idea, I have checked the orders of Kazakhstan, but I only found the following ones: The order of Friendship (Dostyk order) The order of Kurmet Medal of 10 years Astana Order of Otan Order of Parasat Order of Aibyn Order of Glory Order of the Leopard Order of the First President of Kazakhstan Hero of Kazakhstan Hero of Labor of Kazakhstan Order of the Golden Eagle But none of these looks similar to the one that you showed in your posting, so might not be Kazakhstan.

Hello @webr55 as said before, he got the officers cross of Brunswick on 8th December 1912, see the original list from the archive of Brunswick.

What I really like on this star is that the coat of arms still shows the roots towards the Hohenzollern! Fascinating.

I would search the middle eastern countries, the arabic or persian world for this one. The sabers do look like coming from this region.

Does anybody knows where these medals are produced? In the past, the former king did let his medals produced by Borek in Brunswick. Well I guess Borek was the dealer and may not be the original maker of them.

In a discussion with other collectors, this name appeared: Karl Andreas Ernst Becker, Oberregierungsrat in Dresden! Well he got the officers cross of Brunswick, so it might be a good fit.

I wouldn't want to have it, this might tell you enough.

Good question, if the EK1 from 1939 is his, he should have the repeating clasp and not the cross it self. I can also add the following informations: He was awarded the knights cross 2. class of the HdL in 1902, the Knights cross 1. class in 1914.

Here is what I have: Heinrich Benthagen, Avantgarde, born in Woltdorf, when he recieved the medal, he allready took his leave, so he wasn't active any more and wasn't part of the reserve!

Due to my lists von Hänisch only got the Brunswick Grand Cross of HdL without the swords! So you may want to correct your list!

Gentlemen!!! Okay each chapter in the third book starts with a photo of the order of the recipients like this one. then you have the list of every recipient and his status listed in the year they got this order.

Here is the complete list. And yes, there are documents in the archive of Wolfenbüttel.

Well let me state, that the list in the Hof and Staatshandbuch from 1907 maybe 1909 on only shows the names of people living in the duchy of Brunswick and not the people from outside anymore. They also only list the names of the people still alive, so these lists aren't complete!

Well I was faced with the same topic for my books on the orders and medals of Brunswick. I thought on publishing the waterloo medal owners along to all the owners of the order Henry the Lion but decided against it, it would have meant another 250 pages or more on the names, units, etc ... I can tell that the book / lists shown in my last posting still is one of the most read lists in the archive. But sorry to say that, there is no digital version of it available. I might bring out an adendum to my books and maybe I should insert the list od all waterloo medal owners in it, as I have the whole list on my PC. might be an idea to follow on.

Hello TJLA, if you are talking about the waterloo medals, then yes they still exists in the archive of the duchy of Brunswick located in Wolfenbüttel. See the photo attached. If you are talking about medals from Brunswick in general then there are more lists to be found on nearly every medal that was founded but all at different sources.

Absolutely not, he could be a civilian and having a higher grade in the civil status lists. I just started with the officers, because it was easy to spot the saxonians in it. It is much harder with the civilians.

wow just white and blue on yours Walter, Congrats on this pure bavarian beauty! I wonder why he didnt have the KDM on it, because he don't like to wear prussian stuff?

Okay, so we need to start again. What I can tell you is, that the minature looks like the big crosses from Siebrecht, so our man got his officers cross from Brunswick before may 1912. Well this argument is only true, if the miniatures also followed the change from tail down to tail up on the guelphic horse. If I found the time I will have another look into my lists from brunswick, to see if I can find more saxonians in it.

I checked my lists and at first glance I found these two officers from Saxony, if he was a military man, you might go along with these names. If he was civilian I do need a name to check it. Frhr v. Könneritz, Karl Wagner, Erich

Great photo Komtur! Thanks 4 that

well I have written the books on Brunswick and the officers cross was awarded 220 times, so a bit more than just 5! I can check a name for you, if you get me on from the other decorations. By the way congratulation to this great mini chain, I have never seen an officers cross on a chain like this before.

huh! Wouldn't this be a contradiction in its self? A french wearing an ek2 from 1939? Or this one belonged to a guy who served in the legion after the war or very unlikly a member of the french wallonian ss,