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1918. At a stretch, a lttle later for things like the Flandernkreuz anf Freikorps awards.

Note that, while printed in German, it was issued under the aegis of ChristianVII of Denmark. Six pages in all. I'll post the rest if anyone's interested.

Another bit of Schleswig-Holstein history.

Second ribbon is the Sax-Ernestine House Order. I would love to have seen this bar!!

Shoulda looked at the back The "white" stripes are indeed blue. Any chance of an ID?

Here are mine. The onec on the ribbon is magnetic.

Here's a better view of the obverse, showing the arms of Schleswig-Holstein.

Full of class. On 2 July 1850 the provisional government of Schleswig-Holstein instituted the Errinerungkreuz an die schleswig-holsteinische Armee, 1848-1849 It was wrought from the guns of the Danish line ship Christian VIII, captured (sunk?) at Eckernf?rde on 5 April 1849. I won't go into the Danish situation at this time, as not even Bismarck understood it

This just arrived with my winter coat and mittens.

1 Prussian Red Cross

2 ?

3 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Home Service

4 Bulgarian MVO?

5 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Carl Eduard Medal

6 Saxony DA

Interestingly, the DA ribbon appears cornflower blue, but shows up the correct green in the scan.

Tom Young has a nice Hessan one in its baggy.... maybe when his Viagra wears off he can post it :-)

It was hard, but I'm better now You mean this one?

Is that the case of a "Verdienstkreuz f?r Frauen und Jungfrauen, 1871"?

Right first try

I'll even show the inside.

This one should be easy.

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Commems were often used in jewelry. Here's an 1`861 Anniversary Thaler as a brooch.[attachmentid=61657]

Silver 20 pf. coins were often used as buttons.

Bowen mentions marks on frames, but that's the first I've seen. Congratulations

It's a shame about the Zep, but the 1901 would be as desireable to me as the same coin in BU. There was some very nice jewelry made ferom German commems, and you can usuallyu pick it up cheap.

Looks like a ground down 1914 that was buried for awhile to me.

Core doesn't look right at all

Frame is not consistent with originals I have seen/handled/owned

I second that.

Hi James, I've looked through some old auction catalogues at home and examples with the full backpiece like yours are listed as "Danish mid 19th C" no pattern date I'm afraid.

I agree the W could stand for Weyersberg, a Solingen firm that later made blades under contract for the British 1885 cavalry sword but my 85 has the mark Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & CiE Solingen on the forte.

Gebr?der Weyersburg was a separate entity til their amalgamation with Kirschbaum in 1883.

My latest coloured card which I think is fantastic even though the Brit doesn?t have much colour to his uniform.

The reverse is written in Flemish/Dutch by Joseph Naveau Van den Corput to his brother(?) Ed.

Does anyone happen to know the Dutch word for silly? ??. aan den bloedigen oorlag, looks a lot like a silly war to me so long as silly in German (bl?d) and Dutch are similar.

Tony

It's bloody, not silly.

It makes absolutely no sense to me that a FAKE would be made under J. WAGNER with 14 LOTIG!!!

Who is I. Wagner???

How many members have seen the J. Wagner with the 14 lotig???????????

It is a quality item!!!!

Rod

I and J are interchangeable in old German. Both pronounced as Y

The dots are pretty convincing. I'd say the left hand one a modern copy from the original, slightly reworked, die

The ins and outs of the porcelain lid. [attachmentid=60204] [attachmentid=60205]

Any thoughts on the retroactive date?

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