Ran

Hi Rick, thanks for the reply. Lets see if I understand. The awards with swords were given only in wartime ( right ? ), if so are the years 1914-1919 the only years of war for this grand duchy ? I guess if swords were added since 1870 surely it was for a "reason" but I'm not so good with history. Anyway to know how many without swords where issued ? and were they issued from 1732 ? Thanks again, Ran

Hi everybody This is my first post here, I was away from collecting for a while and now I'm back and was told this is the place to be. Lots of familiar faces here. Anyway, the order I love the most is the Order of the White Falcon but I don't know too much about it. The only reference I have is the Dave Danner amazing and helpful site. So if possible I'd like to know some more details about this order, for example : - How many awards issued from each class ( even just an estimate or just the known ones ) ? - What's the difference between the commander 1st class cross and the commander cross ? - Any images of of the medals ( any class in any variation will be highly appriciated). - More reference sites/books - Are there any variations ? In Mr. Danner's site it sais the Order was established on 1732 ! and it was renewed on 1815 and so on . . . that's a lot of time, were the awards the same classes from the start, do they look different with time ? I understand swords were added only on 1870. ( for example the order of the red eagle has lots of variations to the medals with time . . . ) - Anything else you can think of ( ribbon bars, medal bars with this order, known people who recieved it, price estimates and so on . . . ). - And most imporant, I love cased medals, does this order has cased medals, anybody has one or more who can share a photo ? Thank you very much, I really love this order. Best regards, Ran