Giannis S.

261 awards are stated here: Medal of the Military Order of St. Henry in Silver

This one sold for 538€.

Nice finding Claudio! Beautiful group.

8 hours ago, Stogieman said:

This one on eBay now 

I have seen this. But I have doubts about the seller. He has sold pilot badges for $150, 1870 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross for $300, etc.

This seller is known for fake items. If you check his other listings, you will see the same artificial aging of the ribbons.

On 25/11/2023 at 00:03, Mike Huxley said:

Another fake EK 1870 bar from the same seller as last time, also starting at 300 euro. I wonder how many will be sucked in by it?

Sold for 302€, three bidders. 

This one is on ebay.co.uk

This is as good as I could get.

12 hours ago, Edelweiß21 said:

Thanks for the new pictures! In the marked spots is it really like that? Like on the top marking the fine lines just stop and its one plain area? On the bottom its really looking like a fence? And on the cross there are no points except for the bottom and they are a little not really sharp?

If thats the case its sadly not an original piece. But the pictures are just a little bit blurred in exactly that area. So i just want to be sure.

Greetings.

On the left side of the shield, the fine lines continue and there is not plain area. Same on the bottom, no "fence". Also beneath the cross/sword, there are horizontal lines. I will try to take more clear pictures.

First time seeing the case! 🤩

Two more bars...

16 hours ago, Edelweiß21 said:

I would appriciate sharper pictures of the front and back middle section. You are right those are faked pretty heavily. There are more fakes than originals around by at least 10 times.

Here are the details of the center. 

12 hours ago, Edelweiß21 said:

Hello,

in my oppinion the 2. Ribbon is not an Oldenburg Gendarmerie Service Medal or cross. The correct ribbon for the Gendarmerie awards has thinner blue side-stripes. This is a typical Friedrich August Cross non-combatant ribbon.

I would rather see a Houseorder of Friedrich Peter Ludwig on the first place. Maybe an Ehrenkreuz 1. Class or a Knightscross 2. class. Those were awarded also in the war for great non-combat merites or when the winner already had a Friedrich August Cross with the red/blue ribbon. I own multiple examples of that. Or maybe it was awarded prewar in his civilist-life.

Greetings
 

Thanks for your comments. You are right about the ribbon differences.They also have different stripe widths.

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11 hours ago, pinpon590 said:

Hello !

 

Here are mine !

 

 

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And this red cross medal, with case

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, VtwinVince said:

Some more random Oldenburg material.

Nice collection you have both! Especially the cased medals. Thanks for sharing!

Here is another bronze medal.

Nice medal bar Rick!

Excellent finding Alex!

The medal bar is starting to take shape. Now, for the last piece...

1 hour ago, Stogieman said:

But I believe the case was incorrect. Every grade of this medal I’ve handled over the years has come in a red case, similar to the Red Eagle Medal. Never seen one in the black case like the one sold on eBay.

Medal in the correct case.

That bar with the 1870 EK2, sold for 549€.

Thanks for your comments!

If it is any of the long service award for gendarmes, then it's a very limited medal bar, even with a possible ID. According to the following information from https://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/ : 

- 1st class cross was awarded 18 times

- 2nd class medal was awarded 35 times

- 3rd class medal was awarded 23 times

Source: The House Order and the Portable Decorations of Honour of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1813-1918, by Friedhelm Beyreiß

I would have expected a Landwehr DA, but with the 25 years cross in second place and the Landwehr DA in the third.

And a case for the Sachsen Kriegsverdienstkreuz went for 258€

I am speechless over all these wonderful items!

I didn't think about this option, because with these double Oldenburg ribbons there are a few possibilities. Most likely the bar belongs to an EM/NCO, but I can't rule out an Officer as well.