redcross

wonderful catalog amazing selection many thanks

well, since this is an area I tend to watch very closely. I know that I am reguarly biding against several collectors who will pay anything to win if they decide they want it most of them only bid snipe, and only in the last 10 minutes I have watched what happens when 2 or more set outrageous bids planning on winning - even common items fortunately this type of collector tends to go away after a while unfortunately someone usually comes to take their place

since you can't ID them I'd still be glad to make them a home mongrels thouh they be

might I add a Wurtemburg Olga order Wurttemb...ga_O nice topic thanks

christerd it is a prussian red cross 3rd class - 2nd class would have an enameled cross saschaw you post a wonderful example, but it appears to be missing 2 medals - a prussian red cross and whatever went with the blue ribbon

I would think it more likely to be this very very common for ww1 era bavarian red cross but then again it could be several others, among which the previous or perhaps this one

wonderful news, I look forward in hope that it will have many interesting things I've dreamed of flying to europe for auctions but I'm afraid that will always be just a dream so I'm thankful for the cyber commute

well, if you put in a request for a catalog you'll be taken to a link where for 20 euro you can buy one - I can not however find any link for a pdf version of the catalog they did send me a postcard for the march auction I do not know if this means a catalog will eventually arrive as nice as printed catalogs are especially now that so many are in color I'd rather not purchase them there is only so much storage I have, but storage for pdf's - that's different

please leave it alone, first - it will destroy the value second - it will destroy its history why do you want to do it? considerable poilishing will be necessary in any type of blung hot bluing is more durable it is not something to do yourself not that you can't do it but what is needed to do it right is not something one does for a single blade those who can do it, can vary the blue by which chemicals are in it do it yourself blue, is almost always a cold blue for it to work well, the metal must be VERY clean there are tricks that can help to match, patch a worn spot on a blued item and it can look good but anyone who knows will be able to tell it has been monkeyed with

Nimmergut's OEK is meant to be used with his massive 4 volume work and in vol 3 you will find black & white photos of the medals in question because the book is in print I am reluctant to make or post scans of them and for anyone who is interested in imperial german medals it is a set of books very much worth having.

with regard to the second one as far as nimmergut [4 vol not OEK]] goes its not in there, so its not Mecklenberg well, not official at least and does have the look of fantasy the first one, all I can say is I thought it was worth 3 euro just as a puzzle of is it real and if so what is it - but since it went for 5 I didn't worry about it any more but with postage costs rising I'm not certain how often I'll bid on such things oh for the olden days when their were plenty of medals in the market, and only a few were "bad"

I always like to see red cross, would however advise you have more missing than you imagine I've seen 6 different corporate awards and the gilt come in highlights only and all gilt and I've seen them on regular, special, & life ribbons and then there are all the things I have not yet seen plenty of variations as well one favorite is in the types of suspensions plenty of collecting oppertunities await

perhaps you could clarify which medal you are asking about, the first silver one, or the second, I've seen the first one before it wasn't my area, but I am subject to temptation I don't know what it was, didn't win it, but I'm fairly certain it is not Mecklenberg at least is it not in Nimmergut's big work vol 2

If I could second the idea of preservation of historic photographs - it is fine to save the images, but it is worth saving historic paper these are often lost so few survive

I know there is a nice book covering Red Cross medals and badges, text is Itallian, rummors of a revised english language eddition... and would suspect there are other similar badge books though I can't name them... some of it may be covered in their journals usually prices climb after a book has been released and prices have been rising on Italian lines

yes there are similarities to the red cross service medal except - the arc ribbon uses stripes of equal width - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are what I have seen and the only device on the medal may be a bar for overseas service which is what it says and - while there are red cross ribbon bars this is not a medal for which I have ever seen or heard of a bar being used my scanner is down so I can't scan a complete set, sorry -

yes stay away from pvc what you want is mylar which itself has a variey of names all will also tell you they are archival

more to the point it was possible to buy ground dug bullets from the battlefield all you had to do it match it to your gun the collector went through several thousand to find the match I almost bought the henry myself but the stock had been cut down the gun was beat up and brass tacks had been added that was enough to know it was an indian owned gun but not enough to tell me much more

your last one must be Red Cross the design, in different colors is also used by the Romanian Red Cross also for public health of some sort I've haddd the impression that there were soviet approved designs which are used in many of the satelites

its a good question the answer is not found on OMSA website so I posted the question in their forum let see if someone knows

If I'm right, I knew this collector well, he had been a bank president, and he loved research, he bought a henry rifle from a friend did balstics test on it against bullets found at the Custer battle site and was able to place it there as an Indian weapon

do DDR Red Cross table medals fit here and if so, does that also include Meissen plaques??

OK I'd never really looked before, but here's what I've got Iron Cross, 2nd Class, 1914, with ribbon, parade mount, unmarked Iron Cross, 2nd Class, 1914, with ribbon, parade mount, maker marked ? 800 ? (silver content) Iron Cross, 2nd Class, 1914, with ribbon, parade mount, maker marked ? A ?, Assmann Iron Cross, 2nd Class, 1914, with ribbon, parade mount, maker marked ? G ?, Godet Iron Cross, 2nd Class, 1914, with ribbon, parade mount, maker marked ? W ?, Wagner = funny I don't have a bar with a noncombatant ribbon

I'm no expert but why would the Hindenberg preceed the Red Eagle - that doesn't seem right...

you want a very good museum archivist who specializes in paper they can do incredible things, a good museum can point you to one, a good archivist will have credentials, I would suggest you read a little on the subject so you can ask proper questions, there is good reading material online.