Alex K

A random check on dealer back catalogues show numerous variation in prices, emedals, Canada, one cased 3rd class civil, hammer price 3000usd, 3rd class civil, no case, 2500 usd, spink, (London?) military, 900gbp, +tax+buyers commission so they vary, I believe the socialist ones are actually harder to find

Difficult to tell from the images but it looks like it has a solid hinge block, if so then Gordon is correct, an earlier piece, later pieces had a different hinge construction

Hi based on the images posted I would say original, as far as date goes a bit more difficult (for me) to be precise, I can say that the "Socialist" version had an uncrowned Lion of the obverse, so that may point you in the right direction, attached a scan of a book published in 1970 showing the "Socialist" version, no crowned lion, together with an image of mine, quite a nice decoration. Values difficult to determine but not cheap, in my opinion regards Alex K

Royal prerogative maybe?" i'll wear what I want the way I want to" there could be an alternative in that both he and karl-eduard were saxe-coburg-gothas, as a family decoration, it took precedence, don't know

The ribbon at least on the silver medal matches the Karl-Eduard wedding medal maybe the "crown" bit is artistic licence

Depends when the photo was taken, but appears strongly to be the Baden war cross for volunteers 1914-16, a short time before king George v renounced his German name from saxe-coburg-gotha to Windsor and made all British royalty do the same, similarly with the plm. Until then many of the British royal family were liberally festooned with German royal family orders (sort of keeping it in the family), a prudent move as kaiser wilhelm his cousin had started bombing Britain with his new heavy bomber, unfortunately also named the "Gotha" regards

Hi, I'm assuming the lower (black) backing is Raf, not RFC, is so then that would fit in with what I would expect based on what I have, the one posted by jean-sam has a ww2 look about the shape which would suggest modernist manufacture for rfc/raf just change the initials in my opinion, added ww2 new Zealand wings, only ones I have access to at the moment

Hi I personally have my doubts, I don't like the modern looking iron on style reverse backing, others may want to chip in though regards Alex

Some interesting images, thought I'd add my small contribution, a recent pick-up, slightly lighter side of the trenches regards Alex K

Your guess was correct, judging by the number of campaign bars on the ribbon, he was a busy man!

The medal is the British General service medal awarded from 1793,, the suspension device was sometimes quite loosly attached to the "Coin" so it would give the appearance of being off-centre when worn at an angle, a common thing with some british medals. image attached image credit Spink

Sadly this just about sums it up, but to be fair, I have seen some amazing work done on restoring vintage aircraft to their real former glory

Hi, so have I, I've tried searching under every combination so far, Imperial, Prussian, veteran etc etc, I've now started on Weimar period due to the date the photo was taken, still no joy, I'm sure that badge wasn't the only one produced, It'll turn up one day I'm sure normally when you least expect it.

Hi, all thanks for the comments, I'll point my search on that direction, regards Alex

Hi all, does anyone recognise the badge that id being worn,, is it even military in nature, thanks for any help regards

Does anyone have a photo of the "Medaille zum 50. Regierungsjubilaum 1903" by any chance, not familiar with that one?

Hi You have just beaten me to it!!, attached is what I think it is

Hi Unfortunately I don't think it-s that attached enhanced image, the profile is different

Hi, thanks for the speedy reply, simple when you know the answer, I havn't seen this decoration before, i I appreciate your input. as for the web-site, yes I do know it, my mistake was in thinking it was a British medal. regards Alex K

Hi all, I've been doing some private research into the decorations awarded to Prinz Heinrich, and looking at images of his various medal bars, there's one decoration which is driving me mad! attached image, it's the shape which is puzzling me, the first six are Prussian, then unknown, followed by 3 British coronation medals, Austrian , and lastly Japanese, red cross special member. It appears to have a British imperial Crown but I could be wrong, I suspect it may well be some obscure commemorative or anniversary medal, but which country?. I've checked my reference books, but nothing. am I missing the obvious? any help appreciated as usual regards Alex K Edit, correction, British 1 x Golden Jubilee, 2 x Coronation!

Once again, not colour but I've got this on file

Hi all, this is quite an old thread but here goes, did General der Artillerie Theodor Karl Eduard von Bomhard receive either the Max Joseph order Hubertus order during his career, this image, attached seems to show a star which resembles one or the other, (Unless I'm wrong) my looking around has resulted in this list I've located, most tally with what he's wearing, but no mention of either Armeedenkzeichen 1866 (Bayern) Eisernes Kreuz (1870), II. Klasse Jubiläums-Eichenlaub „25“, 1895 Militärverdienstorden (Bayern), Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und der Kriegsdekoration am 1. November 1870 als Oberleutnant im Königlich Bayerischen 4. Feldartillerie-Regiment „König“ Kriegsdenkmünze für die Feldzüge 1870–71 (Deutsches Reich) mit 7 Gefechtsspangen (die Spangen gab es erst ab 1895) Militärverdienstorden (Bayern), Ritterkreuz I. Klasse ohne Schwerter am 23. Dezember 1883 als Major im Königlich Bayerischen 4. Feldartillerie-Regiment „König“ Verdienstorden der Bayerischen Krone, Ritter Militär-Dienstauszeichnung, II. Klasse für 24 Jahre Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael, Komtur II. Klasse Komtur des bayerischen Militärverdienstordens II. Klasse mit Stern Komtur II. Klasse am 27. Dezember 1894 als Generalmajor Stern zum Komtur am 23. Dezember 1898 als Generalleutnant Centenarmedaille, 1897 Komtur des Ritterorden des hl. Mauritius und Lazarus Königlicher Kronen-Orden (Preußen), II. Klasse Schwertorden, Kommandeur II. Klasse Militärverdienstorden (Bayern), I. Klasse am 24. Oktober 1901 Prinzregent-Luitpold-Medaille mit Krone Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael, Komtur I. Klasse Franz-Joseph-Orden, Großkreuz attached image in his later years regards

Thanks for the additional info, Meck-schwerin/strelitz confuses me sometimes,.!

Hi David thanks for the clarification, error on my part due to it being partly covered Regards

Excellent, I think you are correct, well spotted, thanks, interesting it comes in two sizes by the look of it Regards