Alex K

On 29/12/2009 at 20:53, TacHel said:

Sweet! Seems to be in immaculate condition too! Great find for a 100+ year old tunic!:jumping:

Yes i  agree, for its age, very nice

One final point to consider, at some point you may want or have to move it on, if youve "overspent", trying to convince other sceptics (like me?) that it is what it claims to be might prove problematic 

Ive just posted an answer in your ither thread about the same piece 

I would say the price of a messed with ek2, without rock solid provenance as wartime produced and worn, its value is whatever you want to pay for it in my opinion, sorry 

Thanks?

23 hours ago, Peter Cornwell said:

Really? https://www.ebay.com/itm/363671467496?hash=item54ac8235e8:g:aPkAAOSwiClhy4~2

??? Nice one, must keep an eye out for another one

Yes quite interesting and not unattractive

On 18/12/2021 at 19:15, Marcon1 said:

Edward VII was already a Fieldmarshall BEFORE he became king.

As Victoria was head of state before him it is clear that he must have had VR on his shoulder epaulettes !!

 

VR under crown on shoulder. (Uniform unknown).

 

Marcon1.

I think this image is as Prince of Wales, not king, he is wearing a uniform of the "Blues and Royals" probably as "Colonel in Chief" 

Just for fun, a colourised version

Edit, more info? 

Re-examining the original al image, do i see batons!? 

Additionally his son George V, wore cyphers of 2 predecessors, don't know what the protocol was

2 hours ago, LarryT said:

I agree, nice work.

 

Cheers,

Larry

Thank you Alex, I still color the occasional photo but I'm very busy these days working on other projects.

 

Cheers,

Larry

Hi larry, bit like me, still do the odd few but with me, the image has to jump out at me now and say "Do me" still makes an interesting diversion though 

Regards

Alex

Just for fun a couple of recent  ones

Hi, nice, colourised well and does make a difference! 

Regards!

Hi Larry, i honestly thought this thread had died a long time  ago!, obviously it was just having a long rest, just to add, very nice job as your usual standards?

Regards

Akex k

Thanks for that, interesting to know

They look ok to me?

On 18/11/2021 at 16:00, Elmar Lang said:

Searching through the entry-book of my collection, I see that I've bought this cross back in 2009...

Now, I'd like to add some further pictures, obverse and reverse, taken from 3/4, to better appreciate how the details of the cast iron centre are rising and well-detailed:

 

 

Like i said earlier, for me a very nice example, whether authentic orrb display only, i would have it in my collection, details look super

Nice additions, particularly like the igs 1895 bronze one, (looks bronze to me at least) 

I would say all three are original, quite a commmon medal, not heavily faked, unlike the aircrew europe star, copies do sometimes have larger unsoldered suspension rings from my experience

Its common practice in uk coinage, including medals that the reigning monarch faces one way, their successor (heir) will face the opposite way, and so it continues, so when prince Charles succeeds his mother, i suspect, according to tradition he will face left, (bet they change the rules now I've said that!!) 

Hi very nice and desirable (to me at least) piece

Purely for reference i found this image a long time ago, and is stated as belonging to August von Mackensen so i assume original awarded piece

The 2nd picture seems to show a ww1 or pre ww1 british officers uniform, rank pips are on the arm cuffs, there are no unit insignia on the collar lapels, though so unit identification cant be determined, it seems to be a rather long tunic?

1 hour ago, graham said:

I will bite  - Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg

Correct

12 hours ago, filfoster said:

"...just wearing the decorations from straight ribbons, or do you actually mean the mounting method where the gongs are resting (and fixed) on a piece of the straight ribbon?"

 

The major feature is the straight ribbon, vice the German method of a folded ribbon.  Whether the medals are fixed or not, isn't the feature I am concentrating on.  I suppose the field marshals' portraits (Wolseley and Roberts) show fixed medals on straight ribbons.

 

I had not previously noticed that Edward VII's medals were not 'court mounted' (straight ribbons) but instead, on folded, Prussian style mounting.

Once again, the folded german style was predominantly used by the royals based on their german ancestry, typically british decorations were worn on straight ribbons as evidenced by many images inckuding during queen Victoria's reign 

Regards

Cant confirm specifically but i would assume (for the royals at least) around about the time George v, renounced his german heritage and made other royals give up all their german titles, changed the dynastic name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, some time around 1917, Britain was at the time at war with Germany! A good survival tactic, me thinks ?

2 hours ago, filfoster said:

I just noticed that the mounting of these medals is in the 'Prussian' style, not the later British Court mounting style. Am I correct?

Yes, still very much sticking to their german roots at that time, his son, george v had medal bars mounted prussian style, until at least ww1

On 30/09/2021 at 18:46, filfoster said:

OK, so now it's:

 

1. Order of the Bath

2. Order of the Star of India

3. Order of St George and St. Michael

4. Victorian Order

5. Order of the Indian Empire

6. Order of St. Vladimir

7. Order of Dannebrog (silver merit cross)

8. Order of the Redeemer

9. Prussian Order of the Crown 3rd Class

10. Austrian 'Marianerkreuz'

11. Hessian Order of Philip the Magnanimous

12. Saxe-Ernestine House Order

13. 2nd Empire Medaille Militaire

14. French Red Cross 1870-1871

This about right (for the medal bar in question) i would say but as jimn said, different day, different set-up!