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And here is the back, there was aloose thread not belonging to the bar on the back. And of course nothing under the UV light All the best from Sweden Christer

:cheeky: Non Combat ribbon bar has arrived ! And it really looks and feels good, it feels OLD by age opposite to the Austrian OLD by oil or dirt treatment I hope the Pics are good enough, its tough to get good pics with art light You can see how the Long service ribbon has been bleached by sun during many years, the real colour is behind the 1870 medal . Christer

:cheers: Extremely Beautiful Medals Kapitular !! I have to get your book asap Best Regards from Sweden Christer

Aha, Thanks Andy there is the Mecklenburg connection ! And Rick this is the "best" pic I could get on the pinback **###666 Canon Scanner Did it help ? Christer

And here is the inside of the box from Souval If I am correct this would be a 4th class award ? The regulations for this award seems to be a real A real heavy thing this ! Christer

Hi my Merit Order has arrived ! And its a beuty, I am now combing through all Swedish Rolls to look after a possible owner So far I only found two paople who had this award , but only covered 1928-1934 so 4 more years to go ! Christer

:jumping: Wow , Thanks Andy and Glen. Now I have to find out more about Art Rgt 403 and what connection they had to Mecklenburg ? Or maybe its only von Bassewitz that came from Mecklenburg.. Many thanks again, more research to do Christer

And the backsides with their names and strange Rgt number ? Or is it something else Christer

And here is one more pic from the same Regiment , the man i the middle I can read as Major Hardt Backside will follow ! Christer

Hallo, Here is a couple of pics of some officers belonging to ? On the backits written II / 403 ? That many regiments didn?t exist did it? The officer on the right i one card is particular interesting he name is von B.... something and he is wearing both Mecklenburg Crosses I +II Anyone who can translate the names on the back and give some additional info about theese officers? Regards Christer

My first Saxon Lifesaving medal ribbonbar I will post better pic when I get it, I just have a question The second award I took as a Brunswick BUT is there any possibility that it is a Saxon-Altenburg Merit Cross without swords ? Have a nice weekend all and my lots of Imperial awards fall on you (old local saying in Sweden) Christer

And the backside ! Christer

As I just LOOOOOVE NC ribbon bars and NC medals bars I couldn?t resist this one I guess it is an early 1914 ex by the making of the bar? I wonder how many of theese medals on NC ribbons there are out there ? Christer

:jumping: Aha , two not so naughty soldiers Thank you Rick Another mystery solved Christer

Hi, Let me present VzFw Albert Badicke from Mecklenburg. He was in Inf Rgt 24 2 Masch Gewehr Komp and got the Mecklenburhg MeritCross II class May 15 1918 also got EK II When I was looking for info I found out that a General in WW II from Mecklenburg was in the same regiment and maybe in the same Company ?? Gen d Inf Martin Gareis RK winner 1943 , HohenZollern, MVK II , MVK I among other awards. He joined the Machine gun comp Inf Rgt 24 in 1914 and in 1915 he was Com of the Machine GC ( 1st ?) I wonder if Albert Badicke also continued service in WW II ? Christer

Hmm, last post shows the backside of pic nr 2 and front of pic nr 3 nothing else. Here is the backside of pic nr 3 (the men with horses) and the last pic , sitting at table. Christer

And this is the writing on the second picture And the third picture with its backside with more text. I hope my scanner could to the writing justice? Christer

Hi, today a couple of small but very interesting photos came to me. 4 pics with some writing on two of them, made me wonder if the men on the pics could be indentified ? The first pic is a Officer with a enorous ribbon bar ? And possible a MMJO ribbon ? sorry for the very small pic , but they arn?t bigger than this... Next pic shows the awardings , thsi pic has som writing on the back I?ll show it next Christer

And as always a Backside pic ! Beautiful red this time So gentlemen what do you say ? Christer

My other new bar isn?t that mysterios just happy to have another NC bar If I read this right this is Ludwig Cross - Preuss AE - Preuss Red Cross III - Bavaria Red Cross - Bulgaria Mil Order Bravery IV witout swords not very exiting but still nice . Christer

And here is the reverse , I havent mirror it , it really looks like this with the EK at the normally last pos Christr

Hi all, theese just arrived in the mail, I have no doubt they are genuine, they look, smell and feels like old 1920s bars But still at least one of them make me What has this saxon soldier been awrded with and how has he mounted his awards ...... If I put the bar normally on the table then the EK is last OK, a naughty Saxon But then the Green-White-Green-White-Green-white comes first , and what is that ! Saxon Altenburg ? Saxon DA ??? Hmmm Then a FA medal and What ??? + the EK at last place . Or if I put the bar with preuss prec it goes EK - ??? High Saxon order - FA - ?? Please help me out of my misery What is it ? Christer

Wow ! That was really bad news , if they are starting faking boxes worth almost nothing what will they do next Maybe this is the beginning of the end of Bulgarian awards collecting? As interest raises everything will be like Soviet and Tr items , all crap and fakes How does a real box look like? And even more scary is the fact that even respected dealers now sell fakes As usual you cant trust no one... Thanks William Christer

Thanks Paul ! I hope its real, I just bought it complete with box ( about 40 ?) I will post better pics when I get it home. Christer

Hi, is there any knowledge about the Austria Merit Order out There ? I found this Order but what class is it? I have only seen Merit order worn on band earlier This one made by Souval Wienna Christer