christerd

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

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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

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Thanks all for the help. You are the best !

Really a nice uniform , now I have to look for something to read about about Royal Bavarian Court Musicians

The collectors way is loong, narrow and unpredictably

Christer

And the back of the card which probably contains the answer to the mystery ??

Christer

Got this card yesterday, thought it looked like a nice Navy Imperial Uniform

But now when I look closer I am not so sure ? What in heavens name is he wearing?

There is crown on his buttons , and a veru nice sword in his lap but is he German at all?

Some written on the back , Meinen Leiber Bulzer ???

Anyone out there who could solve this mystery ?

Christer

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Yes Madness but he will laugh all the way to the bank..... right now over 1400 Euro , seems that a lot of collectors just want more things

never mind how they are offered

This bar is ruined and will never be authentic again

Christer

Thanks all for your help, after many hours of trying to read old German names and very very very seldom finding anything its feel like christmas when

you actually can read something and get down to 5-6 candidates

And that?s probably as close as I ever will get to this Peter Watt, its sad when you realize that most of the other soldiers whose ribbon bars I collect

got home again and lived at least into the 1930s but all of the "Penny" recivers didn?t......

Thank you again for all help and all the best from Sweden

Christer

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Wow ! Thanks everyone, four answers almost instantly

This is my firts Death Plaque so I have a lot to learn, the seller was from Scotland so there could be a Scottish Connection.

Fantastic, I will try to find the CD mentioned.

Thanks again , you made my day

Christer

Just want to have some help with researching a "Dead mans penny" I have resarched Victory medals earlier but then I have a number and rank and name

on this plaque I only have first and last name ??

Name is Peter Watt , where should I look? Is there some KIA database on the net ? I supoose thoose who got theese plaques was killed early in war or ?

Grateful for every info I can get

Regards from Sweden

Christer

This certificate is to Senior Cavalry Private Kastumura and is dated 1st April 1906. This means it is an award for the Russo Japanese War. Now that you have started on the slippery slope of collecting Japanese certificates there are loads more for you to get !

Cheers,

Paul

Thanks Paul , You put me over the edge when I bought your book " In the name of a Living God" (which I can recommend to all)

Now I am going down down down

Christer

Nice to see the box! See also http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1245&st=4 and the following post.

Thanks Ed, I LOVE That Document

Christer