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Before starting the restoration project I'd like to have your confirmation which medal and class should go for 4th, 6th and 7th position. Please share your thoughts, thanks! EKII Saxony bronze war merit cross Saxony 25 year service cross Prussian crown order or 3rd Reich civil service medal? Centennial medal Württemberg Friedrichs order, which class? 1922 red cross medal?

Not sure about that, the white falcon order is still too tall compare to the original stitching trace even without the ring. You also have to consider the thickness of the crown which will cause some tearing sign of the red ribbon that're not there, I think whatever was mounted there must be a lot more flat. Can you try these two in the mock-up?

You are dangerous?

Now I tend to believe it's a merit cross of white falcon on 3rd place judging from the tear down picture where it shows very low position where the medal was stitched on. Officer cross has a huge crown and much taller than merit cross. Would you mind to show the reverse?

You can check if the color changes on the reverse of the ribbon and back side of the bar under backing material, but I bet it's just some threads that're a bit aged in the plain red ribbon. So it's also a White Falcon order to me.

Aviation collection? that sounds very interesting ? do yo mind to show them?

I don't know much about these badges, but here you go.

I don't know if there was an EK1 in the group at some point. Anyway thanks a lot for the information ?

No name, the photo doesn't belong to it. It came with this heavy case made by G.A. Scharffenberg.

That's not too bad, I have problem to determine several pieces shown above.

Haven't thought about that, it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the discussion ?

Looks ok to me. The ribbon folding and coiled spring hinge are typical Scharffenberg style. I wouldn't mind the reversed pin setup, maybe a frackspange hardware is used ? Another wonderful example from Wild Card collection

This 1 meter long funeral banner has been lying in my archive drawer for many years, I never got the chance to id the names, do you recognize any of them? The embroidery is made from silvered bullion on black silk. closeup of names

You know what, I gonna try it, for Rick ?

I see that’s a very common set of awards apart from the Finnish ones. May I ask is there a rough estimation how many Germans got the medal of liberty 1st class and the commemorative medal?

Polizeihauptwachtmeister Paul Beyer -Medal of Liberty 1st Class, 1918 -Commemorative Medal of the War of Liberation, 1918 I think this is Beyer's bar, can anyone help to confirm?

What a find! Congratulations! So the next would be the full medal bar ?

Thanks for great info! Günter Gölitz from Landwehr IR-104 must be the one in the painting and 1939 photo.

You did it again Daniel! how many times have you helped me I just can't remember ? Great to have you guys around, many thanks to everyone!

Photo from 1939, still ranked Lieutenant

Greetings gentlemen. I'd like to ask for your help to check if anything you can find on the name Alfred Günther Gölitz, who is maybe the recipient of this bar. I got the bar together with some photos and paperwork directly from the family, according to the information I got Gölitz was born in 1890 at Chemitz and died in 1984 in Munich. He served in a cavalry unit and spent some years in Belgium, according to the photos he continued to serve during WWII. The thing puzzling me is that from what I see in the painting, Gölitz was still a Lieutenant by 1917, it would be difficult to for him to get 1st class of Albert Order and 3rd class of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt cross if I'm right... Gölitz in a painting

I thought the 2nd medal on that bar in photo is Bavarian life saving medal.

Hello everyone, These badges/pins belonged to a small lot auctioned recently, mixed with some other luftwaffe unit pins. Does anyone know what are they? /Jian #1. looks like a squadron emblem, with number 705. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6 #7 #8 #9

That sums up pretty much. What about the Mecklenburg medic bar in the bottom of the picture? could the 3rd and 4th ribbons be Verdienstkreuz of Hausorden der Wendischen Krone and Militär Verdienstkreuz?

the whole lot