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With about 2,000 awarded (the Saxon Rolls are incomplete-- start "fading away" in 1918 but awards continued into 1919 at least) I'd say "rare."

What is semi-unusual about this one is the lack of a long service award. The Honor Cross X was an oddball "gap filler" award, most often given to senior NCOs who were not allowed to receive an Order, but needed something higher than the silver Friedrich August Medal, but not quite a St. Henry Medal. There were exceptions. This won't ever be traceable to one person, but the LACK of an award here found on most such groups suggests he was in the minority of recipients--

a reserve NCO with no LD2 before the war.

Dear Rick, I knowe is Off the topic, sorry, But I?m in a hurry, What German Sate bears the motto in their orders. "Per ardua ad astra"???

Thanks

Miguel

I'm convinced. Looking more closely and allowing for die wear, the frame and core are a perfect match with one of the well stamped G's.

Thanks to all of you...

Regards

Miguel

I don't know, call me paranoid..... but when someone with virtually no selling history, only 35 feedback and a buying history of purchasing Nintendo games places something like this on auction for 24 hours on a weekend......

well, let's just say I won't be bidding on his offerings!

Can you send me the link or the auction Nrs to take a view...?

Miguel

Thanks for the question, doing fine, by far too much business but I won't complain.

Ribbons are not too much "my thing" but I have a huge box, I will open it up on monday and take a pic and send it to you via PM so you can see what is laying arround.

Spinks auction on Thursday was nice regarding Serbia and Montenegro but once again like in the last two years the prices went off orbital !

Best regards

Milan

That?s thing I see frequently...it seems there are a lot of money wandering...(not mine...helas!!!)

regards

Miguel

Hello

had this and a small messy little homemade bar !with ek2 and lion order ribbon ! sold off homemade bar but keep lion order and envolope! named to Leutnant d.res. hans Hasse in reserve infanterie regiment nr. 82 been looking for a piece of ribbon for it ! anybody know were I can get a piece of original ribbon?

Hello

Has you considered to sell it or to trade it???

Miguel

quote name='Tom Y' date='Apr 26 2008, 23:54 ' post='260041']

I'm not convinced. I'd agree if it weren't for this:

All 3 from my collection.

Hello Kevin,

I agree with Darrell, it looks like a perfectly good Berg & Nolte cross to me.

Hard to tell for certain from the pictures but it looks as if it may have been cleaned at some stage.

Regards - Danny

Here's mine for comparison:

hello: Can any of you give me the link to a Makers list for the EK (TR) and imperials if possible..?

Thanks beforehand

Miguel

PS/ Can Identified this... from the bangle of one EKII(TR)? is "13"?

Thanks again

Ola Miguel, good evening

the upper right corner says "Cakanu-Milanu" za uspomenu --- which would say (in free translation) --- to the beautiful Milan in memory - 28. may 1939

Pozarevac (a town in Serbia) from Bata B. Sekulovica

I have my own problems with reading the cyrillic hand written text but I think that this could be correct.

Regards

Milan

Thanks a lot Milan, happy to speak with you...How are you???. Something interesting ??.

Do you Knows the uniform and grade of this soldier?

By The way do you have some austrian triangiular replacement ribbons for a bravery medal??

Thanks again, happy to see you here.

Miguel

This is a Very Good Book in the Iconogrphic sense, but don?t be fooled by the Title...Apart of a Foreword, only the Pics?s legends are Bi-lingual in english, the rest is in Bulgarian.

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Miguel

The numbers on these Bulgarian awards Orders Books is of the DECREE-- presumably like the Soviet ones, there were many many awards all underthe same Ukaz of whatever the date was. So NO luck guessing a number-- that isn't for the AWARD.

I Have an Order of the Red Flag, SN.:11139, but No Documents...

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Why unknown? It's a "G"! Some say Godet,others vote for Glaser-for me this one comes from the Berlin maker.

Micha

? must see more carefully...but, if "G" could be Godet...

Thanks Motorhead...

Miguel

Indeed-- all part of the millions of fake and fantasy junk everywhere. Nothing with those suspensions is good--and as you have noted, the fakers use the same never real "ribbons" for BOTH SIDES in the Civil War! These are available in boxes by the hundreds. Utter rubbish.

Ok, Ok!!, all rubish. They has been given for an acquitance after he has travele to china, knowing I collect medals...(So thanks... and all these...). Really their aspect are so awful that I have not very much faith on they...but In spain to thismoment i?ve never see like this...so, impossible to ask on the matter.

thanks, to everybody, I?ll give this to make funny complements to my Daughters robe and purses...

Miguel

I got this cross at Vienna 10 years ago...I?ve not find the provenance and sigification of this cross, but A serbian tell me that it seems like to be a Firefighter cross of the City of Presov

Any aid will be welcome

thanks

miguel

Would you please post reverse pick of Bulgarian bar?

Like that...Regards

Miguel

Looks to me like this one

by an as yet unknown maker.

Yes I think this is definetively the same mark..."Unknow maker'''??. this one EKII came with a Saxon group. (FA, silver, EKII, FA LS (10 years) in the landwehr, Ehren Kreutz)

Thanks Again

Miguel

PS/ By the way from where the image you send me...

A Silver&enamel badge, jubilee (75 years??, Serbia...?( He comes with a serbia medal bar I bough more that 10 years ago...), The spange is for undestand their relative size

Regards to all

Thanks

Miguel

I have no Idea of this medal and of their relative value. I?can only Read that one of they had a 1947 year and a "Nationalist" or republican Sun...

Thanks beforehand

regards

Miguel

This photo came with a Medal to Royal House Services (Karageorgevich).

I would know the meaning of the photo reverse

Thanks

Miguel

Can you help me with this mark??

thanks

Miguel

Heiko and Stogie are right!

The fellow added his Ehrenkreuz to his WWI-era medal group. Had it been properly re-mounted, the EKII would be in the first position, followed by the Ehrenkreuz, FAM, and his Sachsen LS Medal.

I have seen other bars like this with economical additions to the bar added by the recipient. Sometimes, pieces of metal or even cardboard were added as a backing to extend the bar. The result isn't pretty, but the fellow wore it with pride. These types of bars are certainly genuine and interesting!

Best regards,

"SPM"

Thanks to all of you

Miguel

Dear Friends: What do you think of this saxon Bar...Why this Ehre Kreutz was added?.

regards

Miguel

Peeps,

Here is an old picture out of a military magazine from the 70's.

Can anyone hazard a guess to the medals?

L to R, Top to Bottom?

It seems very easy...

1/ Italy: St Maurizio & St lazarus order, knight---Order of the Crown of Italy, knight---Bravery Cross---Medal for the unification of Italy with two bars

2/ Belgium: Leopold Order , Military, Knight (difficult to see but seems non bilingual, so, before 1950)---Leopold II order, Officer---Crown order, Knight---War cross

3/Greece: War Cross (1916-1922)---Military merit cross, fourth class, 2nd type (1940)

Serbia: St Sava Order, 1st or 2 type (red robes), knight (I can?t see if is gilded or not)---Takovo order, Commander

that?s all folks...

miguel

hello

nice kantinmomey from the graf spee

they must bee verry rare items

they sale them in the chops there ???ore you get them from a diver ?????

best regards

gp

I bough these from an antiquary from Montevideo that come to Spain to a Antiques fair, She says to me that they came directly from the crew of the German ship...

regards

Miguel

I came across of these tokens bought in Montevideo...Curious itsn?t??

Miguel

The numbers on these Jubilee 1985 "Orders" of the Patriotic War don't mean anything, since there are no citations that go with them. They are only for still being alive.

The two document stamps that you show are from the city of Tartu's Veterans Commissariat.

If you have the documents for his 1976 and 1980 Socialist Competition badges (top right, 1st scan) that will tell us what sort of occupation he had at that time.

Thanks to all, I?ve think he is Lithuanian because I?ve bought the group in an adress of Lithuania. and from there are the remitent adress too...

I have the booklets for all the awards...Where I can search for "read" the occupation of this guy??

Thanks again

Miguel AGREDA