Dave Danner

I suppose this is my favorite:

Indeed. Some detail of the baton:

Streibich's was one of 23 awarded to Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 238, along with 2 MKFVOs to its officers. RIR 238 ranked 18th among units in the total number of Silver Karl Friedrich Military Merit Medals received. GR 110 ranked first, with 56 Karl Friedrich Military Merit Medals. Ten regiments had 45 or more awards, 17 regiments had between 10 and 44 awards, and 17 regiments/battalions had between 4 and 9 awards. Other units had 3 or fewer.

More:

More:

Let me know if there are any others you want to see. The museum in the castle also has a large collection of arms and armor, as well as hunting weapons.

And another view:

Here is one view of the breast star with swords from Duke Ernst's awards:

They are on display at the Veste Coburg, the castle above Coburg, the former capital of the duchy. I can crop a close-up from the full pictures I took, though some are better than others. Too large and they are too fuzzy. Here is the Order of the Star of Romania, Grand Cross badge with swords on ring, from Duke Alfred's decorations:

#2. Basically, there are two banks of drawers, one horizontal and one angled, with the medals and photos/postcards, as well as various wall displays.

I just found my long, thought-to-be-lost-forever, digital camera. I thought I lost it in Gunzenhausen. I didn't have a battery recharger, so I only took a few pictures, but there are a few from the second day of the conclave, when we went to Berlin to view the Neal O'Connor collection.

Prussia, Honor Commander (Ehrenkommandator) of the Johanniter-Orden:

Baden again, Order of the Z?hringen Lion, Grand Cross:

Kingdom of W?rttemberg, Order of the W?rttemberg Crown, Grand Cross:

Hesse-Darmstadt, Order of Philip the Magnanimous, Grand Cross with Swords:

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, House Order of Vigilance or the White Falcon, Grand Cross:

Duchy of Braunschweig, Order of Henry the Lion, Grand Cross:

In a separate case from the others, so not previously shown, the Grand Cross badge of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, with the "E" for Ernst.

I can add a few more close-ups of some of the Imperial German orders. I also posted a thread here with some close-ups of the foreign orders: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=25884 First, the House Order of Fidelity from the Grand Duchy of Baden:

A beautiful Grand Cross in gold and enamel of the Belgian Order of Leopold. Note the crown, which is different from the royal crown normally seen on the order.

Also partially obscured by Duke Alfred's fleet admiral's baton, the Order of the Netherlands Lion:

Partially obscured by Duke Alfred's fleet admiral's baton, the Order of the Seraphim, Sweden's highest order:

One of the rarest Portuguese decorations, the United Badge of Order of Christ and the Order of St. Benedict of Aviz, awarded to those who had already received the Order of Christ and the Order of St. Benedict of Aviz.

Also from Portugal, the Order of Christ:

From Portugal, the Order of the Tower and Sword: