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No, there's not marker mark, but a hallmark on the hilt of sword. Greetings, :cheers:

Hello gentlemens ! A friend ask me "what is the price for the left insignia ?" I have no idea, so can you give me some information about his price ??? Thank you ! :cheers:

You can see a lot of cross there : http://medalnet.net/Red_Eagle_3.htm and there : http://medalnet.net/Hossauere.htm and also there : http://medalnet.net/Red_Eagle_Order_3rd_crown_swords.htm and there... http://medalnet.net/Red_Eagle_Order_Haegele.htm :speechless:

Next, 3rd class cross, with swords, model 1854-1918 :cheers:

Hello gentlemens ! I really love this prussian order ! So, let's go ! Show us your red eagle cross : with swords, with crown, with bow ribbon, with vintage... ! I begin with a 4th class cross, 1879-1918 model. On the back's button : "J. GODET & SOHN * BERLIN * "... :cheers:

Found on a small flea market, in a small village, a bought for a small price ! (4? = 6,3$)

Thank you Kevin ! (PS : It have been bought for less than 20$...)

Hello ! Thank you very much for your answer ! I don't know where was the cross stored... I have found it on a flea market, the sellers as only this one (and no other militaria)... Best regards ! :cheers:

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Hello gentlemens ! What do you think about this EK2, found on an attic... Thank you !

Hello gentlemens ! The bar "23.I.1916" is really rare... I have never seen one... Does someone know what does this date mean ? :beer:

Hello ! The "25" is the number of the division mobilized by the great duchy in 1914 : 25th Inf. Div, who was part of the XVIIIth Army Corps.

Hello ! If he is a w?rttemberg officier, maybe the second ribbon is frederic order ?

You're right ! I have collected germans items since 1999, I have seen it only 1 time... And I bought it !

hummm... It wil be very hard to find... Thank you Rick and Will !

Hello gentlemen's ! I have a question about this cross. I consider it as a rarity (this cross has been created only on 1918, january 27th, so has been awarded during only 9 months...) We have recently talk about (http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=27468), but does somebody know how were awarded durind his (brief) existence ?? Thank you !

Hello ! Brunswick war merit cross for women, OEK 636 ("Kriegs-verdienstkreuz f?r Frauen und Jungfrauen"). You don't have the good ribbon. Created 1917 september, 13th. I don't know how were awarded... Not a lot of I think, because the cross has been created only 1 year before end of war... Here, with the right ribbon :

Thank you Will ! So I possess this one and I always thought it was a variant of MEZ2, with a small diameter (diam = 25mm)... Now, I realize that it's the variant "Kriegs-Verdienst" of the (Deutsche) KVM... OEK 3277 Very interresting thread !

And does anyone have any good pictures of the "Deutsche Kriegerverdienstmedaille" (the 4 classes) ? I search illustrations on the web, but I don't found...

So, if I have understood : There is two "Kriegerverdienstmedaille" : 1/ the latest : the "Preussische Kriegerverdienstmedaille" created in 1835 who exist in 2 models : - 1835-1872 with "FW III R" monogram, medal in silver - 1872-1918 with "WR" monogram, also in silver - awarded to foreigners. 2/ the "Deutsche Kriegerverdienstmedaille", created in 1892, who exist with 2 classes and 2 ranks : - 1st class, gold medal : "Guilelmus II Imperator" and "Kriegerverdienst" on the other side, golden silver - 1st class, silver medal, same inscriptions, but in silver - 2nd class, gold medal : monogram "WR" and "Kriegerverdienst" on the other side, gold or golden silver - 2nd class, silver medal, same inscriptions, but only in silver... - awarded to police's forces and german's forces on german colonies. One question again : it's really impossible to differentiate a "Preussische KVM" and a "Deutsche KVM, 2nd class silver medal" ??? Mine seems to be in white-metal (end of war or copy ?), photo is a very very clear, sorry... And, according to OEK, there is a variant of the KVM written "Kriegs Verdienst"... So like the 2nd class military honor insignia ! Second question : how differentiate a KVM "Kriegs-Verdienst" and a MEZ 2 ???? (size ? metal ?) Best greetings !

Hello ! I have 2 questions : 1/ On the picture, "KVM" is for "Kriegsverdienst-Medaille" or Kriegerverdienst-Medaille" ? 2/ I don't unterstand : only austrian attributions or all foreign attributions ?? Thank oyu !

Hello ! Thank you !