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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

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

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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 * "...

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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 !

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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 ?

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What is the significance of the number '25'?

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.

Is this one possible to ID...

W?rttemberg officer with some foreign awards. Unfortunitly he but 30-s Hindenburg ribbon top off the middle ribbon. I must say I am very attempted to take it off but.... let it be like it is.

Is the second Crown order? Also last two ribbons, what awards they are?

Hello !

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

In my many years of both collecting and dealing actively in Imperial German ODM I have seen this piece mounted on a medal bar exactly ONCE! I have seen it loose exactly ONCE!

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 !

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