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Right Sascha, that guy is a terrible purveyor of crap. I see the same stuff being offered every week, and apparently there are buyers for this Schrott.

The only others that come to mind are the AH aviation badges.

Mystery solved, and that WAS a weird one.

Do you mean shoulderboards and collar insignia?

You're right, it is weird. But the bar is definitely not messed with, at least until I got it. I'm still leaning towards a royal HOH, peacetime award that is not in the correct precedence.

Thanks Sascha. This one has been bugging me for some time. If it's a HEKmK in that position, I thought that wouldn't be right either, since this is clearly a Prussian bar and a Hohenzollern would classify as a 'foreign' decoration, or?

No problem with it being awarded to field grade officers, sometimes with the Oakleaves.

Great photo, and nice to see the Carl Anton medal in wear.

Very cool. I had an EK1 that had been awarded by Wilhelm to a Bavarian pilot in 1916 and was engraved as such on the reverse. Pity I don't have it.

I also agree, these have been faked in huge numbers lately.

Very unusual and interesting. My uncle was Staffelfuehrer of the Polizei-Flieger-Staffel Karlshorst at the time of the Kapp Putsch.

Looks like goofy reihenfolge on this one, with EK2 in second position.

That is very interesting.

It's true, there is no distinction between the Grosskreuz and the Komturkreuz in size, unlike the KO1 and KO2.

Wow, that is also fantastic. Please post more images.