VtwinVince
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Please show an image of the reverse.
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If you mean original ribbon, that's going to be difficult.
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Well, I beg forgiveness for my lack of attention.
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Aha, that could explain the rough finish of this cross, although details such as the 'm' in 'im' are pretty terrible. The suspension ring also looks like a replacement.
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I make no claims to being an authority on Mecklenburg, just wanted to show an un-messed with example.
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Here is another example on an officer's Schnalle.
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This is an English-speaking forum. BTW I don't like the look of your cross.
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Indeed you have some interesting relations, David. I also have my mother's family origins in Kassel.
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Genuine examples of this badge are exceedingly rare.
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Nice fishing lure.
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Very interesting papers indeed. And of course what made Tsingtau a good beer was the importation of German brew-masters to oversee production. Don't forget the Reinheitsgebot!
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Looks like another Nachlass torn to shreds. Sigh.
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Need photos. Sounds like a Spangenstueck to me.
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My eyesight is terrible these days, but she sure is a cutie.
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I have a medal bar which glows under UV and which I originally dismissed as a fake. Apparently there is a good chance that the ribbons were cleaned at some point, which could explain the fluorescence.
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That's true, although I believe Louis-Ferdinand continued serving as a Luftwaffe officer after this ordnance.
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Yes, but I think my ancestor's nephew, Carl Sigismund Kunth, is more interesting. He was an intimate associate of Alexander von Humboldt and was a founder, along with Bonpland, of the Berlin Botanical Museum. Of course the material for this museum came from the famous Orinoco expedition.
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I agree, the quality of the construction and the ribbons lead me to believe that this is a later Bastelarbeit.
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Thanks for looking into the connection. The reason I ask is that my great-great-great grandfather was the Erzieher of the Humboldt brothers, his name was Gottlob Johann Christian Kunth, and he is buried on the Humboldt estate at Tegel.
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Nice one, another creation by a thrifty Bavarian vet.
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Looks like an Ehrenritter. What is this man's connection to the famous Gebrueder von Humboldt?
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I would also like to see the reverse. This Schnalle looks very 'Postfrisch'.
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Agree, nice and relatively scarce piece.
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I don't see any problem with this piece.
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I would give the Aerodrome forum a try, I've been a long time member there and they are very knowledgeable.