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    Alan

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    1. Lippe crosses are more attractive but which are more rare?

      In the case of the  Lippe Detmold Honour Cross 4th class with swords I read that it was awarded only 82 times from 30th May 1905 to 11th November 1918.

      With Schaumburg Lippe being the smaller of the two principalities I think it would be the rarer of the two.

      I certainly would be interested to know how many Schaumburg Lippe Honour Crosses 4th class with swords were awarded if anyone knows?

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    2. Hello Alan,

      at first, it was difficult for me. I've compared this cross with my pictures, but by my opinion it is a fake.

      The swords are Deschler-swords, but I know MVK's, where the swords hat be retrofittet, so Deschler-swords could be used.

      The cross is a early Deschler, the frontmedaillon is one piece ( regular three piece).

      Deschler hasn't produced this kind of MVK, only Hemmerle and Leser.

      Sorry

      Great summary spolei, Thanks very much

    3. To me it belongs to a carnival order.

      I have to leave now, but I'll try to find a example later on today or tomorrow.

      cheers

      |<ris

      That would be great, thanks.

      I don't recognize it. Perhaps something from Saxony because of the green.

      I had the same thought Paul. It did come with a small lot of Sachsen items, but I could not find a match

      with the usual award ribbon references.

      Do you have any particular reason to believe it's military? What else was in the lot? Is it silk? Black light test?

      Carnival order is a possibility. As is some "unofficial" sports award. I've seen the same color combination (except in 22mm width) for sale on a UK trophy vendor's site.

      It came with a small lot of awards from Sachsen. I don't think it is silk and it did pass the black light test.

      Hi Alan,

      This ribbon is possibly for a post-war Austrian veteran medal. Here are some examples on this one ribbon bar I have.

      Kind regards

      Pierce

      This could be it. Thanks Pierce

      Hi Alan,

      what do you think about medals for shooting clubs?

      Click on "Befestigungen":

      http://www.steinlueck.de/index.php?rubrik=schuetzen

      Uwe

      Thanks for the link Uwe. I will take a look

    4. The book by Peter Ohm-Hieronymussen shows the numbers for Strelitz as 56 for the Gold Cross and 71 for the Silver Cross for all years between 1864 and 1918.

      Lugvigsen's book only gives the 1914 to 1918 numbers for Schwerin as 23 Gold and 21 Silver with no breakdown by grade for the 50 years prior. However, I think that it is safe to assume that the total for all years would be in the hundreds for Schwerin.

      Many thanks Beau for the information

    5. Hello All,

      Is it correct to say that the House Order of the Wendish Crown Gold or Silver Cross of Merit from Mecklenburg-Schwerin “Per Aspera Ad Astra” was more common than the one from Mecklenburg-Strelitz "Avito Viret Honore".

      Does anyone know the approximate award numbers from each Grand Duchy at all? or any articles on their relative rarity?

      Many thanks

    6. That is NOT to say that it was not awarded for one of any number of violent skirmishes.... these were simply not "big" enough to be mentioned in the battle calander of the unit.

      I have plenty of groups where the action where the man was awarded his group was not important enough in the "big picture" to warrant a mention, and "micro research" is required to find it... makes the action no less heroic

      Couldn't agree more Chris.

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