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Hi Jason. I do not as such collect 3R items so I'm not an expert so take my words as such. But I can use my common sense: 1. I do not know the number of SS people in 1933 but there were many. All of them had a dagger and it this was true, they would have a plate as well. Take a look at the various serious deales and auction houses (they are all on the net) and you can easily buy more than 100 daggers tomorrow, search for this plate and you'll fond 0. 2. Everything from the 3R period is strictly symetric, even the items that are not. The four eagles shown here seems to be added completely disorganized, like my young son would have done if he was asked to apply four stikers. 3. Why is this plate not marked, everything else from this period is marked? 4. Why on earth would the designer put an army eagle above the SS runes? 5. Why choose a plate which would cause a major logistic problem to distribute througout Germany which is pretty large , why not a piece of paper that could be framed, or a pin or ...? 6. When an auction house labels a plate of a similar design as a collectors copy, wouldn't that ring a bell? 7. And so on .... Buy a book (there a tons) or spend a little time in here before you spend more money at that shop - did the old lady tell you it was actually her fathers/uncles plate to prove originality? Cheers, Lars

Hello Goetsi. I cannot help with your question but I am a little curious. I understand these are miniatures, can I have the sizes please. Although I have seen alot of these St. Georg crosses and have a few myself I have never seen a numbered miniature. The recipient must have been quite happy with these as he had the number engraved. I just want to understad if these are actual miniatures or princely sizes? Regards, Lars

Hello Jeff. Thanks for the comments, I would never have thought of the existence of such Societies, that they had Medals and that miniatures of those would exist. Again I learned, thanks, Lars

Lorenzo, thank you for the quick answer, at least I was right about 1 out of 3. I can post scans of the reverses mid next week (unfortunately not before), but if I remember correctly they are blank, or at least one are. Regards, Lars

Hello All. Could one of you please tell me what these are? I believe they are from Iraq, but I'm not sure. And if from Iraq, what is it? Thanks, Lars

Hello Pinpon, you may enjoy a few other miniature types of the St. Henry! Regards, Lars

Hi eitze. My humble contribution would be a nice miniature which I know once was removed from a German miniature chain. Regards, Lars

Hi Wild Card. I can confirm that there were a Martin le Maire who was a professor and personal doctor of the Danish King Christian IX. Actually there's a book written about him (or based on his manuscript) but as I don't have it I cannot check if there's pics or similar that could give a clue. But if awarded to him I would have expected at least some Danish awards. He could have been a Commander or higher of the Dannebrog that wouldn't appear in the group but I would at least have expected a Silver Cross. Anyway, it's not in any way a Danish mounting! Regards, Lars

Hello All. I just felt in the mood to show you this fine Danish miniature group with a few not so often seen miniature decorations from China & Japan - enjoy - and please disregard the flashes from the scanner! What looks like gold is gold if I remember correctly. Cheers, Lars

... and a rather unusual miniature of this cross! Enjoy, Lars

I cannot comment on this specific badge, but I have bought several miniature decorations from him and had no problem leaving a top rating! Cheers, Lars

This is of course not morally or ethically proper, but it happens all the time. A few months ago I bought a miniature on the Italian eBay. After we concluded the sale the seller asked me if I would be interested in a few other items he had, and actually I was. So I offered him a fair price, but after a few days I saw the items listed on eBay. I then wrote to him and asked him if he didn't felt my offer was fair, he said yes, but he just wanted to test the price, and after a few days when bids were coming he stopped the auction and sold the items to me beeing convinced my offer was fair! I got the item at a fair price and he avoided the fees. Actually I have approached various Sellers on eBay a few times when I have seen items I really wanted - and in some instances the Sellers have accepted an offer and closed the auctions before time. And I have also a few times been outbid that way - I was prepared to make a bid and suddenly the items were gone. And a few times I have questioned this and can only say, that it is sad that so many items are stolen, burned, eaten by a dog, destroyed or just disappeared in the last days of an auction having survived 100 years in a drawer? It is not correct, but it happens so many times every day! Cheers, Lars

And just a few more miniature for your amusement! A single ... And one on a chain ... Cheers, Lars

---- mostly for WildCard. I was just browsing through this and what you refer to as a "little brother" actually exist in a much smaller 16 mm version, a thing I would more correctly quote as a "little brother". Sorry that the scan came out so bad, the colours are actually brighter and more true to the original. Cheers, Lars

Hi Matt. I do not know about the full size medals but I bought the corresponding miniature a few years ago. After I bought this one I noted that the same dealer had many more of these, also that the same dealer distributes the majority of the fake Imperial Russian miniature medals that appears on the German eBay site - this is normally a bad sign. So I'm quite convinced that this miniature is a modern production. But if anybody knows for sure I'm interested in the answer as well. Have you noted if the full size medals is beeing sold by the same dealer again and again? But it could be a good sign that the full size medals don't have the spelling mistake on the front Cheers, Lars

Hello Linas. What you have is a Veteran's Association 25 years membership medal. ODF = Odense Dragon Forening (Odense = a larger town in Denmark) or The Dragoons Association of Odense. It's instituted around 1953 so it's not that old, made by Carl Nielsen in Århus and sold through Sural in Odense. Value is appr. 5-10 € as seen on fleamarkets! Hope this helps? Cheers, Lars

Hello All. Thank you all for your responses. I hadn't actually thought of sweetheart brooches as I have absolutely no knowledge about them, so thank you for this info. The sad thing is that it seems that I now have something that doesn't fit into my collection of miniatures! Cheers, Lars

Hello All. A recent aqusition is this little beauty, a breast star of the British Order of the Thistle. It is actually set with 136 small diamonds including the 4 that's missing. But I am a little puzzled. I bought it as a miniature, but it is 3 cm from tip to tip at the largest. So in my opinion it is too large to be a normal miniature, but again too small to be a prinzen size. It is not marked in any way! Do any of our British experts have some comments, have you seen a similar "miniature" before and is it in your opinion a miniature or not? Any comments will be appreciated. Paul??? Regards, Lars

Hello Alex. The only one I can show you is a nice miniature, a long time ago removed from an uninteresting British group. Cheers, Lars

Until now this have been a most amusing thread. However, I don't think it's fair to start to spell out fellow members full names in an effort to make an argument. I don't mind showing items from my collection but I would not do so if I wasn't convinced that I could be anonymous. There are after all 5600 members of the GMIC but only appr. 187 active (my estimate based on choosing btw two random numbers I just wrote on a piece of paper) - none of us knows how many of those non active members that are just waiting to link expensive items with a name ... and an address? I don't know the English expression, so I'll just use the Danish; Dårlig stil. Regards, Lars PS - Paul, congratulations with your bar (seems I have choosen side now)

... in the Military Museum in Brussels they have these two miniatures on display, two K2's the the letter "E", this time actually laid into the enamel (photo courtesy of a friend). Regards, Lars

Ahh, Wild Card. Still trying to figure out how to vote. But meanwhile you could do a little thinking as well. I have had this for some time, a nice Saxon Order of Ernestine, a Gold badge with an "E" for Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. So I was quite happy to add the following to my collection, a K2 of the same Order, again the rare type with the "E" for Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. But wait! If I know my history correctly they changed this Order in 1864. The K2 was introduced but at the same time they abandoned the habit of using these small letters. So how can this exist? Either I have misunderstood the concept and my history or the maker have misunderstood something. But if this is the case another maker have made the same mistake, because ..

Hmm, this thread have been much too quiet for a few months now. Let me show you a nice recent addition, the Albrechts Orden, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern am Ring, 1876-1918. Information gathered from an older Thies cataloque states that only 3 of these were awarded in Gold, and another 8 in Silver gilt, so I would say that this is not something you see every day. This miniature is gilted Silver. Enjoy! Regards, Lars

Then recently I have got this group of miniatures. It would have the Order of Constantine as issued by the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Spanish Red Cross Order, the Austrian Red Cross Order, type 1923 and the Imperial Russian badge of honour of the Red Cross, pre 1917. Thus it seems that this guy have got his decorations around WW1 up to the mid 20ies. But I'm not quite sure how the Order of Constantine was awarded during this period, I can easily understand the concept before the unification of Italy but I'm not so sure how this Order ranked and was awarded during this period around WW1 and how this Order was seen. Could anybody please help here, and if possible also tell me which kind of person we have here, a doctor, a Red Cross representative of some kind or ...? Thanks in advance, Lars

Hello, I could use a little assistance from some of our Italian members. The first should be quite easy. I have the following two miniature Orders in my collection, both is Gold and of quite good quality. As I understand things the one to the left is the one issued by the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the one to the right is issues by the Duchy of Parma - and the way this can be seen is by the letter "E" on the right arm. Is this correct understood?