Mike Dwyer

...or as a person I know used to say, "The recent unpleasantness."

Not just a great ribbon bar.................look at that mustache!!!!!! :jumping:

It's hard to tell, but that almost looks like a beaver's head and front paws to me, not a buffalo head.

I know very, very little about German swords (except I like them!) but I believe that's a Third Reich police emblem on the grip, so I think this is some type of police officer's sword.

I've already said all that can be said, Sandro! Fantastic as always!!!! :speechless1:

I had the same luck as Perce. I looked through a list of RK holders at another web site and he's not on the list.

I can't help with the flyer, but I have to say sometimes Der Rittmeister gets "confused" about some items and doesn't know what he's talking about. He has some very wonderful, and very expensive, items, but at least once I've found something labelled incorrectly, e-mailed him about the mistake and it was never corrected. He had a very nice porcelain box that had Kaiser Wilhelm II's imperial cypher (not his Prussian one) on the lid surrounded by what Der Rittmeister called the "collar of the Order of the Black Eagle." Unfortunately, it was quite obviously the Garter of the British Order of the Garter (motto and all) and I e-mailed him about the mistake, but he never corrected his description of the item. :rolleyes:

Love that mustache! But it just doesn't go with that more modern looking uniform. :rolleyes:

Yes, Doc! He sells photos of beautiful medal bars. The ads mislead buyers into believing they're bidding on the medal bars, but they're actually only bidding on a photo.

I'm not sure if this picture came from this forum, or from another, but if I recall correctly it was colorized by a member from Norway. Kaiser Wilhelm II in an Austrian uniform:

Congratulations, Christian! A very nice medal and a beautiful certificate! :jumping:

Of course I didn't mean it that way! I meant I would just like to see a real one that's been manufactured, not one that's been awarded. Hopefully, none will be awarded, but since the eligibility date has been back-dated, you know there are aleady recipients yet to be named.

Very nice looking. I look forward to seeing what a real one looks like.

I can't really make a comment on it because I have no knowledge in this area, but I can say it is a wonderful medal bar! :jumping:

Dave, I don't mean to hijack your thread, but just to show that these style uniforms are still sometimes worn..... The newly crowned king of Tonga, George Tupou V, meets with one of his honorary consuls to Australia.

A sovereign is the ruler of a state or country, such as the Kaiser, a king, prince, etc. :Cat-Scratch:

Perhaps I tend to be too picky about some terminology used when describing these old orders, but I am not comfortable with the blanket use of the statement "...illegallly (since the duchy didn't exist anymore)" The SEHO is a House Order, not a state order. It may have been "illegal" under German law for the duke to award them, but under internationally recognized chivalric practice a house order belongs to the house, not the state, and the head of the house may award that order as long as the house exists. There are many heads of former reigning houses today that still award their respective house orders, and while perhaps not recognized by their former countries, it is recognized as legitimate by the chivalric community. The International Commission on Orders of Chivalry, http://www.icocregister.org/2006main.htm, has a list of recognized house order (they refer to them as dynastic orders) and the SEHO is on the list. Here is a page from the Ducal House web page with a photo of Prinz Hubertus wearing the grand cross of the order http://www.sachsen-coburg-gotha.de/?Das_He...bprinz_Hubertus and a page on their house order http://www.sachsen-coburg-gotha.de/?Das_He...shaus:Hausorden

Very impressive, Leigh. Once again politics and military strategy have trouble getting along. :Cat-Scratch:

Rick, That's the first thing that can immediately to my mind........it's Crown Prince Wilhelm!!!

And a very nice uniform too! Look at the quality of that emroidery! :jumping:

Actually I believe that's his police commissioner dress uniform, dark blue with silver embroidery.

Rick, I'm not sure what the regulations were, but I have seen photos of diplomats in this same coat as you described, but wearing long dark-colored trousers (probably matching the coat) with a bullion stripe down the side instead of the knee breeches.

Absolutely, unbelievably, fantastic!!!!! All should genuflect, no........prostrate themselves, before such arcane wizardry!! :beer:

and he is.........???????? :ninja:

The Order of Saint Januarius or San Gennaro is an order of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies who ruled the former Kingdom of Naples and Sicily. http://www.realcasadiborbone.it/uk/ordcav/ord_04.htm