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Thanks for your concerns, but: The metal mounting device does not look new at all under the ribbons. The spoke has not been freshly cut at all from what I can see. The entire bar also shows considerable and consistent wear. The ribbons are not in an obviously wrong order. Certainly this has the Austrian look, but of which Austrian period? We all agree that this is not pre-1918, but why can't it be 1920s for an Imperial Russian officer in Austrian exile? Another point: Wouldn't a faker most probably make all ribbons overlap in an equal manner? The last two do not. Chris
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Ain't it horrible? I feel with you. But I think your candidate looks good. How many can there have been with an LD1 AND the Portuguese one? And he wasn't too old to get all those WW1 decorations. I find three possible candidates for a Dr. Wolff, though the last two are rather improbable. Wilhelm Wolff, Dr. med. from the University of Berlin on 31.07.1877, Dissertation "Über den Zusammenhang des Muskels mit der Sehne". Most probably him. Wilhelm Wolff, Dr. med. from the University of Würzburg in 1889. This one was "from Kitzingen". I'm not sure whether this was his birthplace or residence, but either way, he looks rather Bavarian. Wilhelm Theodor Wolff, Dr. med. from the University of Halle in 1875. This one is probably too early (at 23), but in those days, it might have been possible. Chris
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Georg Scheidt: strange - why did he go aD at 52, during the war and with a promotion to char. VizeAdm? Rick will have an explanation. But (provided the bar is ok), I don't think it can be him, for several reasons: - The Osmanie 3rd cl was a NECK order. I think the last ribbon can only be a Bavarian Jubilee. - With a PKO2 by 1912, he cannot have worn a PKO4 or 3 on his bar. - His DOA entry might be wrong, but no China medal is listed there. If the bar is ok, I think #2 is an 1870 medal, and this is a Major/Oberstlt who went aD before WW1 and got the Ludwig Cross (and EK2) as a rear area/Landwehr commander.
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That would surprise me! Have you got any fake "bicycle spoke" pin ribbon bars to compare?
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Thanks for the pics! The GenHonDec had not occurred to me, but that might be. I have (carefully!) tried to push the backing away a little (which also reveals the stripes on the Hungarian ribbon): #4 seems to have been white in the center, not blue. Also, #5 and #6 seem to have different center stripes, even under the backing: #5 purple and #6 light red, as Rick says. Maybe there was some weird Mecklenburg award with a light red center stripe? If #4 is the GenHonDec, I would say Zahlmeister. About the Mecklenburg LS: were they awarded until after 1918? And only to the Mecklenburg regiments?
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Thanks, I didn't think of a Danish medal. I am still trying to find out what type of guy this is. Maybe not an officer, but a senior NCO with a Mecklenburg XII or XV? It should have at least been some rear area guy (Zahlmeister?), with the War Aid Cross. Or a reserve officer from the Mecklenburg Landwehr? The backing is black, not navy blue.
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Gentlemen, I have a new ribbon bar from a Mecklenburger. The ribbons are quite faded, but three Mecklenburg awards are recognizable. I am not sure what these are: 1) EK2 1914 2) Mecklenburg (Schwerin?) Comb War Merit Cross 3) Bavarian, but Cross or Order? 4) Looks like Hessen 5) Mecklenburg Long Service? 6) something else from Mecklenburg? 7) War Aid Cross 8) Hindenburg X 9) Austrian Commem 10) Hungarian Commem 11) Italian Crown Order (?) Any ideas on this one, maybe from one of the Mecklenburg experts? Chris
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You find this information in several German university library catalogs, for example the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. About his "Professor" title: As I find no further publications of his, I would most definitely think that he was not a university professor, but a senior teacher at some Gymnasium ("Gymnasialprofessor"). Regards Chris
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I must have overlooked this. Oskar Morath got a Dr. in geology from the University of Freiburg in 1913 (there is a small chance that it might have been in 1914, but I could not determine this 100%). The title of his dissertation was "Theoretische Grundlagen für die Konstruktion geologischer Modelle". Chris