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Thanks for your comments. I must say I absolutely have no clue, I have never seen a piece like this before. Chris -- that is what I think is most plausible, it might have been made in a North American camp, POWs were wearing their awards there. Regarding the Africa medal: interesting yes, I wonder if he cared about regulations or whether he was captured before the medal was forbidden to wear. John -- yes I agree, they also made things like the Lappland shield in POW camps, but I have never had one of these wooden pieces in hand.
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I think we can rule out the Saxon awards, LS or others, as this must have been a Prussian. Naval Beamter maybe? Mauritius/Lazarus is another possibility. And yes, the life saving medals went before other peacetime ones. I also wonder if the small piece of ribbon that ties the entire thing together is of any significance, as it seems to be white with brown stripes. Looks strange.
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This is obviously a pre-WW1 lapel bow, the awards being: 1) Red Eagle Order (or Medal??) 2) China Medal (probably in Steel for stay-at-home) 3) 1897 Centenary (thus active military or Beamter in 1897, since not a veteran) 4) Albert Order (or Honor Cross??) 5) Brunswick Henry the Lion Order (or Merit Cross??) 6) GREEN! No. 6 would make sense as the Brunswick Life Saving Medal, but also as a foreign (Persian? Swedish?) order in last place. No long service award. A reserve officer maybe, and/or civil servant?
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I remember that years ago, on WAF, Rick had a thread "It's not easy being green" on a ribbon bar with a plain green ribbon. The problem was that plain green can stand for a number of awards, from Brunswick Life Saving Medal, to Persian Sun and Lion Order and Swedish Vasa Order. Now I have a similar lapel bow with a green award in last place:
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I think this is a Bavarian doctor, with EK2, BMVO (probably 4X?), King Ludwig Cross, Saxon War Merit Cross, Bavarian DA, Waldeck (grade?), Austrian Red Cross Decoration and Hindenburg. I was unable to ID him, however. Couldn't find him in the Waldeck lists. Not too many Bavarians got the Waldeck Order.