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Came across this impressive photo of Samuel Morse, taken apparently between 1865 and 1872, showing a Danebrog, Legion of Honor, Mauritius Lazarus, and others, could not ID them all:
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Bundesrepublik The new "Iron Cross"
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
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Bundesrepublik The new "Iron Cross"
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
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Bundesrepublik The new "Iron Cross"
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
I am not sure what exactly the regulations say. But I have seen German soldiers in uniform with ribbon bar many times, although - I think - a maximum of eight decorations can be worn. Here is Generalinspekteur Wolfgang Schneiderhan with his bar (most of it are foreign decorations, among them the Legion of Merit and the Legion of Honor): -
Bundesrepublik The new "Iron Cross"
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
Well said. And nothing more I could add. -
The pics still don't show it very clearly. The original "clean" ribbon has been preserved where the devices were - and the ribbons show clean areas only in three directions, left, right and down. Nothing pointing upward - I'd bet there have been WM eagles. MAYBE Etappe... but nothing from WW1? Especially if he wasn't just a Gefreiter volunteer?
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I just got this ribbon bar, most probably the lower of a two-row set. What's interesting is that the second to last ribbon MIGHT be the Duke Ernst Medal from Saxe-Altenburg. The two missing devices on the blue ribbons should indicate Wehrmacht LS eagles. So a former member of IR 153 --- like that infamous Baron Rechenberg?
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Bundesrepublik The new "Iron Cross"
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
The Iron Cross - in a modernized version (see below) - is the official symbol of the Bundeswehr. This is official policy, if you take a look at the pages of the Ministry of Defence, for example. TacHel, I really like that idea! Btw, there has been some confusion in this thread over the different grades of the "Ehrenzeichen der Bundeswehr". The ones with the red borders are NOT the new Honor Cross for Bravery, they existed already before 2008, as awards for single outstanding deeds, not necessarily involving bravery in combat, but also life-saving. But since October 2008, there are five grades of the Ehrenzeichen (seven if you count the ones with red borders): 1. Ehrenmedaille der Bundeswehr 2. Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in bronze 3. a) Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in silver 3. b) Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in silver with red border (for single outstanding deeds, no minimum service time needed) 4. a) Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in gold 4. b) Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in gold with red borders (for single outstanding deeds, no minimum service time needed) 5. Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr f?r Tapferkeit (Honor Cross of the Federal Armed Forces for Bravery) : This is the NEW one, with the golden oakleaves, but NO red borders (first picture in this thread). -
Bundesrepublik The new "Iron Cross"
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
Good to hear that there's someone who knows what will never happen. The Iron Cross IS and CONTINUES to be the symbol of the Bundeswehr. No one has ever questioned this. It is on every Bundeswehr car and aircraft. -
Bundesrepublik The new "Iron Cross"
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
Historically, this is of course correct. But who says this cannot be changed? Why not re-institute the Iron Cross with a different policy? So do other countries who are not much likely to get into a state of declared war either. Btw, I believe this Honor Cross award is only a temporary makeshift one. I think there will be something else, in time. -
Italy - Is this ribbon bar Italian?
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
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Italy - Is this ribbon bar Italian?
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
hmmm yes, I found it - "Medaglia di benemerenza per volontari guerra italo-austriaca". Never had a crown though. AND - it seems IF they took precedence seriously, this one would have been behind the Unita d'Italia. -
Italy - Is this ribbon bar Italian?
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
Many thanks! I was unaware of the Italian commem medal. The fading looks indeed very blue on #4 and 5. #3 I thought Belgian Crown Order because of the purple colour... the precedence is strange but maybe the wearer thought orders before medals... -
Hello, I'm not an expert for Italian decorations, but it looks to me like this bar I got is Italian. Could that be - Maurizio Lazaro, Knight - Italian Crown Order, Commander (crown is colored gold) - ?? (Belgian?) - French Postal Decoration?? - ?? (center stripe is faded green) What era? 20s? or post-1945? Thanks Chris
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Bundesrepublik The new "Iron Cross"
webr55 replied to webr55's topic in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR