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here is the golden Ludwigs medal for Arts and Science: [attachmentid=25559]

I guess I will have some reading to do to also find the days of his awards of the Hessian Bravery medal as well as his Iron Cross 1st class. It seems that those are mentioned by name in the regiments' history book. A word about the Militaerverdienstkreuz: It the typical silver gilt WWI issue piece with the marking W 938 for Wagner and the silver content. Gilding is of course almost washed away. The following picture shows the messed up "T" in Verdienst. The tooling broke early in the war and was never replaced. [attachmentid=25552]

Here the cover of the regiments's history: [attachmentid=25550]

I really hate to show this off, but it is to nice stay in hiding. A nice group of former Vizefeldwebel Heinrich Prigge. Just arrived from Germany. He was awarded the PlM for NCO's (Militaerverdienstkreuz) for extraordinary bravery during defeating the French enemy on October 02, 1918, being part of the Grand Dukes Hessian Reserve Infantry Regiment No 254. His documents unfortunately didn't survive, but I luckily got it from the grand daughter who also threw in the regiments? history with his personal comments as well as a copy of the 1960 issued book about the bearers of the MVK. Despite the fact that he got lost during the day of his deed he survived the war. I also got his sons WWII medals (e.g. tank battle badge in silver as well as the frozen meat medal) - Certainly a brave family. [attachmentid=25549]

Nope, sorry.

That bar was worn by a fellow named Niemeyer. He was indeed from Waldeck. His biographical data is published in the Waldeck book.

But, hey, we are supposed to talk Waldeck here. It would be very interesting to find out about the bearer, which I believe might be impossible to do?

The one on the bar (AO 1 X) is a Silver gilt Scharffenberg piece. The AO 2 is a Scharffenberg piece with gold center.

This actually was the reason for me to bid on the bar. Quite nice.

...and one more. this is a very sad story for me , I was really trying to bid on this, but did not get it. Even though this surfaced in a tinny auction house in southern Germany too many people knew about it. Anyway, at least I was smart enough to ask for a good picture: [attachmentid=24642]

Certainly a brave man. PlM for NCO's awarded april 24, 1918, him being the a "deputy" (Offizierstellvertreter) in the Sturmabteilung des Marinekorps.

...send me an email, I have one for you. andreas@medalnet.net Andreas

Correct. Always golden.

Maybe a "Staatshandbuch" will help?

...after those killer swords on ring pieces I thought it might be a good idea to show this nice group as well. It is quite nice to have the miniature bow as well. [attachmentid=24351]

The actual author of the book has some books left for sale. If you like to contact him directly for a signed example: Gert Efler Weimarer Str.8 D 34613 Schwalmstadt Germany Fax: +49 (6691) 72303

those Wagner type stars of all grades always do.

This is interesting. My Grand-grand father used the exact same Bezard compass during WWI. I still have it looks exactly the same.

Christophe, unfortunately those pieces are not in my collection anymore. As I mentioned, one can not collect everything....unfortunately

David, no, that would be the Waldeck "Long Service Cross", which came in 3 grades, this being the lowest grade. There is a fully enameled one and a neck badge as pictured on the book cover, middle. The medal on the lower left corner is either the Arts & Science medal or Part of the House order 1st model. By the way, Tim Eriksen has these books for sale in the US.

...and the matching cross: [attachmentid=24320]

...and of course the reverse, please check out the way the swords are attached: [attachmentid=24319] This mechanisum applies to all other Sword on Ring - Prussian orders as well.

...here we go: [attachmentid=24318]

The book is truly a must even for those of us not to interest in Waldeck ?o ne of the best researched topics. The book is basically the reworked issue which was printed as one of the very first monographs on a single topic like this. [attachmentid=24282]

...and one more. One can collect everything. [attachmentid=24260]