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Beautiful, wasn't it ?! Before 1854

The eagles seem not to have crowns, which a St.John's Ehrenritter would have to have. So it must be a PlM?!

No, I don't really trust mail or normal courier service, its always best to wait if one can and have stuff hand delivered.

Yes, my special courier brought it along for me I believe that there must be only a few. Nimmergut lists the 7 1st class recipients including 4 where the oak leaf cluster was promoted due to the recipient already having received the 2nd class with oak leaf cluster. Anyway, here the document:

Ok, folks, here it is. It is the group of Dr. Bielfeld, Mayor of Arnstadt. He was also awarded the 1st class. Reverse shows as Rick already pointed out the GFC cypher:

Does anybody know how many of those were awarded?

Scharffenberg states in his book, that the designs differ in the bars total width.

Oops, almost forgot to give the resolution, hence the picture here again. this time with the reverse. It is the 1869 issued long service bar after the integration of the Infantry Regiment 93 into the Prussian Army system. The old awards could from then on only be awarded to Anhalt folks and not to foreigners. The new design, similar to the Prussian award was issued April 6, 1870. The long service awards were awarded only and had to be returned with the passing of the recipient. Manufactured by Sy & Wagner:

Here is another Wagner:

Nice work

Silver?/or very low gold content material as usual. Not sure exactly what it is, but it is always something like it.

;)

I guess one would call that "Schlamperei", but it was awarded to a non German.... came with the set below and some not so important Hanoverian Grand Cross set : )

Hint: " The drunken Eagle"

Everybody being awarded the Black Eagle Order was automatically holder of the Red Eagle Order "en satur" (on neck, as the french would say). Check this one out, it came from one of those folks and was presented on a small neck ribbon in a smal case just for the cross - no star. Maybe you find the little oddity hidden in this particular cross.

Funny, that those Korean have the same bold head, not that I don't have one, but at least standing 6'4"

Wild Card, that is the one I am talking about....real gold center! Those are rather easy to evaluate. The other one is good, too, by the way. Bernd D, already said it.

Well, as mentioned, before, there will eventually be a book about this topic, answering all questions. I would personally not buy any 1st class crosses without real golden center. The bavarians were very peculiar about the way order decorations were produced. Keep in mind it always was and still is the wealthiest state within Germany ; )

I believe the 1st class crosses have to have a real golden center for the most part.

OK, it is Anhalt, but which type?

Holly cow, I must have poked the wasp's nest

....moving away from Prussia to?

Would it be not better to have first name and last name in two separate columns? This way you could sort each data block in Excel separately and could even transport it into Access easier?

No worry, there will be a very comprehensive book on the Military Merit Order and crosses out very soon. The best book ever if you read or do not read German.

The clasp is the 1957 version, isn't it?