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    medalnet

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    1. I just received another theory:

      It could be a 1-3 year volunteer with NCO rank during the colonial war in Africa. The combination of the bars WATERBERG and KARAS-BERGE seems to fit for 1. or 2. Bataillon of the 2. Feldregiments or for 1., 2. and7. Batterie of the Feldartillerieabteilung.

      The Red Eagle Order could have been awarded at a much later date in his civilian life for yet another life saved. I guess somebody will have to catalogue all prussian orders lists in order to make this identification happen.

      I was also given the following man as just an example:

      I am sure they may be a few more then him.

    2. 1st class indicates the set (star to the commander cross grade).

      Several saxon states choose to keep the grand cross and commander cross at the same size. Hence the grand-/commander cross would go both ways.

      Saxe-Weimar used to issue a special size, a lot larger then the regular cross, for members of the royal family. Quite rare. There are some examples that recently reached the market from the famous Seymour and Ludvigsen collection.

      We also know about crosses with larger crowns, yet are not sure if those are really special grand crosses or just commander crosses.

      Here another example of this fine order to close the WWI grand-/commander cross series with swords:

    3. My guess is that they got my contact information through the BDOS on-line membership listing since that information is public (and since they wrote in German in the first paragraph). They are not primarily English-speaking (per their word usage/grammer). They probably are not primarily German-speaking either??? I possibly smell former com-block scammers at work.

      Caveat Emptor!

      "SPM"

      I think so too. Hopefully they don't find the forums, then it gets really ugly.

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