Vatjan

Hi,

Thank you so much for your reply.

Unfortunately I don't have much additional information, other than I'm trying to identify a mixed group of German and Belgian Congo decorations.

From the Congolese decorations configuration there seems to be only 1 German that fits the bill: Fritz Franz MICHELL.

He was also part of a Prussian expedition in Afrika in 1912 and sees German colonial service during the First World War.

So I'm trying to prove that this medalgroup is actually his.

Or that it is not him, and that I have to look elsewhere and dig deeper.

Thank you again for your help.

Have a good WE,

Jan

Hello,

I'm trying to find more info on Fritz Franz MICHELL, and would also like to confirm that he received the Prussian Rote Adler Orden.

He would also have seen colonial service before and during WOI.

If anyone with access to relevant lists could have a look, that would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks!!!

Best regards,

Jan

Great badge!!!

Thanks for sharing.

jan

Hi Tsend,

Any info on who received badge n°53?

Thanks for your help.

Best regards,

Jan

Here is a pic I took on my first trip to Mongolia in 1998.

Best regards,

Jan

I love that tattoo/drawing on his hand, wonderful!!!

Jan

Great pics.

Thanks for posting.

Jan

Thank you both for the interest you bring to these questions!

Jan

Wonderful Bob, thank you very much.

Now to get these translated, I'm so curious!

Thanks also Urnuh for the transliteration of the names.

Good evening,

Jan

The last:

(Grrr, to think I refused several of those because the photos were removed, still kicking myself for that!!!!)

best

Jan

And a close up of the last one.

Thanks,

Jan

Dusted of some of my documents.

Here's one for Partisan n° 410

Here is a closer shot of the page with the name.

Hope this is more readable.

Thank you so much Tsend for your help.

Best regards,

Jan

Thanks for your help!

I'll post close-ups tonight

Best regards,

Jan

Unfortunately, I can't decipher the names.

I could provide close-ups of the names if anyone around here is knowledgable in handwritten Uighur.

Thanks anyway for the offer.

Jan

The last:

(Grrr, to think I refused several of those because the photos were removed, still kicking myself for that!!!!)

best

Jan

One more:

Dusted of some of my documents.

Here's one for Partisan n° 410

Wow, great to see so much information coming out.

It stimulated me to dust of some of my docs.

Here's a document that is supposed to be for a type 3 best herder badge.

Issued in 1958. Don't know exactly how this fits in with the last conference in 1955?

Best regards,

jan

Hi Peter,

This does not look Mongolian to me.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

best regards,

Jan

Wonderful Bob, keep up the good work!

Jan

Sorry, my mistake the seller is fafnir_57 (with an underscore in the name)

I just checked it still shows.

All the best,

jan

I could only find these and they are not those I made mention of;

Check out the closed sales of seller fafnir57 on ebay.be

Good evening,

Jan

Sad to hear

I dont understand why people do this, just to lazy to find a collector who wants to keep this group together and would rather ruin history for a couple euros

Even though I share your frustration that this group was split, I do not know of any collector who would have paid 5k for this group.

Even more so, since the historic value of this modern group is very limited. The only historic background resides in diplomatic goodwill exchange.

Best regards,

Jan

The seller "harvested" about 5000€ on this sale.

Best regards,

Jan

Unfortunately, the group was not kept together and was sold "in pieces" on ebay Belgium, last week. =o((((

Jan

Congratulations on this beautiful badge!

Best regards,

Jan