Beau Newman
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This may have already been posted elsewhere. This is an ex Tony Colson group attributed to Mackensen von Astfeld - OberLt. in GGR2 in 1914, then in the General Staff. Retired as a Major from the Reichsheer in the 1920's. It's interesting that the BMVK4X seems to have been jammed into the 2nd position after the group was put together.
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Here's his cousin. Perhaps another 133rd Regt. group. Alas, unnamed with none of the beautiful documentation as in Stogieman's group: The Sax VK w/Swords has always been a bit of an enigma. Reputedly, it was an "interim" award between the FA Medal and the MSH Medal but, not a prerequisite to the Mil. St. Henry. If that was the case, why so few awards? I have the feeling that this was likely a "meritorious service" type award awarded to NCO's for outstanding leadership while the MSH medal was awarded for acts of bravery. Any thoughts?
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According to the regulations, the 1st Class REO and KO were not to be worn together. Those who held both awards were to wear the insignia of the one most recently awarded with an enamel ribbon of the other award wrapped through the arms of the cross and rays of the breast star. However, this applied only to the 1st Class (8 pointed star). You implied that this was a "Commanders" award, which would likely be a 2nd Class award (4 pointed star). As far as I know, there was no recognized version of the 2nd Class with enamel band.
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IMHO, not an official award. Best case, a private purchase WWI era replacement. The fact that it is vaulted and the pin construction are all wrong for an 1870's era piece.
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I picked up this board many years ago in a box lot of mixed Imperial/3rd Reich stuff. Has anyone seen anything similar? The Prussian eagle button leads me to belive it could be military but, it could just be off an old stage costume. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2009/post-6181-124892673333.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2009/post-6181-124892675881.jpg