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Can any one tell me what medals or awards are referenced in this excerpt from a front line officer's service record? I have determiend that he got the EKI, EKII, Silesian Eagle, Wound badge in Silver and Hindenburg Cross for combatants. But what are these? - Bew. abz. V.A.K. 1.7.19 - the handwritten one below the HIndenburg Cross (close-up provided) Alos, what grade of Silesian Eagle is that? Thanks Colin

Very kind - thanks. Actually I ran into some problems getting the sculpey to set so I am hopeful that rsolves itself soon. I will post a photo of the final sculpt as well as the completed painted model. Colin

I posted a link to my in progress sculpture in the modelling section in case of interest. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/49406-major-friedrich-wilhelm-heinz-in-16-scale/page__view__findpost__p__454233 Colin

I am sculpting and painting a portrait bust as a gift for a friend of mine. His father was a significant historical character and a major player in the German resistance against Hitler. See here for his bio and autograph: http://gmic.co.uk/in...post__p__371434 I am doing a 1/6 scratch bust in Sculpey - firm. It will be painted in acrylics when complete. The sculpt is based on unpublished and rare photos of Heinz generously forwarded by my friend. The sculpting is almost done and I will complete the details such as medals, regalia, buttons, ear detail etc in Magic Sculpt or Duro epoxy putty as it takes and holds detail better than sculpey. I will update as I progress. The model is of Heinz while a Major in command of 4. Brandeburger. Cheers Colin

All I can do to show some respect to a brave man willing to take a stand against HItler....before it became fashionable. I'll post a lnk when done. Thanks. Colin

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Thanks a lot to both of you - great to have confirmation that the EKI did not appear on the bar and also ncie to have the mock-up. Here's a photo of Heinz with a partial of his bar. The first 4 seem to tie to Matt's mock-up - any idea what the rest could be? Generic or foreign awards probably given placement to the right of the Wehrmacht service award. Thanks again to both of you for taking the time to assist with this somewhat unusual request. Colin

Thanks Kev - BTW the model is of Major (later Otl) Friedrich Wilhelm Heinz, a major anti-Hitler conspirator and CO of 4. Brandenburger in 1942. I am depicting him in service dress with medal bar and other awards; not in parade dress. I was going to show him with the EKI & spange, silver wound badge and close assault badge arranged on the right breast pocket (right from from the perspective of looking at him). Can you tell me if a WWI wound badge would be updated to the new version with swaz or would he still wear the medal as issued in WWI?. I presume the most common EKII configuration would be as botton hole ribbon with spange or clasp? Would an EKI medal and clasp be worn as well as an EKII botton ribbon with clasp? Or did the wearer only sport the higher medal? If worn as above, would both the EK I & II ribbons also appear on the bar? If so, did EK I & II worn on the bar also have 1939 clasps? I presume a reasonable order of precedence for the bar (from left to right) would be: EKI, EKII, Hindenburg Cross with swords, SIlesian eagle, Wehrmacht 4 year ribbon with eagle. Correct? Thanks for the help so far. Colin

I need a bit of help from the medal bar experts. I am sculpting a scale model painted bust as a thankyou gift for the son of a senior Wehrmacht officer. I need to sculpt and paint his WWI decorations which included: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1917 Wounded badge in black - 1918 Wounded abdge in silver 1918 Iron Cross 1st Class 1919 V Corps badge Silesian Eagle Merit badge of II Marine Brigade Ehrhardt Clasp Iron Cross 1st Class 1941 Clasp Iron Cross 2nd Class 1941 Infantry Assault Badge in silver 1941 Wehrmacht 4 year service medalCan anyone tell me what his medal bar likely looked like? I assume the V Corps badge, wounded badge, merit badge of brigade Ehrhardt & infantry close asault badge would not be in the bar. How about the EK I & II with clasps? Would these medals be worn in the bar and as separate decorations? What order would the medals appear in on the bar? Any help gratefully received!! If any one wants to see the sculpt or know more about the officer I can post a photo in th modeling section and/or provide more info. Thanks Colin

Hi Jay - where did you wind up getting your hi res Gerard Ney from? New York or Paris? Just curious. I hope you are going to post your finished framed piece for us to see. Cheers Colin

How about General Hulin - see this link - looks like him. http://www.napoleon1er.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23407 Colin

I would probably just print a copy off the net. If you want a picture from the AIHA or MdlA, I would see how much RMN wants for a decent scan but you have to open an account to do that. AIHA is worth writing too as well. BTW - My favourite Ney book is "The Trial of Marshal Ney" 1957 by Kurtz - great book on how he got railroaded after the 100 days and how he got executed, Highly recommended. Colin

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Thanks for the kind words about my figure. Its probably my best as Michel Ney is a special interest of mine. My wife says we took him on our honeymoon because I was reading a bio of him and never go anywhere without a book. I have not been to the Chicago show which is a real shame as I am close up here in the Toronto area. Its on my bucket list I guess. Here is a link to AIHA's prices for photography - they are steep. But they charge less for personal use when they have already taken a photo - which they have. http://www.albanyins...FEES%202011.pdf I have posted the 1896 article below - although it deals more with the execution of Ney than the history of the portrait. Enjoy Colin

Thanks for the nice words on my Ney figure. No I have never attended Chicgao but I have always wanted to. I guess is a bucket list item for me. On the AIHA site there is a link to pricing for photos - if they have to take one its pricey but less so if they have one already (I know they will have one because they sent me the one I posted when I was corresponding with them about my Ney). http://www.albanyinstitute.org/z-%20aiha%20website/9-information/information.rights_files/IMAGE%20AND%20USAGE%20FEES%202011.pdf When I looked at the article I have I realized it more focused on Ney's execution but here it is anyway. Cheers Colin

I just rememberd that I have an interesting old journal article on Ney's connection with Citizen Genet that I could scan and post if you would find it interesting. It has a litho of the painting. Let me know. Thanks Colin

Jay - see posts 107 and 108 un this string. http://gmic.co.uk/in...ndpost&p=328051 There is a fine Gerard Ney in the Albany Institute of History and Art in NY. It was once owned by Citizen Genet, Mme Ney's uncle. They also own a companion portrait of Mme Ney by Gerard. I also posted the copy of the Gerard I own that was painted by Albany portrait artist Ezra Ames c. 1809. Another Gerard studio copy is in the Musee de L'Armee in Paris - see http://www.photo.rmn...bE=2C6NU0B6KXNJ The RMN is a great link for finding French art in state collections. Here is the catalogue data to the Paris piece. Image number : 06-511943 Inventory Number : 3497 DEP ; EaCollection : Paintings Title : Michel Ney (1769-1815), duc d'Elchingen, prince de la Moskowa, maréchal de l'Empire Description : Peint vers 1805 Author : Gérard François Pascal Simon, baron (1770-1837) (atelier de) Photo Credit : © Paris - Musée de l'Armée, Dist. RMN / image musée de l'Armée Period : First Empire (1804-1814) Technic/Material : oil on canvas Height : 0.650 m Length : 0.550 m. Location : Paris, musée de l'Armée I personally prefer the AIHA version. Colin

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Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg was the last German Ambassabor to the Soviet Union prior to the outbreak of war between the two countries. His diplomatic career began before WWI and his postings included Lviv, Prague, Warsaw, Tbilisi (Georgia), Tehran, Bucharest and Beirut. This letter to his mother dates form 1918 during his Tbilisi posting. In 1934, Schulenburg began his history-making posting to R|ussia. He was instrumental in bringing about the rapprochement between Hitler and Stalin that set the scene for the attack on Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War. He knew of Hans Werwarth von Bittenfeld's decision to warn the U.S. legation of the upcoming treaty. He was in favour of an ongoing non-aggression pact with the Russians and he did all he could to forestall the attack on Russia. He did his best to play up the might of the Russian military and its industrial base to German intelligence. On the morning of the June 1941 attack on |Russia, he is noted to have stated to Molotov "For the last six years I've personally tried to do everything I could to encourage friendship between the Soviet Union and Germany. But you can't stand in the way of destiny." After the attack, Schulenburg was interned for a few months and then sent back to Germany. He was put in charge of a relatively meaningless commitee in the Foreign Office. Schulenburg was seen as a likely Foreign Minister in the post-coup government. His ties to the military conspiracy were tenuous but were strong enough to condemn him. He was arrested by the Gestapo on October 23, 1944 and was hanged at Ploetzensee on November 10, 1944.