Christian J

I'll upload them for you.

Seems it was him anyway.

His reply.

no its me,want you want?i have make a mistake thats life.for you its broken harts

Boycott these vile and greedy sellers.

If I were to venture into this arena what/which would be the best place to get started? Availability and cost to be considered.

Doc

An excellent choice.

The collections of the different states knights crosses, i've seen has been very impressive. But that sort of collection might get a bit pricey in the end.

Or why not the states iron cross equivalent bravery awards as an start.

Have a look at Dave Danners excellent site.

The possibilities are thankfully almost endless. :cheers:

This is just unbelievable retarded.

Originally a Godet-bar. :(

Seems they were aquired this way?

Eitherway it's madness.

Has this guy done what i think he has done.

http://search.ebay.de/_W0QQsassZkublie303

This guy should be garroted.

Even selling the pieces.

Better pic.

Ah, there we got one!

Missed this one. Seems Schulze also gets some nice things.

I would say go for this grouping.

By the way, has anyone seen the "mysterious" F ribbon-device for it on the MKFVO ribbon, Saschaw?

Around 2600 awarded on this ribbon, and another 600ish on the Milit. Karl Friedrich Verd. Ordens.

Think this went for around 250Euro a while back. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=190327

So i think the price is a bit on the heavy side (but still affordable).

Here is a little update on Gen Hugo Montgomery Silverschi?ld (as you can see most Swedish awards was awarded 6 June = Swedish National Day )

Born 25 sept 1878

Sergeant at Guards Ing Rgt 1 10 Aug 1897

NCO 15 Aug 1898

2nd Lieutnant 9 Dec 1898

Lieutnant 30 Jan 1903

Knight Danish DDO 31 Oct 1903

Silver Wedd medal 1906

Knight Bad ZLO July 1909

Captain 12 Apr 1912

Knight OLD HFO w Crown 1912

Preuss Crown O 3 cl 1912

Knight Swords O 6 June 1919

Knight Greece Lib O 1920

GB Vic O 1920

Major 10 July 1921

Knight Wasa O 6 June 1924

Knight French HL 1926

Col Lt 4 June 1926

Knight North Star O 10 Dec 1928

Col 23 May 1930

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Com 2nd cl Swords O 16 June 1933

Com 1 st cl Swords O 6 June 1936

Gen Maj 30 Apr 1937

Com 1st cl Wasa O 6 June 1941

Com 2nd cl Belgium Leop O 1941

Com 2nd cl Finnish VR O 1941

Com Norway St:O O w Crown 1941

Com 2 cl Spanish MN O w white cross 1941

Grand Cross Rumanian Crown O 1941

Com 1st cl Danish DDO 1941

Finnish Civil Guards MC 1941

Com Grand Cross Swords O 6 June 1945

Com GB Empire O 22 Mar 1948

Gen Lt (reserve) 12 Dec 1952

Com Grand Cross Norway S:T O 1953

Com Grand Cross Netherland OH O Apr 1955

Com Grand Cross Finnish Lion O 2 Oct 1956

Gen 5 May 1963

Died 17 March 1968 in Stockholm

And as a little but to answer your question Ulsterman , there is a book by Lars Ericson

" Svenska Frivilliga" ISBN 91-88930-00-9 which have a little info about Swedish officers in Ethiopia 1934-1935

Its in Swedish of course, but if you want I can translate the little there is and mail you.

In short thre was 5 Swedish officers in Ethiopia : Capt Wiking Tamm, Lt Bouveng, Lt Heuman, Lt Thorburn and Lt Nyblom.

Best Regards Christer

How come he was called "Tattar-Hugo"? (Tattare=derogatory name for gypsies)

There were already a little discussion.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=29327

Another one of Gustav Vietor from Wiesbaden:

So it was you that got it!

A very special bar. Could you post some sort of comparison shot (e.g fullsized 1897)?

It was hard making out the size by the description.

Thank you both for the additional information.

VJK from what source does the picture come from, one of the biblio series?

Does anybody have more information and perhaps a picture of the Regimentskommandeur FR 34 Konrad Kraehe

I've got this so far.

15/05/1868-10/01/1943

Pour le Merite:

08.10.1917

Eichenlaub:

15.08.1918

01/02/22 Generalmajor

01/02/25 Generalleutnant honoraire

31/03/25 Retired

27/08/39 General der Infanterie honoraire

I believe this one will fetch a premium.

Now doesn't I regret not bidding higher. What was your maxbid?

At least it went to member of the forum, so well all can enjoy the research.

Dear Lord!

How much did it go for? I would have taken a second mortgage to obtain that pair. That is probably the finest continental Napoleonic enlisted grouping extant today.

Do you know how rare that pair actually is?

Most of the VI Corps (under St. Cyr) was made up of disaffected Bavarians raised in the Tyrol. Thousands deserted, but the vast majority were killed in action around Polotsk, at Borodino or evaporated in the Retreat.

My casualty list summary shows fewer than 350 Bavarians of all ranks made it back at all. Almost half were officers or NCOs.

Faber Du Faur, the famous artist and patriarch of the famous Bavarian military (still prominent today in fact) aristocratic family, painted a series of vignettes of Bavarians during the retreat that are still frightening to look at.

The ones of Bavarians attempting to keep warm beneath the walls and towers of Smolensk are....disquieting.

Poignant perhaps, isthat I have photos of other Bavarians sitting underneath the same towers taken 130 years later. They looked miserable too. Plus ca change....

Only briefly researched it before putting down my bid. It's quite an enchanting item.

Please share more if you are able to. If we can't have it, at least we can enjoy it's history.

Is this print from du faur you were mentioning?

I would say that his name were Michael Josef Fled.

I already regret my bid at 421, but that is the name of the game, can't win them all.

Thought this might be of interest to someone

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=28144

Thought that this had to be saved for posterity.

Such a nice set for an veteran of the front in Tirol, the campaign against Russia and the march against his former employers. One of the 10 000 germans of the original 90 000 that surived the harsh winter and brutal conditions on the russian plains and were alive to be awarded the bavarian commerative in 1848 and the St Helena from Napoleon III in 1857. Would say that he atleast had reached his late sixties.