Josef Rietveld

I have no problems to repair Orders and Decorations if i know BEFORE the result will be satiesfying. I have done this once. I'am not happy with this TWM because IMHO it looks like somebody already tried to repair it by painting cold-enamel or something else on the TWM. the result is very very ugly. it would look much better if the enamel would have stayed damaged. haynau

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It is a Faschinenmesser f?r Pioniertruppen Modell 1862. I add picture of mine, made arround 1917/18 whem leather became rarer and rarer and they used canvas instead. the leather pieces rank between 200 and 300 USd, canvas is much rarer. haynau

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Sorry Wiliam no scanner but i added two pics. one from steiners book, the other from the 1904 schematismus. haynau

Thanks Glen, i 'am shure you know better. after all I'am just collecting. you are, same as J?rg, much more in details, structure and military history. josef (haynau)

The AH-Empire published every year (exept 1915/16 as far as i know) the socalled Schematismus, a huge book of 1500 plus pages about active army and navy officers, their ranks, their regiments and units and some short details on general history about the army. For 1918 exist only the lists for the rank colonel and above. this list dating from 31st December 1918 was published by J?rg C. Steiner in a small book in 1992. This book was my source. haynau

Hi Joel, shame on me i never showed interest for lanyards. But maybe this link will help you LANYARDS if you browse thre you also will find information on ranks aswell haynau

@Alex, nice Cross in rare type of box. your cross is a variant type. this crosses were sold for dedications. therefore the backside center was made of silver (for engraving) instead of the usual white enamel. if you ever want so sell. feel free sending me an PM hayna

as addition the list og his austrian orders and decorations: Golden Vleeche Order of Leopold 1st Class (not GC) with Wardecoration and Swords Order of the Iron Crown 1st Class (GC) with Wardecoration and Swords Order of Leopold knights Cross with Wardecoration and Swords Military merit Cross 3rd Class Service Cross for Officers 3rd Class (25 years) Signum Memorieae-medal 1908 Cross Mobilisation-Cross 1912/13 haynau

I'am standing still, no need for jumping. haynau

The last one is the socalled cross of mercy, a royal serbian decoration for the balkan war 1912. i can't imgaine taht it was awarded to a german officer haynau

Hi Roeland, Bavarian MVK's 1st class are very rare. be awre of upgraded 3rd and 2nd classes. most of the 1st classes offered are fakes. 225 euro for an original one is a fair price. award numbers: Milit?rverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern: ca. 175 Milit?rverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern: ca. 700 Milit?rverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern: ca. 3800 Milit?rverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern: ca. 15000 Milit?rverdienstkreuz 3. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern: ca. 73000 Milit?rverdienstkreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern: ca. 290000 haynau

Hi Chris, This medals are awarded since 1975 till now in small numbers The golden one is called verwundetenmedaille 1st Class the silver one is called verwundetenmedaille 2nd class the 1st class is given for injuries that cause permanent damage (disabled persons) the 2nd class is given for temporary injuries repeated awards of the second class are indicatet by maximum five red stripes on the ribbon (as with the old AH wounded-medals) the medal is awarded to members of the austrian BUNDESHEER (army) in case of injuries during battle OR for injuries during missions in foreign countries (UN Missions) the medal is awrded aswell for members of austrian security forces (police, etc) that are injured during UN-Missions. regards haynau

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Nice topic-title haynau

In 1866 the tyrolian landessch?tzen (landsturm) were mobilized again. and again, similar to 1848, a medal, called Denkm?nze an die Tiroler Landesverteidigung vom Jahre 1866 was issued on 17th september 1866. engravings by Josef Tautenhayn. material: silver, diameter 31mm weight: 15 gramms. sorry, i have no numbers ribbon: red-white-trifold 38-40mm haynau for details on the tyrolian medals from 1796 and 1797 look HERE

On 4th of November 1908 an medal was issued on the occassion of the 50th anniversary of the defence of tyrol in 1859 called Denkm?nze f?r die Tiroler Landesverteidiger vom Jahre 1859. it was given to landsturm-veterans by the kaiser in 1909 during the official centenary-celebrations for 1809 (nap-wars). Material silver, diameter 32mm. weight: 17 gramms. 597 medals were issued. regards josef

Hi Keith, shortly after his throne-accession young emperor Franz Josef issued on 21st December 1848 a medal for tyrolian citizens who defended the tyrolian borders during the turbulent revololution year 1848. the medal called Silberne Denkm?nze f?r die Landesverteidger Tirols 1848 was given to members of the special tyrolian Landstumeinheiten. Engravings were done by Konrad Lange (1806-1856). Material: silver; diameter 31mm, weight: 13,8 gramms the official issue has a henkel?se like the golden bravery medals (see picture) ribbon: white-green trifold (38-40mm), for civilians (33mm) on pull-through-ribbon regards Haynau

Nice piece Doc, a little correction: the iron merit cross was issued with red ribbon in wartime aswell. On the red ribbon ist was given to NCO's and soldiers for long and good service in functions not corresponding to front-line service like milit?revidenzassisten (like Karl Wojyla- the father of pope john paul II, rechnungsunteroffiziere, Waffenmeister, werksmeister etc. On 10th of July 1916 the first 130 bestowals were published: 24 Merit crosses with crown on the kriegsband (bravery medal ribbon) 78 Merit crosses with crown on red ribbon 7 Merit crosses on kriegsband 21 merit crosses on red ribbon on 25th of January 1917 it was published that ALL military organs in the hinterland were allowed to wear there decorations (the edict mentions golden, silver and iron merit crosses, military merit medals and franz-josefs-order) on the kriegsband. regards haynau

Here is an picture from a bar with livesaving medal fabercans beautifull homepage abbout turkish decorations FABERCAN regards haynau

abolutely correct, congratulation, scharfes auge haynau

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Sorry Humberto, it took some time. regards josef

Christian, I'am not very happy if you compare one of the oldest chivalric knightorders to the Umalatova-Awards. Fact is: The golden fleece existed BEFORE the austrian-hungarian empire came into beeing The golden fleece was ALWAYS a socalled house-order of the habsburgs, normally not given for rewards. Different from the spanish branch of the order As the old empire collapsed all belongings of the order of the golden fleece were given to the habsburgs as the order didn't belong to the former state. Different from the Reichskleinodien that stayed in vienna. So there is a historic and legislative continuiy between the order and the habsburgs. the order was always theirs and never ours. regards haynau