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thanks Matthias, of course you are right. i was talking about the 7th class rising sun. so all pieces enamelled on two sides date for 1945. good to know. i'am afraid in matters of higher classes, the difference between earlier and modern pieces is not so easy to explain? haynau

Hi, to add some information aswell. i show a picture of a wound medal with NO bars. these were given to all permanently disabled soldiers and officers of all rank. as written before the wound medal was issued about summer 1918. the most medals were given after the collapse of the old reich. haynau PS: picture, credits to berts sammlerecke

Always beautifull to look at. I once had a small japanese collection consisting of sacred treasure up to the 4th class, risung sun up to the 4th class and Golden Kite 7th and 6th class all boxed. One Question: I had two rising sun 6th Class medals, one enammelled on both sides and the other one only ONE side. Can you tell me what is the reason for that? Does ist depend on the time-period the awards were given? regards josef

Hi Paul, it is the 3rd Class of 5. The italian crwon-order was an classic all-purpose-order for officers, beaurocrats, layers..... haynau

Hi David, dating the crwon-Order seems to be diificult. In the era the order was awarded reigned three Kings: 1861?1878: Viktor Emanuel II. 1878?1900: Umberto I. 1900?1946: Viktor Emanuel III. So the easiest way is maybe buying an cased order with the royall cypher U for umberto on it. As far as i know the order was always made in GOLD with the exception of private purchased pieces and orders given after 1946 from exil-king Umberto II in silver or even bronze/gilded. I assume that Expert-Collectors could date crown-orders by details like box and producer marks but that is, sorry to say, beyond my knowledge. I alwas thought that my GO-Set dates from the reign of Victor Emanuel IIIrd. Velvet boxes were poular before the outbreak of the great war. but it could also be that this boxes were given after 1918. I'am not shure about this. haynau

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I want to show the ONLY italian order i own. i just bought ist because it is beautifull and nice to look at. Grand officer's set of the italian order of the crown, mint condition, neckbadge as usual Gold, breaststar silver with cravanzola shield on the backside. pin and two sidepins. Cased in red velvet showing the kings royal Cypher Victor Emmanuel. In comparism with the quality of the jewellers work i always found that italian orders are really affordable. i don't know why so few people collect italian decorations? regards haynau

1 Vaulted with hallmark 950 on the backplate center 1 KO regards haynau

I didn't write that it is a before-1920-piece That ist what weitze writes 1. Weltirkieg Abzeichen f?r Milit?rflugzeugf?hrer Es handelt sich bei diesem St?ck um eine deutsche F. ....... .......Eines der weningen Orignalst?cke. the last sentence means 'ones of the few original pieces' So I' am no expert in flying badges. I know why i collect medjidies and osmanies. So when stogie is right, then is weitze wrong and the badge was made 1925 to 1945. maybe there are some other opinions on the hinge-problem haynau

@Luftmensch Weitze writes in his description that the piece is of german production. I agree with this conclusion because of the style of the thugra. Especially the 'el-gazi'-kalligraphy, it stands by the way for 'the victorious' (above the right side of the thugra), looks definetelx different from the turkish made el-gazi i know (picture).On the other side the asymmetric wings of this badge look the way the turkisg badges are made. My conclusion: A german piece done by a manufacturer who based his work on a picture or drawing of an original turkish piece. regrads haynau

Hi Peter, beautifull piece. Private Purchased by the officer-comrades of Infantery Regiment Number 11, says the dedication on the backside. Infanterieregiment Johann Georg Prinz von Sachsen Nr.11 was foundes 1629 and had garrison in Prague haynau PS: I also know pieces with tortoise shell on the backside

Hi Rensburg, i have only knowledge on orders and decorations but i showed xpur photograph to a friedn who is a real expert on AH-Uniforms and equipment. That is what he told me. The pic shows an Hauptmann der Feldj?ger arround 1880. Normal infantry had darkbblue-uniforms, train and artillery brown ones, only staffofficers wore white. Landwehr, Dragoons and Feldj?ger had darkgrey uniforms that appear often as white on the old pictures. Draggons had a golden 'spange' (sorry dont know the english word) on the shoulder, the Landwehr had buttons with a number stamped on. So this Hauptmann should be a Feldj?ger. regards haynau

Hi Biro, I know this kind of stars from austrian-hungarian officers, who wore the halfmoon on trifiold ribbon as breast decoration during WWI and afterwards. are there any hallmarks? regrads josef

The interesting thing with the badges is the diameter of the breaststar. all my few other go-stars have a diameter of exactly 75mm while the GC-Stars differ between 95 and 110 mm (very old one). This GO-Star has unexpected 85mm diameter. haynau

Thanks, it's always a pleasure to show the beauties to other men. I' will end my postings so far with an double interesting GO-Set of the medjidie before 1914. The box is the same type as stogieman showed earlier in the tread. from my point of view these boxes are the rarest. the red velvet ones are (no sorry have been ) easier to find on the market. haynau

The inside: Lyakat is real gold comes from a german Kapit?n zur See, the imityaz is silver/gilded as usual. as you know the official non-gold lyakats are gilded bronze, the non-gold imityaz are silver/gilded. regards haynau

@stogieman I'am very glad to have this one. it is the only one in my small collection. But i can show you the cases for golden lyakat and golden imtyaz plus medals. haynau

pic of the before 1867-type. Pics from berts sammlerecke aswell. All backsides with mother of pearl are private purchased pieces. many austrian officers wore white blouses at this era. the crosses, worn of the uniform, without mother of pearl could cause ugly spots. haynau

@Dave thanks to your detailed reply. There is one thing i want to add. The older 25-Years-Type before 1867 has some small differences to the 25-years-distinction after. the types before 1867 have a crown above but NO crowns on the eagles heads. the type after 1867 have a crown above AND crowned eagles aswell. see the pictures and have a look at the eagles heads regards haynau

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Greetings from Vienna. What about an Criemea-Type Medjidie Knight in original old shaped Box. The crimea is inside the box. the order shown is a superconvex french medjidie. haynau