Hendrik

Hello Stijn, Consulted a little booklet (Nimmergut catalog) and found these mentioned : - Dienstehrenzeichen 1833-1839 - Dienstehrenzeichen 1. Klasse f?r Offiziere f?r 25 Dienstjahre (gilt), ----- 1st Model, 1833-1850, cypher "W" ----- 2nd Model, 1850-1864, cypher "W" ----- 3rd Model, 1864-1891, cypher "K" ----- 4th Model, 1891-1918, cypher "W", reverse "F?r treue Dienste" - Dienstehrenzeichen 2. Klasse f?r Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften f?r 20 Dienstjahre (silver) ----- 1st Model, 1833-1850 ----- 2nd Model, 1850-1864 ----- 3rd Model, 1864-1891 ----- 4th Model, 1891-1918 - Dienstalterszeichen f?r 30 Jahre (Schnalle 1851-1870) - Dienstalterszeichen f?r 24 Jahre - Dienstalterszeichen f?r 18 Jahre - Dienstalterszeichen f?r 12 Jahre - Dienstalterszeichen f?r 6 Jahre - Milit?r-Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse, 1st Model (Schnalle) 1874-1892, cypher "KR" - Milit?r-Dienstauszeichnung 2. Klasse, 1st Model (Schnalle) 1874-1892 - Milit?r-Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse, 2nd Model (Schnalle) 1892-1913, cypher "WR" - Milit?r-Dienstauszeichnung 2. Klasse, 2nd Model (Schnalle) 1892-1913 - Milit?r-Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse, 3rd Model (Cross) - Milit?r-Dienstauszeichnung 2. Klasse, 3rd Model (Medal) - Milit?r-Dienstauszeichnung 3. Klasse, 3rd Model (Medal) - Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse, 1st Model (Schnalle), cypher "K" - Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 2. Klasse, 1st Model (Schnalle) - Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse, 2nd Model (Cross), cypher "W" - Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 2. Klasse, 2nd Model (Schnalle) - Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 2. Klasse, 3rd Model (Medal) As you can see, a pretty impressive list and it would indeed be nice to see pictures to go with this list and possibly some more dates to complete the issue periods ...

Don't know about the British medal but I very much doubt you can still "claim" French WWI medals : applications for the WW 2 (!!!) Medal of Liberated France are no longer processed as of a few years ago ...

My final one : the Order of Resistance 1940-1944. Two classes were created : a medal and a cross. It would appear that only the cross was ever awarded and possibly only posthumously. [attachmentid=24891] [attachmentid=24892]

and the Military Medal (M?daille Militaire), the highest military decoration of the Grand-Duchy and awarded for exceptional distinguished military achievements. Churchill, Montgomery, Eisenhower were among the recipients. Spink & Son manufacture once again ... [attachmentid=24885] [attachmentid=24886]

Over to WW2, obverse and reverse of the 1940 War Cross (Croix de Guerre) - the one in these pictures is supposedly manufactured by Spink & Son of London ... [attachmentid=24877] [attachmentid=24879]

... and a bronze medal of the same order [attachmentid=24873] [attachmentid=24876]

Continuing with a Knight class in the Order of the Oak Crown ... [attachmentid=24869] [attachmentid=24870]

Gorgeous !!! Thanks for posting them The workmanship of those 19th century manufacturers/jewellers is simply fabulous !

My small collection of officer class ones ... The miniature has a silver mark in the suspension ring, the full size one on the right has a double maker's mark in the rim of the lower left branch - nothing visible in that respect on the one in the middle. [attachmentid=24406]

A marvellous result of many long hours of in-depth research ! Many thanks indeed for letting us enjoy the fruit of your labours !!!

Hi Rich, Always nice to see some bars on the WW2 medals ! But an Albania/Ethiopia medal ? I think that's Albania only ... a larger picture of the reverse would help here. Cheers, Hendrik

Great and rare ones ! Thanks for posting those Jeff

1000 apologies Christophe ! Maybe it was too early in the morning for me ? I need an Armagnac now to swallow this down

Here's one that arrived the other day : the WW I Volunteers Medal [attachmentid=24195] [attachmentid=24197]

Latest arrival with respect to this order : Commander's neck badge, civil division, bilingual. Belonged to the same chap as the breast star of the Leopold II Order in another thread and was also manufactured in '950' silver by Fisch of Brussels. [attachmentid=24187] [attachmentid=24189]

My latest with respect to this order : a Grand Officer breast star made by Fisch in Brussels and marked '950' silver ... used to belong to a high ranking official in the Belgian Finance Ministry. [attachmentid=24186]

and reverse ... [attachmentid=24185]

Paratroopes' medals for 10, 15 and 25 years of active service (obverse) [attachmentid=24183]

The Public Security Guards Corps Long Command Medal ... [attachmentid=24181] [attachmentid=24182]

The Guardia Finanzia's Long Service Cross [attachmentid=24179] [attachmentid=24180]

The Guardia Finanzia's Long Command Medal [attachmentid=24177] [attachmentid=24178]

Some long service awards were begging for a new home and arrived here ... Starting off with the Army's 40 Years Long Service Cross, present day model [attachmentid=24175] [attachmentid=24176]

Jacques, I think you deciphered the location where the document was made up ... Shouldn't the place where he was killed be something like Letricourt (???) in the Meurthe & Moselle Department ? Cheers, Hendrik

Nice Italian Crown Order with its book !!! I guess a few medals to the esteemed doctor have gone missing : with 25 years of service and a 4th Army Cross, one would expect to see a few more medals, especially WWI related ones.

Hi Rich, For the sake of completion : the Military Order of Savoy was created in 1815 by King Victor Emmanuel II upon his return to the throne of the then Kingdom of Sardinia after the fall of Napoleon I. Modifications to the original regulations were made over the years and since 1857 the order was awarded in 5 classes (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, Commander, Officer and Knight) up till Italy became a republic. At that time, this order became the 'Order of Military Merit of Italy' with the main difference being the replacement of the cross on the obverse by the letters 'R.I.' (Republica Italiana). The Military Order of Savoy was awarded to the armed forces for acts of bravery, for special distinguished services in war or for very exceptional service in peacetime and was primarily intended for officers. However, the knight class could be awarded to non-officers.