Solomon

Here is another war honor medal from Lippe-Detmold...and something very special for Stogieman These paper-bags are extremly rare Greetings Solomon

Another K.A.G. with a "round" crown...

...and now the last one (No, I?m not a red-cross-collector ) I don?t really know who got this brooch...maybe a nurse? It is made of silver, the needle got lost... Does anybody have further information? Greetings Solomon

...a nice cross for long service (10 years) from the Prussian red-cross-society ("Landesverein"). It?s made by Godet...

and a (maybe rare) red-cross merit medal from Bremen for loyal service... (Erinnerungsmedaille des Zentral-Hilfs-Ausschusses vom Roten Kreuz f?r treue Mitarbeit bei Linderung der N?te des Weltkrieges)

...and the medal 2nd class...

A document for the 3th class...it came together with the steel medal. It was a student who awarded the medal in Octobre 1916...he recieved the medal with the document 2 1/2 years later...in May 1919!

And the three medals 3th class together... Bronze (awarded 1898-1916) Steel (1916-1917) Zinc (1917-1921)

Here is a really small one...

Here is also a original document for the vehicle master (Wagenmeister) August M?ller, who awarded this medal on the 30 June 1910, shortly after it was spent. The shown medal and the letter don?t really belong together, but the date of manufacturing of this medal and the date of the letter are fitting well. I hope you like this medal...if anybody has another medal, etc. feel free to show it ... Greetings Solomon

Back of the medal:

Hello, I think, it?s time to show you once again a beautiful and rare order from the principal Lippe-Detmold: Silver medal of the Leopold-Order Lippe-Detmold (awarded 1908-1918) This medal was spent at 29 February 1908 by Leopold IV. It has to be returned when you got a higher class of the Leopold-Order. It was worn at the left breast, but it was not allowed to wear the ribbon without the medal. The silver medal to the Leopold-order was awarded only 331 times . (and 84 golden and 335 bronzenen medails). On the front, you can see Leopold IV and the inscription ?LEOPOLD IV F?RST ZUR LIPPE? At the medals edge you can read ?SCHULZ F.? (F.=fecit), who designed this medal. On the back you can read ?F?R VERDIENST? and two crossed laurel branch. The red-white-red ribbon (silk) is the original ribbon. The medal weighs exactly 12.5 grams, is made of silver, measures 28 mm in the diameter and is 2.5 mm thick. The manufacturer of my medal is Carl B?sch from Hannover, who delievered between 1908 and 1914 this medal. The two other manufactures were Godet and C F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim.

Here are my ICs 1st class: 1x KO (already sold) 1x KAG 1x SILBER (with special core...very rare!) Greetings Solomon

Here are my ICs: 1x KO 1x LW 2x WILM 1x U 1x Z Greetings Solomon

This is a interesting question. I?m also actually searching for the award rolls for the cross for art and science 2nd class Schaumburg-Lippe. If anybody can give a hint... According to my information it is quite difficult to get any infos from the archive. They are NOT public, like Lippe-Detmold. Greetings Solomon

Yes, you are right...at the upper cross-arm there is a small crack...but i?m not sure, if this might be a producing fault, because it almost looks unworn to me... Greetings Solomon

Rick, thank you for your information...the difficulty is, that none of his awards is really rare (means less than 593 awards=silver merit medal) Greetings Solomon

a closer look at his awards... He comes from Lippe (the photo was also taken in Lippe/Lemgo) and he is wearing: at the medal bar: -IC 2nd class 1914 -war honor cross Lippe-Detmold -merit medal (quite sure from Lippe-Detmold, perhaps the silver merit medal) -FA-cross 2nd class Oldenburg at his uniform: -IC 1st class 1914 -FA-cross 1st class Oldenburg -wound badge, maybe black, form after 1918 and of course the war honor cross for heroic deeds Lippe-Detmold Maybe Rick can help me to identify this person (by the rank list) By the the way...this photo belongs NOT the the shown cross...i already own this photo much longer. Greetings Solomon

Last but not least a nice and very rare picture from a soldier who awarded this cross I would start a quiz...when was this picture taken...but it might be too easy This soldier belongs to the REICHSWEHR...it was taken after 1918 (the uniform and the wound badge are the hints)

A document (digital filled...it is normally blanc and wasn?t awarded...)

The cross

The closed case

This year starts with lots of surprises I got this one very cheap from ebay, no idea why i got it so easy... War Honor Cross for Heroic Deeds with the original case This cross was spent on 8th December 1914 by prince Leopold IV for heroic deeds in war. The documents were signed by Leopold IV himself . 740 of these crosses were awarded. They havn?t to be returned after death. The cross is made of bronce (painted golden). It is a convex cross (size: 46x46mm / weight: 19,4 Gramm). There was only one official manufactur: C.F. Zimmermann in Pforzheim. The needle-system of my cross is typical for Zimmermann. The case is an original one and looks like the cases for the IC 1st class. It is wine-red and the Inlay is dark-blue with a cut for the needle. The open case:

Hi Sascha, nice to see you here I know that there are some beauties in your collection, don?t be so shy Your english-teacher would be proud of you, when you improve your english by posting some items here Greetings Solomon

Hi Jerry, it?s a nice post-war iron cross (1920-1930)...you can see it at the needle-system. It is non-magnetic, isn?t it? Greetings Solomon