gregM

I like the 3 piece with a mix of Bavarian and Hessian.

Royal crown order and merit cross in gold from prussia

KR

Andreas

SWEET !!!!!

Could it be a "We" I have seen a few like that------

Here is mine----

Most likely a good cross.

I would say it's a Jubilee piece (post 1895) judging from the poor details in the core.

Hello rujab,

The miniature shown in post #359 is to a Prussian Hohenzollern House Order collar. In this case, it is represented by a miniature version of one of the collar links, a full sized photo of which is shown below.

Thank you for asking,

Wild Card

Very nice !!!!

If you have to have only one Iron Cross, You chose a nice one.

The inscription in the bottom of the box says--

"In memory of the great war and your loyalty to the old country"

(Thanks Chris for the translation)

The piece is from "Wollenberger & Co." 105 So. La Salle st.-- Chicago

It has a US. 5 cent stamp on it, unfortunately the date on the cancellation

is not readable. My guess is somewhere in the 1920s.

I blocked out the name and address of the buyer in case he

or his family is still around.

medal in box

Here is a neat little item---

A new in the box table medal.

Deumer?

That's what I've always believed.

Trevor,

Interesting information. I had always assumed that Floch was the faker--I mean maker.

I read somewhere that many turned their Eks backwards after the king abdicated in

1918 so that the royal initials were not displayed.

No reason--why you shouldn't show it.

I would much rather have a cross that shows some history, than a shiney

mint example in a box. I like the early ribbons with the white stripes painted

on them and yours is a nice long example.

Nice one Dan !!

almost impossible to put a maker to it. It's a generic core used by several

different makers. You would need to really study the frame corners and beading

characteristics to try to match it to a known cross.

I like the mini Turkish Star

Original cross. Not sure about the ribbon. The maker's mark is "Wilm"

It is a fairly common maker however I don't believe we actually know who Wilm was.

I would say that just by looking at the total number of awarded crosses---Yes, the ww1

iron cross was "cheaper" There were just under 50,000 awarded in the war of 1870.

Compare that to over 3 1/2 million awarded in ww1.

One of mine--

Well said.

reverse

Flyer's cross

I picked this one up just because I really liked the paint loss. (a common issue with KOs)

I don't think we will ever have a "definative" list. We still can't agree on the ones we have.