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France Can someone identify these French ODM's?
Great Dane replied to Herr General's topic in France
Well, I'm not an expert i Spanish orders, but I'm pretty certain they are not suspended by a star and a moon like it's shown on the photo... Below is the Turkish Order of Mejidie (from Liverpool Medals) /Mike -
France Can someone identify these French ODM's?
Great Dane replied to Herr General's topic in France
My best guesses: #1: France, Legion d'Honneur #2: Turkey, Order of Mejidie #3: Italy, Order of St. Lazarus #4: Japanese (?) #5: Spain, Order of Isabella the Catholic /Mike -
He definitely seems to have been a soldier, so I think I will rule out the Danish Ingenio et Arti medal. I know that both the Danish Medal of Merit, Medal of Recompense were allowed to be worn as a 'ribbon only'. I'm not so sure about the Life Saving Medal. Anyway, the Medal of Merit or the Medal of Recompense is the most likely candidates... /Mike
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No.2 is the Taisho Enthronement Medal (Japan) and no. 3 is the Enthronement Commemorative Medal (Manchuko). The bar is shown upside down. That would also make a foreign award (Italian Crown Order?) more plausible as the last of the three. /Mike
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I agree about the cross being the Bulgarian Order of St, Alexander, but it's clearly swords between the crown and the cross - not tassels. Swords mounted like this does not mean a military award but were awarded for 'acts of courage in peace-time' ('acts of bravery in war-time' had swords through the center medallion). /Mike
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Very interesting group, Brian. Take a look at this link: Moritz Paul Hennige I think the Erinnerungs-Medaille must be his because the name on the document is actually 'Moritz Paul Hennige' with a line under 'Paul' meaning this was the name he used. He was married two times - both times to a Marie(!). The Marie in your document group must be his second wife. A bit off topic: Do you know who signed the document in post #7? /Mike
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Netherlands Dutch Carte de Visite's
Great Dane replied to Herr General's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
Here is a picture of "Ordre du Merite Civil et Militaire d'Adolphe de Nassau" (Cross of Merit in gold): /Mike -
Netherlands Dutch Carte de Visite's
Great Dane replied to Herr General's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
Third one on top row definitely looks like the "Ordre du Merite Civil et Militaire d'Adolphe de Nassau" (Cross of Merit in silver or gold). /Mike -
Netherlands Dutch Carte de Visite's
Great Dane replied to Herr General's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
I can even add that van Wessem received his knight cross of the Order of Dannebrog on 9. July 1866 I think that the first medal in the second row is Dutch (but I am no expert on that...), so maybe he was just a little 'sloppy' with his medals? /Mike -
Netherlands Dutch Carte de Visite's
Great Dane replied to Herr General's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
I agree on the Order of Christ (Portugal). The Order of Dannebrog is the far right in the top row. /Mike -
Netherlands Dutch Carte de Visite's
Great Dane replied to Herr General's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
HANGING FROM NECK : - Order of St. Stanislaus (Russia) - Orden vom Weissen Falken (Sachsen) TOP ROW: Far right: Order of the Dannebrog, knight (Denmark) /Mike -
I agree with saschaw - those pinkish stripes are definitely the Bavarian Order of Hl. Michael... I'm not so sure about ribbon no.2 though. Normally the Italian Order of the Crown would have red-white-red stripes of the same width, but this one seems to have a narrower white stripe. Is there a German order/medal with these colors? That would fit nicely between the Prussian and the Bavarian ones. /Mike
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Ribbon bar of French Association of Civic Devotion
Great Dane replied to webr55's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
Chris, It's not black backing cloth, it's dirty (oxidized?) silver wings meaning a Commander class. /Mike -
Ribbon bar of French Association of Civic Devotion
Great Dane replied to webr55's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
If you look at the proportions of the white/green/blue on the rosette, they are exactly the same as on the ribbon itself. To me it doesn't look like something that has been tampered with... I don't think it's the Iranian Order of the Crown... /Mike -
Imperial Russia Imperial Russian ribbon bar
Great Dane replied to webr55's topic in Russia: Imperial
Russia had a habit of using the same ribbon on different medals and orders (and different ribbons on the same medal). The first 3 ribbons are also used on medals, but their placement on the bar indicates they were for the orders you describe. Ribbon #4 could also be: - Medal for the Far East Naval Expedition (1907) If ribbon #6 is russian, it could be: - Commemorative Medal of the Reign of Alexander III (1896) - Medal for Zeal But if ribbon #5 is non-russian (which I think it is), the #6 is probably 'foreign' as well. /Mike -
Sorry Paul, I didn't mean to imply that the price was too high It was only to illustrate what financial state I should have to buy all French's documents. I realize that your document it extremely rare and not something you come across every day. Congratulations with your purchase. I'm pretty happy with mine as well (it just arrived today) /Mike
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Thanks for the answers to both of you. Actually I never considered the possibility of him not having permission to wear it... I would be really grateful if anyone could confirm that he actually was awarded the order, but maybe lists of foreign recipients are not easily available? The question arose because I recently purchased the award document for the Danish Order of the Dannebrog (Grand Cross) to French at the DNW auction. Although I am a firm believer in keeping all letters/documents to a person together, DNW chose to sell them as individual lots and I didn't have the financial means to buy them all (the award document for the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun (Grand Cordon with Paulownia Blossoms) got a hammer price of ?2000! ) A forum member from another forum (I can't remember if he is a member here as well...) is putting together a list of French's awards, and the only reference to the Order of the Red Eagle is from the biography I mentioned. /Mike