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    bovec1313

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    1. Hello Gentlemen, Yankee, what do you mean with solid silver Signum Laudis? Do you mean they're struck from silver? I have few silver Signum Laudis in collection, properly hallmarked with silver hallmark. producers are HUW (Hauptmunzamt Wien), Zimbler und W. Kunz; some of them have as well ''A'' hallmark. I believe silver of silvered bronze depended just on the producer; The guessing that silver might become to expensive in the later stage of the war is not correct on my opinion. There was not so many silver Signum Laudis awarded (about 10.000 ?) that quantity of silver needed would be a problem. Afterall, all silver Signum Laudis from 1917 onwards (with kaiser Karl) are made from solid silver again. And number of awarded 1st and 2nd class Silver Medal for Bravery was much higher, but they retained solid silver almost to the end of the war. regards, bovec1313
    2. Hi Guys, I believe I can give you some answers; Austrian Medals for Bravery were never awarded with swords, as been anyhow awarded for bravery (in tze field) Swords were given for awards which can be as well awarded for civilian service or for service where was no direct contact with enemy. Tautenhayn was pre graveur who made models for 2nd class Braver medal, used from 1966 onwards. And later used for Bronze Bravery medal as well. Model for Ist class medal was made by Leisek. ''A'' is a hallmark of Vienna Asay office and ususaly placed on items made form silver. hawever, 2nd clas medals almost olways lack of this hallmark while 1st class medal normaly have it. Some medals were stamped as well from zinc or ather alloys, but differ significantly. Interesting, price is sometimes higher for zinc medals as for silver ones (zinc medals are much more rare) Bravery medals were until 1917 awarded only to non-commisioned ofiicers and soldiers; under emperor karl Gold and 1s class silver medal can be avarded to officers as well, in this case large letter K was attached to the ribbon. If medals were awarded 2nd, 3rd or 4th time, respectible number of silver bars were added on the ribbon; these were almost always sewn on ribbon. If ribbons are original or not, I can't be sure from the picture. Tom's ribbons seems to be OK, So, officialy nothing beside ''K'' or repetition bars can be attached to bravery medals' ribbon. However, you should have in mind that ribbons can be very easily transfered from one medal to another and after the war various unofficila items were often attach to ribbons, to make it ''looks better'' I can't seen your close up picture of the ribbon. I'm attaching Karl's 1st Class Silver medal with K for officers
    3. No, unfortunately there are no any close-ups. There atre (only) 2 more photos, but nothing much different. It's interesting that these photographs were placed in album with exclusively photos of Yugoslav Royal Guard unit.
    4. I've got an old album of photographs of a Yugoslav Royal Guard's officer; among other interesting photos I've found a dozen taken on the funeral of White General Wrangel. General Wrangel died in Brussels, but on his own wish he was buried in Belgrade. I hope you'll find photos interesting.
    5. Dear Elmar, Valter, back to those interesting hinge construction of medalion on reverse. I would boubd that producers were considering possible future reparation of order; for them it might be an aditional business to sell new piece instead of damaged one. But I was personally present on two ocasions, where we opened the reverse medalion (of hinge construction of course). One, (Commander cross in gold) which is in my collection, has a small golden ring in it, must be made for a child according to it's size. The other, ritterkreuz as well in gold, had a small culr of hair in it. Both decorations had come direct from the families, and most likely nobody put ''items'' into the crosses. I ivestigated a little and I've heard stories that it was somehow fashionable to take a small item from your belowed (wife or children) and put it in the decoration as a kind of talisman for good luck. Now, holders of FJO orders, especially commanders, were very rarely young officers who would run across the battlefield and thus ''need a lot of luck indeed'', so this shoudl be against this theory. But as I've said, I fould items inserted in reverse medalions twice... I'm including reverse detail of my commader's cross Pavel
    6. I was able to obtain a nice copy of a rare decoration, which I won't have in collection (99% probability), as only a handful was awarded. Normally I don't buy copies, but this time I've made an exception, to display in on uniform. The rest of decorations on uniform are originals. A copy MMTO Commander cross is made from bras, gilded and carefully enameled. Copies in this quality were made in '70 and '80 at Rothe & Neffe in Vienna and are now sold (when come to market) for pretty high price. Cross is of course sold as a copy, but don't have any special marks on it. However, if it would be an original decoration in question, I believe a provenience should be required (on my opinion) I was told cross can be as well made in solid gold on request. For me it looks nice and price was not high. If somebody is interesting have a look on more details on it, please look at Sales room.
    7. Thanks for nice pics Andrej, seems on original piece to me
    8. Hello Josef; same with me; I've found Gothard and Schulhof in BH4 and track them in my Schematismus back to 1908 (as well in BH4), but Kunic I haven't found on the list of BH4, (onlxy as you in ranglist) Must have been assigned from somewhere else; or might be marked as ''uberkomplett'' and thus on on the regimental list
    9. Hi Andrej, I would prefer more detailed pics and maybe without screws; I can't be sure jet....
    10. I have an interesting example of Mobilization Cross 1913, which has on reverse engraved name of three officers; namely SCHULHOF HPTM. / GRUBER OBLT. / KUNIĆ LT. On upper arm is engraved 9. KOMP Obviously Cross was a gift from officers of the 9. Company of the 4th BH Regiment to theirs colleague officer. Cross itself is not a special high quality example, which was usual made as a gift, but surprisingly a common issue.
    11. Thanks, cimbineus, to solve the mistery and tell us exactly what it is; and great to see how does it look ''behind''. Very interesting pics indeed
    12. Hello Iver and Hunyadi, of course you're right; it should be Karl's Signum Laudis in the box; how stupid I was that over 30 years not to notify this fact. However, box still belonged to lt. Ivanetic, (but it's a small satisfaction for me; I would prefer it ''vice versa''.
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