Kev in Deva

Hallo Guys can you use the add reply button on the page instead of opening new topic pages all the time many thanks. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Rick, and many thanks for your invaluable comments, the auction write uop was brief to say the least: "Here are three ORIGINAL german WWI uniform medal bars~ About 7" long~ Sold as a group~ KILLER AND ORIGNAL~ See my other WWI German Pins, etc- Buyer to pay with money order or paypal and $7.00 for priority mail and insurance~ International bidding is fine, but shipping to be via US EXPRESS mail and costs to be determined~ Payment within 5 days please~ Have a great day wherever you are!" It can still be seen at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A%3AIT&rd=1 Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Tom any picture of the rears?? Kev in Deva

Hallo James Clark see: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1176...mp;#entry113430 for details of a British Lady who was awarded the 1870 version for work as a Red Cross Nurse in 1870 / 71 Franco-Prussian War. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo hunyadi may I draw your attention to this thread with regards the Austrian style http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3029&hl=Besser Where on Post 2 Forum Member Webr55 states: The ribbons are: EK2 1870 (with missing 25 yr oakleaves), XXV, KDM 1870 with (only 1!) clasp "Paris", 1897 Cent., Anhalt FriedrichX, Lippe War MeritX, Hessian Bravery, Schaumburg-Lippe War MeritX, Hamburg Hanseaten - and something that still completely escapes me in last place RAO and KO moved up to the neck, so must have been a general before 1914. The style of the bar is weird, mostly seen on Austrian bars - but this was not an Austrian. Why he chose this style still remains a mystery. It was clear that he could only be ID'd through a photo. And here's where Daniel came in: He and I were both going through the ranklists and had several dozens of suspects left. BUT - however improbable it may seem - Daniel found a photo. A photo with a ribbon bar. No, not just some bar - but THIS VERY bar: So it seems there is some evidence that some members of Austrians military chose to wear this style. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Gentlemen. I hope I got this in the correct part of the Forum This set of three bars recently sold on Ebay for 47.46 US Dollars, and am I right in thinking this particular style is unique to Austria? The ribbons seem only to show half the ribbon each being inserted behind the preceeding one. I am also trying to i.d. all the awards, are they all Austrian ?? Kevin in Deva

Hallo Rosenburg, Nice Buckle I am I correct in Reading the numbers as: 3G 2435 1861 ?? All I can make out on the Maker name is the J. P. what are the following letters ?? Kevin in Deva

Hallo Dave S At least he is consistent with putting the swords off center, the last ribbon looks to be Romanian "Barbatie Si Credentia / For Manhood & Loyalty medal". Kevin in Deva

Hallo Doc sweet nice to see the two Russian survival fishin poles as well, rumour has it they were carried in case shot down over hostile but fish filled enemy territory, like Canada or Alaska Kevin in Deva,

Hallo Gentlemen, recently while surfing the net I came across a website created by an American gentleman, it's his family history and one of his female relatives a lady by the name of: Miss LOUISA ELISABETH McLAUGHLIN (1836-1921), this lady in her time, served during the 1870-71 conflict as a British Red Cross Nurse, helping both the French and German wounded, she was awarded the following medals for her services: Prussian 1870 / 71 Non-Combatant Steel Service Medal. Sanitats Kreuz Militar of Hesse-Darmstadt. Cross of Honour of the French Red Cross Her colleague Miss EMMA MARIA PEARSON (1828-93) a novelist and travel writer, who was also a trained nurse, was awarded the same medals. Louisa ? who spelled her name MacLaughlin ? and Emma were again decorated for similar work six years later, when Turkey battered Serbians struggling for freedom. After this service both ladies were to receive (after Servia rewrote the statute that only men could win) the Gold Cross of the Order of the Takova so as to award it to the nurses. There are two downloads available, to read about the ladies exploits in France and Serbia, as well as 22 other pages following the family history and some pictures of family gentlemen who were officers in the British Army, in all quite a fascinating read. You can go directly to the Web-site from here: http://webpages.charter.net/ghal/FirstRedCrossNurse Enjoy, reading about these little known exploits I know I did. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo webr55, totaly fantasy bar, I spotted this one straight away being offered by a German seller on Ebay, an 1866 Campaign Cross, even at 18 years old, then, it would mean he was 66 when Ww1 started and by the time he was issued his Hindenberg frontfighter Cross in 1934+ he would have been 86 Not sure where his Prussian Landwehr time would fit in with his Brunswick service. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo BURGHAUS with regards the cap badge on picture 25 do you think he is wearing the same badge as well on the left breast pocket of the jacket?? in the same picture Kevin in Deva

Hallo Pat, nice stars, but it must be clarified that BURMA was a Campaign not a battle I had an relative, (my Mothers Uncle, on her Fathers side,) who was taken as P.O.W by the Japanese, and he survived the horrors of captivity to return back to the U.K., my Mum said he was yellow and skelatal, when he got back to Gotham in Nottinghamshire, and remained very bitter until he died about how the British public only talked about the War with Germany, as he said "we were the Forgotten Army". I remember meeting him once as a young boy, absolutely no ideas where his medals ended up. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Robert Some great pictures, thanks for posting, easy to see how the youth of Germany was duped into following the flag with all its Propaganda, I wonder how many of these youngsters died following the flag, I would imagine only a small percentage of them survived the war. Kevin in Deva

Great stuff Is it possible to see close ups of the medal bar & badges on this tunic please? Kevin in Deva.

WoW thats what I call a screw back nice picture Terry G.

Hallo e-militaria On the Forum we have a: Gentleman's Military Interest Club > Collections & Guest Valuations > Guests Valuation & Identification Forum section I think your posts would be more appropriate there. What exactly is a "Reichsnahrstand" ?? this looks like a common tinnie or commemorative badge made in zink. Kevin in Deva

Theo my friend exactly my point, they had to be given for more than Gallipoli Terry G, WOW I think I will have to look for more examples too. Kevin in Deva.

Paddy, can you get a close up shot of the buttons, and collars, my eyes seem to be telling me there is a crown on them?? Also a shot of the collar (hopefully its not an Imperial postmans ) any markings or labels in the linning.?? Kevin in Deva, Transylvania

Yeah it's the biggest kit, 1:1 scale Tamiya bought out Kevin in Deva

Hallo Gentlemen, thanks to your posts with regards this fascinating, (all be it looked over) award, as Tim, says, there tends to be a belief, that this was only awarded for Gallipoli, because of the mainly seen pictures of German's who were awarded them, however, if that were the case, then there were a heck of a lot of Austrians and Bulgarians serving on the penisular as well as the Germans during the Gallipoli Campaign. In my opinion, if it ranks with an EK2 then its a valour award, and acts of valour were not just confined to the headlands around the beachheads of Gallipoli, after all German Naval Crews were awarded it as well as Flyers, in the Axis forces. By the way Theo a very nice one Kevin in Deva.

WOW maybe the owner of the bar got a job training the swiss guard cats Kevin in Deva

Hallo Hendrik, Do you know if there was a box of similar design prior to the instigation of the 1960 bar? just for the medals with 1949 - 54, or were all the medals issued from the same date?? Kevin in Deva

Hallo Theo, thanks for the comment please show a picture of yours too. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Darrell, great thread and some nice medals, is the paint job on the red wound star original or a touch up?? A good location to search for Vietnamese-French awards is Ebay France. Kevin in Deva.