5 medal mini. chain.

[--dj--Joe]

Gentlemen, once again I come before you for assistance.

Could some one please surmise how often and under what

circumstances the following configuration would occur?

Thank you and regards,--dj--Joe

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[Jacky]

That sounds odd....

If I'm correct, it is a communist era silver merit cross on a 1st world war chain??

Sounds quite odd.

kind regards,

Jacky

[--dj--Joe]

Jacky, in my incomplete to this point, research. I have 1923 as the date of institution. 1918-1939 as the date of the II Republic . Revived in 1944, from 1952 on the central disc was changed to PRL.

I have read it was awarded to foreigners, civilans and soldiers.

--dj--Joe

Edited October 23, 2006 by --dj--Joe

[Jacky]

Uhmmm,

Should be less thinking with my headache,

I think you're right,

I misunderstood the RP for something else!!

PRL is indeed the communist thing and not RP.

So It might be possible, forgive my ignorance and very very bad mistake.

Jacky

[Ulsterman]

somebody living in Polish Silesia, either an ethnic German or a Pole, who served in the old Prussian army. It happened -a lot.

In June, 1944, my Uncle ( a red hat) escourted a series of Wehrmacht POWs off the beach on to the ships. Most were young Poles and their sergeant was an old WW1 vet with a Kaiser Wilhelm moustache- and was also a Pole-or so he claimed.

[--dj--Joe]

Jacky, not a problem. Your question spurred me on

to locate the dates.

Ulsterman, thank you for the information.

--dj--Joe

Edited October 23, 2006 by --dj--Joe

[--dj--Joe]

Would this award be found often, rarely or some where betwixt?

I have not run across it mounted on bars to date. I am sure I just overlooked

them.

--dj--Joe

[--dj--Joe]

No mounted examples?

--dj--Joe