Stogieman Posted June 24, 2005 Posted June 24, 2005 Apart from the beauty of these pieces, I have always been fascinated bya German's innovativeness...... where there's a will..........
Stogieman Posted June 24, 2005 Author Posted June 24, 2005 How about you? Why Imperial? Show us what really floats your boat!
W McSwiggan Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 I like Imperial for two reasons.First - it gives insight into the soldiers and history of this period in a very little understood area this side of "the pond". Soldiers are very important to me and little is appreciated of our opponants over the years. I also love the arcane!Second - I can't imagine ever getting bored with this stuff, It is so complex that one could spend a life or two and still not know it all. Great stuf & delightfully complex and quirky!
Bob Hunter Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 (edited) The quality of the awards of the period without regard to nationality. I think it marked the beginning of the end of the golden age of european court jewellers. Edited June 25, 2005 by Bob Hunter
Ulsterman Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 quality and beauty of awards and complexity of research required to study this area.
Guest Rick Research Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 The endless variety of Imperial Germany's feudal/federal awards[attachmentid=4900]the beauty (usually) of said endlessly varied awards [attachmentid=4901]and very much the simple ability TO be able to research recipients, using the ample paper trail of period sources. [attachmentid=4903]When I fell into this, having graduated from the endless tedium of same old same old be-swastika'd zink, back 25 years, Imperial stuff was the little valued, low priced junk to pad out show tables and fill out catalogs-- stuff only cheap eccentrics collected.Well, it isn't all that cheap anymore! I have never been able to "focus" my own interests, but if there was a Perfect Ideal, for me it would be a complete group of all awards, the award documents, photos of the recipient, and various insignia. In 25 years I have never encountered that Ideal, though I've seen a few that were close scattered flame to the winds.Still, it is nice to have a goal for the NEXT 25 years!
Deruelle Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 Why Imperial ?The beauty of the medals. the history of t he German army (I love german uniforms pre- 1914), a lot of medals .... Simply love this period Christophe
Tony Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 My interest is WWI British and imperial German. I think it was the last 'colourful' and old fashion war, the French had red trousers, Germans wore shiney head gear and the cavalry had horses and swords. If British or Empire troops had the chance to form a square they probably would have done.Tony
David S Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Ralph . . . THATS STUNNING I like Imperial because it harks of a simpler time when ideas were clearly defined.Oberst (later GM) Neimeyer
Guest Rick Research Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Ooooo! You mean an as yet no Reuss rolls Saxon J?ger Battalion 13 NCO, David! That must be the Gold Merit Medal with Crown and Swords, from the two Saxon Friedrich August Medals.
David S Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 I stand corrected. A Saxon 13 Jager Bn NCO it is.Jeez How do you do it Rick?? Is there any chance said rolls will be available in the near future . . . or is it the proverbial snowball in Gehenna??
Guest Rick Research Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 The latter, I fear-- eh Bob?Bob just sent me his copy of the JB 13 WW1 battalion history, hoping it would list awards and help ID his Wunder Bar...http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=955but the ONLY awards the authors mentioned at all were "first enlisted/first officer" IRON CROSSES.
Bob Hunter Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 (edited) I'm reading a book on Waldeck awards that pictures General Neimeyer's medal bar.Well, Mr. Research, the answer may yet be found in some obscure writings of someone in the Saxon Reserve Jager Battalion 13.OR I may just have to learn to appreciate it for what it is---A very nice medal bar. Edited June 26, 2005 by Bob Hunter
Sal Williams Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 I like Imperial because I can drive Rick crazy with a million questions! One just leads to another!
Glenn R Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 I started on Third Reich EK's then handled my first silver 1914 EK and fell in love. Suddenly this arcane feudal world of Principalities and strange sounding house orders grabbed me and won't let go. Also WW1 fascinates me as a number of my ancestors fought and died from France through to Mesopotamia. And I am a closet enamel fetishist.
Stogieman Posted June 28, 2005 Author Posted June 28, 2005 Ya have to this statement!And I am a closet enamel fetishist.←
Tom Y Posted June 29, 2005 Posted June 29, 2005 The beauty, the variety, and mostly that they come from a time when wars were waged, at least in theory, by gentlemen.(And the stench of zinc is a lot more bearable)
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 Simply because its classier than SA and NSDAP superheroes with brylcream and dandruff giving funny salutes!
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