Early long service awards

[medalnet]

OK, it is Anhalt, but which type?

[Beau Newman]

It appears to be the 1869-1913 Combined Anhalt type but, the 2nd Type Anhalt-Kothen spange is almost identical.

[Kapitular]

I can add the second class for 12 years:

[Kapitular]

And here, last not least, the first class for twenty years:

[kong]

version 1826-45 gold

[kong]

version 1826-45 silver (15 years)

[kong]

version 1826-45 iron (9 years)

[medalnet]

Oops, almost forgot to give the resolution, hence the picture here again. this time with the reverse. It is the 1869 issued long service bar after the integration of the Infantry Regiment 93 into the Prussian Army system. The old awards could from then on only be awarded to Anhalt folks and not to foreigners. The new design, similar to the Prussian award was issued April 6, 1870. The long service awards were awarded only and had to be returned with the passing of the recipient. Manufactured by Sy & Wagner:

[medalnet]

It appears to be the 1869-1913 Combined Anhalt type but, the 2nd Type Anhalt-Kothen spange is almost identical.

Scharffenberg states in his book, that the designs differ in the bars total width.

[westfale]

...to keep this threat alive:

A nice and not often seen "newcomer": service award for 9 years of service, dutchy of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, 2nd type given between 1888 and 1894 (letter "E" and oakleaves = HuS 1795). For me a really nice one!

According to the interesting link to the thuringian archive given here in the forum it seems to be awarded not so much (only to soldiers of the 6th thuringian IR Nr. 95, 1st and 3rd bataillon).

Hope you like it - and hope to see another to compare

regards

westfale

Edited January 5, 2010 by westfale

[westfale]

And here a detailed view of the wonderful work:

[seeheld]

Here is one really rare long service cross.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1. Type for 10 years!

Regards Seeheld

[seeheld]

1. Type = 1841-1868

After 1868 the old crosses were rebuilt to 2. Type with 9 (IX.) years. This is the reason why we can't find so much 1. Type crosses.

Regards

Seeheld

[Tom Y]

To get this back in the running here's a Badische bar that just arrived from Heiko as a home for a couple homeless medals.

recto

verso

[westfale]

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Edited March 25, 2010 by westfale

[Wild Card]

Gentlemen,

Eric Ludvigsen had one of the finest and most complete collections of long service decorations ever assembled.

Here is an old photo which shows a few of his pieces.

[Wild Card]

Taking the original photo and by copying, zooming, cropping, trans-warping... we get a little better picture.

Here are 25, 25 and 15 year crosses which were awarded from 1840 to 1866, a 10 year cross which was

awarded from 1840 to 1866 and a 10 year cross which was awarded from 1865-1866. All are from Frankfurt.

[Wild Card]

Here is a 25 year cross which was awarded from 1849 to 1866 along with 15, 10 and 5 year crosses

from Hessen-Kassel as awarded from 1835 to 1849

[Wild Card]

Last, are four crosses from Nassau for 25, 22, 16 and 10 years as awarded from 1834 to 1866.

[medalnet]

Here is a rare one, Hohenzollern for XX years:

Sorry for the bad quality. It's marked on the back by Wagner.

[Wild Card]

:speechless1:

Hi medalnet,

If that is what I think it is, there was only about... oh, let’s see... maybe... ONE awarded!

If nothing else, it is nice to know that it still exists, especially since it would be over 160 years old.

We are not talking a Red Eagle here. Items like this were so commonly lost or thrown out over the years.

Thanks for sharing this one and only.

Best wishes,

Wild Card

[westfale]

Here another nice one - given more then one time, but also seen not often:

"Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung" 2nd class, Mecklenburg-Strelitz

[jshorter]

Here are mine....

Jason

[jshorter]

And...

[jshorter]

And close up...