kasle Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 My catch at last Bene Merenti auction. Godet chain of Bavarian soldier, who made from the rank of NCO (MVK1X) to captain (MVO4X). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasle Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 ...and I just completed this set of Godet Deutsche Ehrendenkmunze types. From left to right gilded bronze, copper, solid bronze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregM Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 WC---What can I say about that mini Maiden's cross But WOW.That's been on my want list for over a decade now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregM Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Kasle,That's a great set of Godet minis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 My catch at last Bene Merenti auction. Godet chain of Bavarian soldier, who made from the rank of NCO (MVK1X) to captain (MVO4X). Hi,Fantastic! But more likely Leutnant d. Res?BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasle Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Thanks, Chris. I just quoted the auction description (I hope I remember it correctly). But without paper proof, everything is just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westfale Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 After a while back here I am really surprised about the amazing pieces shown since my last post! Congratulations to all - wounderful to see these nice mini's!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 A new one , thrre miniatures with Swedish Order of Vasa in front of Preuss Crown Order IV and Waldeck Merit Order IV This unusual combination got me to start looking in my archives ....I suppose no one have awards list for Waldeck Pyrmont ?? What I could find was that there wasn´t many Waldeck MO awarded to Swedish I found seven so far and almost all is of higher classes. So I think I got him, but I want to check som more before I´m sure But here the medals (seller pics )Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasle Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Very nice trio, despite of bad pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rujab Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Hallo ChristerWunderbare Miniaturen besondersder WaldeckerGrussRudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Now they have arrived ! Really wonderful small pieces of art I found the man who got them , Jägmeister Carl Reinhold Hullström , he got the RVO 1914 , PrKrO < 1903 and the Wald FO IV 1903-1918 Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rujab Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Waldeck Miniatur zum Offizierskreuz ohne Schwerter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Some new Miniatures , Some Finnish ones but I show them here anyway First out is a group to a Finnish soldier or Finnish Lotta ? R VRO , Liberty medal 1st with Red Cross 1918 , Pr RM III , EhrenKreuz Second Probably a soldier from Jäger Rgt 27 , FFrK IV 1918 non fighter , R VRO, EK II . Medal 1918 , Ehrenkreuz Third one , a Swedish , probably in the Winterwar 1939-40 , Swedish Order of North Star (Real gold) , F VRO 1 (Real Gold) , FFrK IV with red cross 1939 , Medal for Humanity 1947.Fourth , is two FFrK III and IV class with Red Cross , really scarce to find And Last a Hohenzollern . Adler der Inhaber Hope you like them (even if some are not Geman ...) Edited June 27, 2015 by christerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rujab Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I love the Swedish miniaturesvery beautiful miniaturesregardsrudi Here's my new chainRegardsRudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasle Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Interesting chain. You don´t see Austrian Leopold orden every day. I was interested in finding one lately, so I know it. But I can second you with Johanniter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Very unusual johanniter as it appears to have the Imperial Russian crown.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rujab Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 but this is an Mini Order of Malteser but very niceRudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I assume there were Russian members of the Order, don't forget there were both Catholics and Protestants in the Baltic and the western part of the Russian empire.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper_D Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 After their expulsion from Malta by Napoleon, the Military Order of Malta came under the protection of Czar Paul I in 1798 and elected him Grand Master. After Paul's assassination in 1801, his son, Czar Alexander I, appears to have rescinded the protection his father granted. Thereafter, things get murky and, despite Alexander's attitude, some of the so-called false St John's orders claim their legitimacy from Czar Paul's original act of benevolence. I have tried to summarise a very complicated situation in too few sentences, so more can be learnt here (scroll down to the heading 'After 1789'),http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/ordmalta.htmI suspect, therefore, this lapel-badge might be associated with one of the 'Russian' Orders of St John - and interesting it is too, as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper_D Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) OK, I did say things could be murky in the world of the St John's orders! Upon further investigation, it appears that the 'official' Military Order of St John uses different crowns according to grade within the order. To illustrate this, see this Pinterest page, which appears to show official awards of the order, wherein a variaty of crowns can be seen, including a version very similar to that on Kasle's button-hole badge.https://www.pinterest.com/HistorySeeker/decorations-of-the-order-of-malta/It therefore seems that a Russian connection was a red herring and that Kasle's badge is official. My apologies, Kasle, for the doubt I may have cast on it.I would be most obliged if anyone could point me to an authoritative source which could explain these variations. Edited July 30, 2015 by Trooper_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasle Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Thank you for entries. I know it´s not German Johanniter order. But I am sure it´s original - as it is on Godet marked button. When I obtained this miniature (year ago), I browsed through the web to find a full size match. The closest match I´ve found was - Souveräner Ritter- und Hospitalorden vom Heilige Johannes von Jerusalem, von Rhodos und von Malta, (Cross of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta).http://heraldik-wiki.de/index.php/Da...d_of_Malta.PNGBtw, Godets surely were involved in making Russian awards, for example they made all that White Army stuff during and after Russian Civil war. They as Swiss imigrants had no problem to make orders for Russian imigrants... But I believe it is not the case of this rosette. Edited July 30, 2015 by kasle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper_D Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thanks for your clarification, Kasle, and for posting a photo of the rear of you button. As we all know, sometimes the rear of a button/badge/medal is as informative as its front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsb001 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) A recent acquisition, a nice 12 piece chain from Godet in Berlin. Although not gold, the miniatures is of excellent quality. The interesting piece is the Hessian Order of the Star of Brabant which I don't recall having seen as miniature before. The miniature is double sided (with the crowned H) whereas the full size decoration is a steckkreuz, and thus singlesided.I'll be happy to see other examples of the miniature Brabant if anyone else have some to show! Or if anybody could do a quich ID of the recipient ....Enjoy! Edited September 1, 2015 by larsb001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasle Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 That´s a really nice chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Lars,How do these lovely chains keep finding you.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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