Dave Danner Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Two earlier threads illustrated the principal decoration for officers of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Gro?herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach), the Order of the White Falcon: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14487http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16099The principal decoration for noncommissioned officers and enlisted soldiers of the Grand Duchy was the General Honor Decoration with Clasp and Swords, or Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen mit Bandschnalle und Schwertern. This was awarded in gold, silver and bronze. As in many German and European monarchies, rank determined which class one received, with gold for senior NCOs and Offizier-Stellvetreter, silver for junior NCOs (Vizefeldwebeln and Unteroffiziere), and bronze for lower enlisted soldiers. Having finally received the last one I was missing, the gold, I would like to illustrate some larger detailed images of the three classes. Click on the images below for larger pictures:Gold (stamped 800 silver on the reverse of the Bandschnalle): Silver: Bronze: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 That clasp on the ribbon must make for complicated mounting when you try and put it on a bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 I think it does. Does anyone have examples to show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schießplatzmeister Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) Hello all:Sorry for the poor quality of the image, but you get the idea.Best regards,"SPM" Edited March 21, 2007 by Schie?platzmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schießplatzmeister Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 A bit closer. Note the differences in the sword hilt designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Thanks! You can also see that my silver medal was apparently removed from a medal bar. One of the only Milit?rpasses I have is to an Oberj?ger in Reserve-J?ger-Bataillon Nr. 24, Johannes M?ller. He was born in 1882 in the village of Haufeld in Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach and inducted in 1915. He received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 4 April 1918 and the General Honor Decoration in Bronze with Clasp and Swords on 9 July 1918. Those documents are missing (naturally) but I have the certificates for his Honor Cross for Combatants and Hungarian WW1 Commemorative Medal (both issued to him as a schoolteacher in Jena). So I am hoping someday to come across a medal bar with those awards, although the one thing I don't know is whether a "Volksschullehrer" (the title on the FKE doc) would have received a Third Reich Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 He would have-there are numerous referneces and docs out there for the state service medal being given to teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I think it does. Does anyone have examples to show?Here is one, sort of. I?m sorry that it?s an 1870 example; but you get the idea.Best wishes,Wild Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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