Chris Boonzaier Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Found this large, original photo on the fleamarket today....Kronprinz Wilhelm with what I assume is his prewar rack?
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 9, 2007 Author Posted June 9, 2007 I cut the bottom of, it is from the "Kunstverlag Hermann Toussaint in Berlin-Friedenau.
Paul C Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 Interesting. I can only make out 2 of the 5 medals, the red eagle order 3 with crown and the centennial medal. Any quess what the other 3 are?
Great Dane Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 The last one seems to be the British Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal 1887 with 1897 bar.No. 4 looks Austrian.../Mike
Guest Rick Research Posted June 9, 2007 Posted June 9, 2007 I like his Bart Simpson: "Didn't see me-can't prove anything" expression AND the outdoors reflection in his buttons.
Wild Card Posted June 10, 2007 Posted June 10, 2007 The 2nd one a Kronenorder?Yes, I would say a Prussian Crown Order 3rd class. With regard to the fourth medal, the bust looks somewhat like Franz Joseph of Austria, or it could be one of the Saxe-Altenburg fifty year jubilee medals which were awarded in 1903. Of these medals, 18 were awarded in gold, 40 in silver and 2,448 in bronze. The problem is that these medals were worn on a dark green ribbon with side stripes whereas the one in the picture appears to be on a solid color ribbon. If that?s what it is, it would be interesting to know if our subject made the cut for the gold or had to settle for a silver . The politics of the giving of orders and decorations is a fascinating subject. The star is to the Prussian Black Eagle Order.Regards,Wild Card
Dave Danner Posted June 10, 2007 Posted June 10, 2007 (edited) Paintings show it as a solid color ribbon.On 14 April 1896, Franz Joseph I named the German Crown Prince a lieutenant in the 7th Hussars (k. und k. Husaren-Regiment Wilhelm II. Deutscher Kaiser und K?nig von Preu?en Nr. 7). He still held this position in 1898 so he should have received the Signum Memoriae on the all-red military ribbon. 1899 schematismus of 7.HR attached. According to it he had the bronze version. Edited June 10, 2007 by Dave Danner
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 10, 2007 Author Posted June 10, 2007 Ole willy used to be a greeeeeat favourit amongst the cartoonists back in the war... noone wore a visor hat quite like him....
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