ccj Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 (edited) Well,Here's my favorite decoration. I consider myself fortunate to find this medal. The only problem is someone once had a sticker on the reverse over the date and it was scratched by whomever removed it. How can I remove the glue and make the area look better? Edited July 25, 2007 by ccj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 What a beauty! And with 366 awarded (minus 1 replaced by a subsequent award "with brilliants") I would say don't do ANYTHING to it. The complete roll will be in my Saxe-Weimar 1914-1919 volume which Daniel is slaving over final editing on right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 What a beauty! And with 366 awarded (minus 1 replaced by a subsequent award "with brilliants") I would say don't do ANYTHING to it. The complete roll will be in my Saxe-Weimar 1914-1919 volume which Daniel is slaving over final editing on right now.Another set of Rolls I need... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Yes but it will be MUCH easier to read than this (magnified MANY times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 I can make out the header and the dates... Nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Frighteningly enough, I can. It's a good clerical hand.... just written out in the original by somebody who obviously worked full time engraving The Lord's Prayer on grains of rice at carnivals. Amazing how many of your magnificent enamelled and insanely fragile Cross were awarded to NCOs--37! I can NOT see them scrambling out of trenches in full infantry gear wearing one of these-- so they must have put them away carefully in whatever case they were presented in.Lovely to look at, but NOT well designed for combat operations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Frighteningly enough, I can. It's a good clerical hand.... just written out in the original by somebody who obviously worked full time engraving The Lord's Prayer on grains of rice at carnivals. Amazing how many of your magnificent enamelled and insanely fragile Cross were awarded to NCOs--37! I can NOT see them scrambling out of trenches in full infantry gear wearing one of these-- so they must have put them away carefully in whatever case they were presented in.Lovely to look at, but NOT well designed for combat operations!I agree totally. Just think, if you were an NCO with one of these you'd have been HOT SH*T in your Regiment! I'd darn sure want to go on leave to show off. I'm sure this would be too expensive to have another for wear. I'm not even sure one couldn't have been purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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