some ribbons

[joe campbell]

i believe this is called a knopfloch.

please correct me if i am wrong.

silver wound mini over

combatants swords over

prussian EK ribbon over

braunschweiger kriegsverdienst kreuz ribbon over

oldenberg Freidrich august kreuz over

bremen hanseatenkreuz ribbon over

ehrenkreuz combatant ribbon over

hessen kriegehrenzeichen over

a button.

this is neat as five of the six ribbons are either

EK or states' EK equivalents.

enjoy!

joe

[Wild Card]

Joe,

You are correct in that this is a knopfloch and you have correctly identified the ribbons. I have seen a number of these little guys over the years and I must say that this is the first one with the wound badge over the swords.

Very, very nice - congratulations!

Best wishes,

Wild Card

[Christophe]

Are they really so rare (with the wound badge over the swords)...? I have this one in my collection :

Ch.

[Christian L]

i would say, that the last ribbon is for the turkish iron halfmoon (because its behind the hindenburg cross and there is no other award from hessen)

christian

[joe campbell]

christian-

that is a most interesting thought.

i will look up the turkish war service ribbon and

respond.

it would make sense that if hessen, it would come in front of

the 1934 ehrenkreuzl

are there any ricks in the house?

joe

[Guest Rick Research]

Christian is right-- from the combination and position it must be the Turkish War Medal star. There is nothing else Hessian for this to have been their Long Service awards ribbon, which it was. The Hessian War Effort Medal is usually "pinker' and narrower white stripes.

That is an extremely nice multi-states combination and hard to find a REAL one like this with that many.

[joe campbell]

con mucho gustos, hombres!!

duly noted and appreciated.

joe

[Wild Card]

Hi Joe,

I must say that I think that I really blew it on this one with regard to that (last) ribbon identification. I simply had not considered a foreign award out there... shame on me.

Christophe - I have been looking at, and occasionally picking up, knopflochs for over twenty years. While I have a number of miniatures, during that time I have gotten only four knopflochs. Yet, as I said before, I have never noticed any with the wound badge/swords attachment. Then consider - anybody who could make a dumb mistake like I did on the ribbons (above) could be wrong on just about anything.

Best wishes,

Wild Card

[joe campbell]

WC-

not to worry!

the tipoff for me became the position of the ribbon,

which i obviously hadn't thought of. i was looking

at color/pattern rather than position.

thanks for your responses!

joe

[Christophe]

Christophe - I have been looking at, and occasionally picking up, knopflochs for over twenty years. While I have a number of miniatures, during that time I have gotten only four knopflochs. Yet, as I said before, I have never noticed any with the wound badge/swords attachment. Then consider - anybody who could make a dumb mistake like I did on the ribbons (above) could be wrong on just about anything.

Wild Card

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No pb, I am really here as a beginner in German Imperial. My question is really one for learning...

Cheers.

Ch.

[Guest Rick Research]

A random sample of civilian lapel wear awards/ribbons

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[Christian L]

they are so nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

only the master can have such nice ones!

would it be possible to see a pic of the reverse of the w?rttemberg pin, the rosette and the enamel one? PLEASEEEEEE

christian

[Guest Rick Research]

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I got this W?rttemberg mini ribbon bar stickpin from Gerd! The "French" style rosettes just have buttons on the back, so I don't have scans of them.

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[Christian L]

on the enamel one its not only quality work - its ART and CRAFTSMENSHIP!!!!!!!!

[Gerd Becker]

Yes, also like the enamel ribbon bar very much

Nice assortment of ribbons in this thread

Christophe, to answer your question, these are not common, to say at least. Especially on mini-groups i haven?t seen them too often.

Gerd

[Wild Card]

Hi Rick -

I am really impressed by your display! It is an excellent example of the variety and workmanship of these little guys. I think that these pieces, along with their close relatives, miniatures, are an under appreciated area of collecting -which is fine by me.

Thank you for sharing this material with us.

Best wishes,

Wild Card

[Christophe]

Yes, also like the enamel ribbon bar very much 

Nice assortment of ribbons in this thread 

Christophe, to answer your question, these are not common, to say at least. Especially on mini-groups i haven?t seen them too often.

Gerd

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Thanks Gerd for the precision.

Cheers.

Ch.

[Bob Hunter]

Very nice items guys. My entire buttonhole collection numbers three!

[Tom Y]

Speaking of enamel, here's my favorite. a '66-'70/'71 one piece from Kaiserlich Porzellan.

[Gerd Becker]

Wonderful little piece, Tom

[Guest Rick Research]

Is that all spun out in one piece, Tom? How did they DO that???? What a little jewel!!!

[Tom Y]

      Is that all spun out in one piece, Tom?    How did they DO that???? What a little jewel!!! 

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It's actually 2 pieces, probably press molded, and slipped together ( joined with liquid porcelain before firing) It was probably first fired at high temperature, painted, and refired at a much lower temp, as red is a low-fire pigment. It's quite large, over 1 1/4 in. wide, and was probably hard to get into a buttonhole, but couldn't possibly fall out as the shank of the Knopf is buttonhole width.