Guest Rick Research Posted November 2, 2007 Posted November 2, 2007 THREE long service awards! XV, IX, and LD2!!! Highly unusual pre-Third Reich Naughty Double Wear XV/IX. Note that he is wearing a Bavarian Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Crown and Swords on the War Merit Ribbon! Medal bar =Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914Bavarian WW1 Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Crown and Swords on war merit ribbonKyffh?userbund Medal 1920sPrussiaan M1913 XV Years Service CRossPrussian M1913 ? IX Years Service Medal (these would have been what were earned in sequence before the 1913 model awards were created)Prussian Reserve Landwehr Decoration 2nd Class (which would have had to have been earned before 1914--typically after 12 years of annual drills)Prussian Landeskriegerverein Cross 2nd Classfor a thread SPECIFICALLY on the Prussian LKV Crosses, seehttp://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=22838&hl=Unfortunately the photo is cropped in the lower sections of the veterans association danglies. The one on left seems to be the monogram of several possible Grenadier regiments (the pip obscures the complete cipher) while "11" apparently referss to a unit so-numbered. But I cannot make it any more legible:Another one from the late Tony Colson's colection.
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 2, 2007 Posted November 2, 2007 A real old school "Spare the rod and spoil the child" kinda old guy ;-)
westfale Posted November 2, 2007 Posted November 2, 2007 absolute?phantastic?and congratulations for this great picture!
Ulsterman Posted November 3, 2007 Posted November 3, 2007 Great picture! I wish Tony was here to tell us more about it.That Landwehr medal -is it the Prinzen type or is it always that small?
Guest Rick Research Posted November 3, 2007 Posted November 3, 2007 Loss of their knowledge and research notes and materials is something we won't be able to duplicate in this century.The XII and IX were 30mm and the LD2 25mm in diameter.
WNickel Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 Hi Rick,i have 4 prussian wearer of the MVK 3 Kr+x am Band f?r Kriegsverdienste:Dabkowski Johann Pr Feldpostillon Postpferdedepot J Bay BMVK 3 mKr+xaBKV 26.01.1917Vesper Alfons Pr WerkMstr elekt. Bahngesellschaft M?nster J Bay BMVK 3 mKr+xaBKV 27.03.1916J?ckel Johann Pr Schutzmann PolizeiDir Metz J Bay BMVK 3 mKr+xaBKV 02.07.1916Schulz Gustav Pr Schutzmann PolizeiDir Metz J Bay BMVK 3 mKr+xaBKV 02.07.1916
WNickel Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 Hi,here my actual numbersall decoration am Beamtenband (Band f?r kriegsverdienste)MVK 1 365MVK 1 x 1191MVK 1 mKr 24MVK 1 mKr+x 64MVK 2 173MVK 2 x 1652MVK 2 mKr 468MVK 2 mKr+x 1883MVK 3 24MVK 3 x 907MVK 3 mKr 71MVK 3 mKr+x 149Werner
Guest Rick Research Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 Werner-- you mean there were ONLY 4 Prussians who got that class? And there is absolutely NOTHING on the photo... no photographer's name/city... zero.He could be any of those 4, as a retired NCO. Soooooooooooooooooooooooo close!
WNickel Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 Hi Rick,look at your photo.!!! I mean a Schutzmann and a Feldpostillon were younger man - but a Werkmeister....Werner
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