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    Posted (edited)

    Hello !

    Does someone know the creation's date of the prussia merit cross (gold or silver) :

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    OEK N.1849 to 1853, "Preussen Verdienstkreuz in Gold/in Silber"

    I only found that it has been created in 1912, but I don't have found the exact date...

    Thank you gentlemens !

    :D

    Edited by pinpon590
    Guest Rick Research
    Posted

    27 January (the Kaiser's birthday) 1912. These are VERY hard to find, but since they had only existed for one year when the final published Prussian Orders List (ended January 1913) came out, no idea of total numbers ever awarded. "Not many" about sums it up. :cheers:

    Posted (edited)

    Thank you for your help !

    I possess a silver merit cross and a gold merit cross (the 2 crosses are without crown)...

    The silver cross is stamped "938 H" on the medallion's border, between the left and the bottom arms. So, a 1912-1917 model, in silver, according to J. Nimmergut OEK.

    The gold cross isn't stamped. (Weight : 11,7 g. Golden war metal or bronze ? I don't know...)

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    Does someone have any (good) illustration of the cross with crown ?

    Thank you again !

    Jean-Baptiste

    Edited by pinpon590
    Posted (edited)

    Wow, Andreas! That quite an unique bar... I have never seen a Verdienstkreuz WITH crown in flesh before!

    Ciao,

    Claudio

    Edited by Claudio
    Posted

    Hello pinpon590,

    Thank you for starting this thread on a generally overlooked and certainly under appreciated award. We seem to be missing a silver cross with crown, so...

    Posted

    In Orden und Ehrenzeichen 7/2001 S. 14ff Sauerwald shows the number of awarded silver merit crosses of some month. On the base of these data you can estimate a number of roughly 8000 awards.

    With regards, Komtur.

    Guest Rick Research
    Posted

    Ah, what a magnificent lapel bow on the card with the tiny lapel ribbon!!!

    Posted

    By the way, the silver Distinguished Service Cross became predominantly at railroadmen out of service position (a.D.) assigned. Greeting Mike

    Posted

    A 1870-71 NCO veteran's medal bar with the VK in Silber...

    Medals' description:

    ? Preussen, Verdienstkreuz in Silber (OEK 1851)

    ? Preussen, DA 2. Kl. f. 12 Dienstjahre, Medaille, 2. Modell, 1913-20 (OEK 1976)

    ? Preussen, Alsen-Kreuz 1864 am Band f?r K?mpfer (OEK 1932)

    ? Preussen, Landwehr-DA 2. Kl. f. 9 Dienstjahre, Medaille, 2. Modell 1913-20 (OEK 1979)

    ? Preussen, Erinnerungskreuz ?K?niggr?tz?, 1866-67 (OEK 1938 )

    ? Preussen, Kriegsdenkm?nze f?r K?mpfer 1864 (OEK 1936)

    ? Preussen, Kriegsdenkm?nze 1864 f?r K?mpfer mit 4 Spangen Gravelotte-St.Privat, Beaumont, Sedan, Paris (OEK 1941/1, 1941/7, 1941/8, 1941/10, 1941/24)

    ? Preussen, Zentenar-Medaille, 1897 (OEK 1965/1)

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