Imperial Automobil Corps Medal Bar?

[Eric Stahlhut]

i've never been able to figure out the exact background of the item attached to this bar. at first i thought navy; then freikorps--but no exact match was found. then i read the thread on this forum about the Imperial Automobil Corps.

any opinions? anyone super-knowledgeable about this organization's insignia and internal awards?

p.s. the green you see is a reflection from book spine--not verdigris--must stop using this dang book as tripod!!

Edited June 8, 2008 by Eric Stahlhut

[Eric Stahlhut]

[Eric Stahlhut]

it's a very hefty and well-made pin. fired gilt

Edited June 8, 2008 by Eric Stahlhut

[Eric Stahlhut]

[Stogieman]

Well, I'm more impressed with the bar than anything else!

[Eric Stahlhut]

Well, I'm more impressed with the bar than anything else!

yeah it's nice...but i'm curious as to whether or not this is a D.F.A.C. badge. sure looks like a distinct possibility!

[Guest Rick Research]

Well, it shouldn't be on that medal bar, whatever it is.

So send medals to me.

That is a very odd, thick device... with a strange ring up top behind the crown for a suspension pin BELOW that.

The problem with Charlemagne's Crown is... it could be for ANYTHING from the Overweight Schoolgirls' Bicycling & Coal-Mining Club of Mannheim to the Ornamental Garden Fish Breeders Association of Pomerania.

It can't be an "insignia" with the strange fastenings on back, which suggests some sort of above mentioned weird Patriotic Wuzzit with a ribbon dangling down below loose, pinned in the middle.

With no long service award, I discount its passing obverse resemblance to Deck Officers' insignia immediately.

[Eric Stahlhut]

true dat, but the thingy doesn't seem 'kitschy' enough for a rah rah patriotic item. it's almost like the loop on top was meant to be inserted into something so it doesn't flop forward. it's a substantial hunka bronze....and i found a link to this corps/club but didn't want to steal/post pics without permission.

[seeheld]

Hello Friends,

Eric Stahlhut (I like your bar very much ) your problem is very simple, because this soldier was in the Gro?herzoglich Mecklenburgisches F?silier-Regiment Nr.90 Kaiser Wilhelm II.

This crown is a part (on top of the W) of the shoulder board for an officer and rebuild to a brooch.

Some years ago I got a same brooch incl. the W.

Your medal bar is typical for this regiment.

Here is one of my bars...

[Eric Stahlhut]

oh wow, mystery solved!!!

thank you very much for the info, seeheld!

[Ulsterman]

GREAT INFORMATION!!!!!!

Thanks.

[Stogieman]

now those are two of the nicest bars i have seen in forever. you just don't see that meck. pair mounted together all that often!

[dond]

Then i guess you should see another one.