It's cased,it's a cross....

[Motorhead]

No new EKs in sight......so I had to take this one home.Cased and in good condition-my first golden merit cross! Nothing spectacular but good enough to fill the summer hole.

Micha

[Motorhead]

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[Motorhead]

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[Wild Card]

Motorhead,

Beautiful!

IMO a very under appreciated award. Does the bow suspension ribbon not indicate that this one was awarded to a woman?

Congratulations,

Wild Card

[Guest Rick Research]

Nothing spectacular!!!

Ha!!!!

That is indeed on a WOMAN'S bow mounting.

The only complete year published was 1912-- with 994 TOTAL per the late Eric Ludvigsen's statistical studies. There were 510 up to when the 1913 Ordensliste stopped, so presumably that and 1914 would have been the same or higher annual figures before the war changed "normal."

I doubt more than a handful went to women.

VERY spectacular, indeed! :cheers:

[VtwinVince]

Agreed, pretty boring so I'll take it off your hands. Really nice example, and scarce in the case. I only have one, on a group with the 50 jubilee button.

[Stogieman]

I don't believe the case to be correct for this cross. On the other hand it would be the correct case for an MEZ1 or GMVK.

[Motorhead]

Rick,maybe we should start a "prussian cases" thread-I'm a bit confused now-what would be the matching case for that cross?

Micha

[Stogieman]

Hi Micha, I cannot recall ever seeing this cross cased before. I'm sure cases could be purchased at a jeweler, but I can't remember ever seeing this one cased/boxed as it came from a jeweler. The case is most often associated with those two awards, if you look at the "cut-out" depression I'll bet the cross you have doesn't really set in there very well. As an example, here's an MEZ1 cased....