Riley1965 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 This will be a work in progress as I am getting all of the scans into one file folder. First (Thanks to Timo ), a Pair...Cross of Honor with swords (Combattant) and the Commemorative Medal of the World War with Crossed swords and Helmut (Combattant). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yildirim Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Nice medals, but not Austro-Hungarian. The first is German, the other is Hungarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Nice medals, but not Austro-Hungarian. The first is German, the other is Hungarian.I have never seen this combination in that mounting style!! Nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 This will be a work in progress as I am getting all of the scans into one file folder. First (Thanks to Timo ), a Pair...Cross of Honor with swords (Combattant) and the Commemorative Medal of the World War with Crossed swords and Helmut (Combattant). Hello!Nice mounting. All the bestNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iver Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Clasic A-H style - on trifold ribbon, but i am not shore if ribbons are original or COPY... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Nice medals, but not Austro-Hungarian. The first is German, the other is Hungarian.I realize that the Hindenburg Cross is German and the commemorative medal is Hungarian. My question is...Was this awarded during the Austro-Hungarian period or post AH? Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef Rietveld Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I realize that the Hindenburg Cross is German and the commemorative medal is Hungarian. My question is...Was this awarded during the Austro-Hungarian period or post AH? Dochi doc,both awards were given in the 1930iesjosef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iver Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Riley1965: Post war.. German Cross of Honor in 1934 and Hungarian WWI commemorative medal in 1929 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Thanks Guys!!! I still have a lot to learn... Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 (edited) Clasic A-H style - on trifold ribbon, but i am not shore if ribbons are original or COPY...Riley1965,The ribbons look too new to be original but the "hook and eye" is correct for the period. Repro ribbons that I see in Hungary usually have a flat piece of aluminum for the hook instead of a bent double piece of wire as is seen on the ribbons on your medals. The medals are also mounted correctly with the ring inside the ribbon and not hanging down below it.Regards,Gordon Edited December 2, 2008 by Gordon Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Well, Even if the ribbons aren't original I still LOVE my first group/pair Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Riley1965: Post war.. German Cross of Honor in 1934 and Hungarian WWI commemorative medal in 1929So this is actually a Hungarian pair? Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Doc,The ribbons don't necessarily have to be repro since they have the correct mounting hardware. As to being Hungarian, I doubt it very much. Hungary, like most countries, puts foreign awards last. This pair has the German award first and then the Hungarian award. That would not normally be done in Hungary. Also, they could not be mounted on a Hungarian, or an Austrian uniform, sewn together like that. The Austro-Hungarian military suspended their medals from thread loops, one per award, sewn horizontally across the left breast of their tunics. After the dissollution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 both countries continued their former practice. The medals were put on the tunic by removing the hook from the stool gromet, or eye, threading the ribbon through the thread loop then reinserting the hook into the metal gromet.Regards,Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladis Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 This combination of awards could be German or Austrian (after Anschluss in 1938). Hindenburg cross could be awarded only to German citizens, including inhabitants of occupied Austria and Sudetenland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iver Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Riley1965,The ribbons look too new to be original but the "hook and eye" is correct for the period. Repro ribbons that I see in Hungary usually have a flat piece of aluminum for the hook instead of a bent double piece of wire as is seen on the ribbons on your medals. The medals are also mounted correctly with the ring inside the ribbon and not hanging down below it.Regards,GordonGordon: I must say, i have seen lots of COPY ribbons from Hungary and all had this classic hook as on photo.. Riley1965: COPY ribbons or not, its nice couple...Ladis: What?s new in Czech republic? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladis Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hi, I am impatiently waiting for packets with new addictions to my collection ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunyadi Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Folks - I concur that the ribbons appear to be of newer manufacture. The thread count and loose weave of the ribbons along with the "shiny" gromets and zinc coated wire are all hallmarks of replacement ribbon. The replacement ribbons with the aluminum hardware are certainly recent manufacture, but the aluminum ones were built not with the intention to decieve - these are...unfortunatly. Still - its a nice representative pair. Lets see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Bronze Bravery Medal 1866-1917 Franz Joseph Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Bronze Military Merit Medal with Swords Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Bronze Jubillee Medal Franz Joseph Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Commemorative Cross for Mobilization 1912-13 Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Eisernes Verdienstkreuz Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 (edited) Bronzene Jubil?ums-Erinnerungsmedaille (f?r die bewaffnete Macht) Doc Edited December 24, 2008 by Riley1965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Milit?rjubil?umskreuz 1908 Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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