Wurttemberg Golden Military medal

[JensF.]

I just got this nice litte gem:

[Deruelle]

What a beauty

Christophe

[Bretzen]

Hello Gents,

after a visit in the "Staatsarchiv Stuttgart" her the accurate informations about the production of the golden bravery medals under the government of King Wilhelm II. of Wuerttemberg:

1st type: GOLD 986/000 weight: 17,5 g without ribbonring and "?se", produced from 1892 - 1914

206 pieces

2nd type: GOLD 585/000 weight: 16 g without ribbonring and "?se", produced 1914 /1915

313 pieces

3rd type: GOLD 585/000 weight: 13 g without ribbonring and "?se", produced 1915

288 pieces

4th type: GOLD 333/000 weight: 13 g without ribbonring and "?se", produced 1915 - 1918

3804 pieces - al these medals are marked "333" in the ?se

IMPORTANT: you have to add to every golden medal 0,2 g for the ?se and 0,4 or 0,5 g for the ribbonring.

so the absolutly minimum weight for a real gold medal is 13,6 g

NOT one medal was manufactured in the Mint of Stuttgart in silver gilt or in bronze gilt !!!!!

Best wishes

Uwe (Bretzen)

[Mark M]

Uwe

Thank you for the information and good to see you here!

Regards,

Mark

[Stogieman]

Welcome Uwe! Glad to have you join us!

[Stijn David]

Hello,

Thank you very much for that info Uwe, much appreciated + nice to see that you did make it in

Cordial greetings,

[JensF.]

Hallo Uwe! Willkommen im "Club"!

[Chris Boonzaier]

Welcome indeed !

[Ulsterman]

Great information! Welcome and thank you.

[Wild Card]

Welcome Uwe!

It?s about time - good to have you with us.

Wild Card

[Wild Card]

Well Gentlemen,

In keeping with the theme of this thread, I thought that it would be appropriate to post the group which you see below to show that both silver and gold medals could be worn simultaneously; but there is more to it....

[Wild Card]

In checking out the gold medal, noticed the following. It is properly marked to K. Schwenzer. It weighs 12.6 gr.

[Wild Card]

It is amazing how Herr Schwenzer managed to capture the perspiration on His Majesty's forehead on what must have been a very hot day in Stuttgart.

Anyone else want to weigh in on this?

[Daniel Murphy]

WildCard,

I would say this is possibly a plated medal with the plate bubbling. Can the medals be detached from the bar? If so perhaps there was originally a MVO in the 2nd place. Isn't that an officers 25 year LS cross on the end?

Dan