Bretzen Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 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 - 1914206 pieces2nd type: GOLD 585/000 weight: 16 g without ribbonring and "?se", produced 1914 /1915313 pieces3rd type: GOLD 585/000 weight: 13 g without ribbonring and "?se", produced 1915288 pieces4th type: GOLD 333/000 weight: 13 g without ribbonring and "?se", produced 1915 - 19183804 pieces - al these medals are marked "333" in the ?seIMPORTANT: 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 wishesUwe (Bretzen)
Mark M Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 UweThank you for the information and good to see you here!Regards,Mark
Stijn David Posted September 13, 2006 Posted September 13, 2006 Hello, Thank you very much for that info Uwe, much appreciated + nice to see that you did make it in Cordial greetings,
Ulsterman Posted September 13, 2006 Posted September 13, 2006 Great information! Welcome and thank you.
Wild Card Posted September 15, 2006 Posted September 15, 2006 Welcome Uwe!It?s about time - good to have you with us. Wild Card
Wild Card Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 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 Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 In checking out the gold medal, noticed the following. It is properly marked to K. Schwenzer. It weighs 12.6 gr.
Wild Card Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 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 Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 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
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