Motorhead Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 No iron cross,just another "Oldtimer" from prussia.And as a bonus to the "1814" medal was with the ribbon Micha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deruelle Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Interresting medal Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Whew: very,very nice.I have always wondered if vets of 1813/14 and 1815 wore the two campaign medals together.Contemporary accounts mention that they were worn on the battlefield and as the Prussian troops entered Paris.That original ribbon is a bonus.Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Here is my arrival! Badly damaged but I like it a lot! There is text on the rim as well. Is it the same system like it was with 1871 Franco-Prussian war medal? Like I understand, its made in Berlin (Cross arms are streight), am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Right Timo, "mit scharfkantigen Armen" like yours means from the Berlin mint, late 1814, whereas Micha's has "geraden Armen" and is from the earlier Paris striking, if I have this correct. I really like these medals as well. Micha, let me know if you are selling yours...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRBeery Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 My old ribbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 There is text on the rim as well.The Randschrift is AUS EROBERTEM GESCH?TZ; from captured arms.micha, I think that's the best example I've ever seen. :jumping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 (edited) Yes, thats the text. Same like I have on 1871 ones. Just was there as well private purchased medals without it?Vincent, you don't have any of them yet????? Micha medal is VERY good shape! You must be happy camper! Edited January 26, 2009 by Noor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Here is my 1815 KDM with the rim inscription.Note the ribbon is sewn on...... ??????Sort of seems original to me Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartoonman Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Oh, I see... everybody has one of these! Gee, just when I thought I was special! I picked mine up from that same jeweler in Munich, near the Hofbr?u Haus... forty+ years ago... are you ready? For... 50Pfennings, about 12 1/2? in 1964... So, anybody ever seen ribbon for sale for these...? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartoonman Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 ...1815 version... quartermaster at Waterloo, mebbee??!! :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Although these aren't rare, I find them fascinating. Timo, I have an 1814 like yours, with original ribbon, but I'd like to add a few more. My 3X Great Grandfather got the 1813 for his part in the Voelkerschlacht bei Leipzig, and I have a nice charcoal portrait of him from the 1850's where he is wearing the ribbon in his lapel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 As usual I am begging your patience. . BUT did anyone think the sewn ribbon on my above 1815 KDM is of any significance? I realize ribbons can "come and go" on a medal and can be subject to "tinkering". BUT, this item sort of "talked" to me . I guess my question is, have awarded medals ever come with the ribbon sewn on?? Whoever did the sewing did a very very neat job. It does not look like a "kitchen table" job. SIGH .. BUT then again, who knows.... Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 The Traveling Museum brought this "from captured guns" medal in today:It too has been sewn-- but not these ends one to the other-- but to ? clothing and then removed?It has also been MERCURY coated (! ) which while a lovely anti-corrosive was part of the process which has led us to nuclear proliferation http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7073&hl=CinderellaHowever, since the Megalito Loveless of Mitteleuropa only figured this process out about the time Young Queen Victoria was putting up the Crystal Palace, we can assume this old warrior was alive in the 1850s.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 As usual I am begging your patience. . BUT did anyone think the sewn ribbon on my above 1815 KDM is of any significance? I realize ribbons can "come and go" on a medal and can be subject to "tinkering". BUT, this item sort of "talked" to me . I guess my question is, have awarded medals ever come with the ribbon sewn on?? Whoever did the sewing did a very very neat job. It does not look like a "kitchen table" job. SIGH .. BUT then again, who knows.... RodHello Rod,While some Imperial German medals were awarded with the ribbon attached, I seriously doubt that these medals were awarded with the ribbons sewn on. The ones that I am referring to, with the ribbon attached, came along about eighty years after Waterloo.Regards,Wild Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Gentlemen.While minis of this era are understandably rare, they do come along from time to time. Below is an 1813-1814 Prussian medal (straight arms) with a little friend from W?rttemberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 There are round arm versions out there as well. Here is an 1814 example on a similair mount as above.Best wishes,Wild Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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