hipnos Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2009/post-4281-1234107873.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2009/post-4281-1234107888.jpgWhat do you think about??Miguel
Guest Rick Research Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 I hope that is the correct SAXON XX Yeras Service Cross-- but acnnot tell from the sacn. The no-swords Silver Merit Cross of the Albert Order-- which is loose-- is almost certainly NOT what should be on the 2nd ribbon since that was for Warrant Officers and not Officers.
HeikoGrusdat Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 that is a Landwehr cross at the end - wasn`t this given to Unteroffiziere too???
Guest Rick Research Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 No-- only the LD2s went to all ranks. The LD1s went ONLY to officers.I'd expect a Captain's SA3aX to have been what was in 2nd place, not the loose SA4 here.
saschaw Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 I'm with Rick here: the bar looks god, but the Albrechtskreuz does not match.
Ulsterman Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Offcr-Stlvtr. (Feld.-Lt) in a Saxon Landwehr regt? Unusual that there's a Prsn. KVK. Hints at occupation duties somewhere.
Guest Rick Research Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Not with a XX and only commissioned during the war.
cartoonman Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Okay, gentlemen, so I'm the only one saying, "Uh-uh! Never a Hindenburg Cross to the LEFT of the EK2 (as we're looking at it)?" Somebody PLEASE explain to me how that and the Milit?r Verdienst Kreuz would supercede the EK2... ---Can't Wait To Be Enlightened :rolleyes:
saschaw Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) Hehe... well Gene, it's a "Frackspange" / tuxedo bar, worn on civilian occasions, angled. The are exactly the other way round, so start mostly with an EK on the right. I'll look if I can find one "in wear"...Edit:found an ex-WWI officer with Hohenzollern, Z?hringer Lion and Hamburg Hanseaten cross: Edited February 9, 2009 by saschaw
cartoonman Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Oh RIGHT! Of course! Thanks Sacha! You're a gentleman, for your gentle response...---He Who Visits GMIC Too Late At Night Hehe... well Gene, it's a "Frackspange" / tuxedo bar, worn on civilian occasions, angled. The are exactly the other way round, so start mostly with an EK on the right. I'll look if I can find one "in wear"...Edit:found an ex-WWI officer with Hohenzollern, Z?hringer Lion and Hamburg Hanseaten cross:
Ulsterman Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Not with a XX and only commissioned during the war.With double time and out in 1919? It would account for the cross and the odd PKvk.
saschaw Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 From what I know (according to Nimmergut) Saxony stopped handing out long service awards in 1918.
Ulsterman Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Well, he may well be correct> But a lot of 'make up" awards were handed out while the troops were in barracks in 1919. Given the Silesian Eagle, this chap was wearing a uniform in east Germany etc. in 1919/21.I have also seen a document for a Prussian KVK award handed out for merit in Erstaz battalions in 1919 to NCOs, basically "holding the fort/showing up/being there"" while Germany descended into political chaos. That might expalin the "non wartime" placement on the bar.
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