Stogieman Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 I wish all of you the very best of the New Year and I invite each and every one of you to post the one BEST item you brought home for your collection. For my part, I offer up this 1870/1866 Non-Combattant Bar. To me, the one absolute best piece I bought in 2005!
CHRIS W Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 Sweet 1870 non-com bar Stogie Here's my favorite piece of this year. You have seen it before it;s my Prussian officers bar. I bought because the Hohenzollern Knights Cross with swords is favorite Imperial award. I figured it would be hard to find a cleaner one. The Southwest Africa medal with Hereroland bar was icing on the cake Chris[attachmentid=21040]
CHRIS W Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 closeup. It's still the only Frankenberg & Jise maker tagged bar I have ever seen.[attachmentid=21043]
medalnet Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 (edited) This would be one of my favorite medal bar that came home in 2005. all decorations made by Godet in gold. Well, except the iron cross, of course. Edited December 31, 2005 by medalnet
Bob Hunter Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 (edited) That would have to be this Saxon monster to a gallant young jager officer.Happy New Year to everyone! Edited December 31, 2005 by Bob Hunter
gregM Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 This was my BEST acquisition of the year.HAPPY NEWYEAR everyone.[attachmentid=21077]
landsknechte Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 It would have to be this one, the second named ribbon bar in my herd - Georg K?stner, Feldintendantursekret?r and Oberleutnant d.R.
Mike Dwyer Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 I'd have to say my best acquisition (I don't have very many, not like all you guys with 15-20 medal bars!! ) is this little mini bar I got a couple of months ago.
Bob Hunter Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Mike, that is a sweetie! How did I ever miss that????
Mike Dwyer Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Mike, that is a sweetie! How did I ever miss that????Bob, I don't know. It was for sale on WAF and after no one snapped it up, I did!
Daniel Murphy Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Here is my best item of 2005. A cased Godet Pilot badge. Dan Murphy
David Gregory Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 This would be one of my favorite medal bar that came home in 2005. all decorations made by Godet in gold. Well, except the iron cross, of course.'ckinell
David Gregory Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Now that I have been able to overcome the stunning and somewhat rare combination of awards shown by Andreas above, I think that either one of these must be among my better finds of 2005. They both belong to groups and are not single "lost" documents.Hessen Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen. As a bravery award for front-line service with only some 2000 bestowals, it makes the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross look common by comparison:[attachmentid=21115]Mecklenburg-Strelitz Kreuz f?r Auszeichnung im Kriege, "Tapfer und Treu". A little more common than the Hessen document shown above, but still in the "hens' teeth" league for rarity:[attachmentid=21116]The groups to which the above documents belong, as well as a couple of L?beck Hanseatenkreuz groups, will have to wait until I have done a bit more homework on their recipients.Best wishes for the New Year,David
Wild Card Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Gentlemen,I would have to choose this commander?s star to the Hannoverian Ernst August Order. I had admired it for some fifteen years plus while it was in the collection of a very close friend and purchased it when it came up for auction during this past year. It is marked to Carl B?sch and is the only genuine example I have seen outside of the museum in Hannover.Best wishes, Wild Card
notned Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Gentlemen,This is my 2005 favorite....Its the one that started the slippery slope!Nice 5 placer Hessian bar!RegardsPaul
Wild Card Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Commander?s star to the Hannoverian Ernst August Order.
Mike Dunn Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Well-since being a "poor" (LOL) almond farmer in California I have two items that I picked up in 2005 that I was very pleased to add to my humble collection..don't laugh to hard!
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