Great Baden Medal Bar

[Herr General]

How does a kanonier get so many foreign awards? Did he work at the court?

[saschaw]

It's not the Kanonier Roth's, but the (70/71) Lazarettgehilfen Röth's. He later had a pretty good court job that more than explains half of his awards: Schloss-Verwalter in Baden(-Baden). He "managed" this castle: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neues_Schloss_%28Baden-Baden%29

ps: for everybody who is interested in this auction piece which I will win tomorrow:

You won it, you said? Now did you?

[christerd]

Almost 10 000E Wow someone with a big wallet out there

Collecting is a lot easier when you can buy everything you want , well well back to the fleamarkets I go...

[Claudius]

It's not the Kanonier Roth's, but the (70/71) Lazarettgehilfen Röth's. He later had a pretty good court job that more than explains half of his awards: Schloss-Verwalter in Baden(-Baden). He "managed" this castle: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neues_Schloss_%28Baden-Baden%29

Architecturally that is a great looking castle. New Castle from 1479? That probably refers to the renovation in 1843.

I would love to stay there, but I guess I will just have to wait until 2013. When they open the hotel, the medalbar would have made a great display in the lobby as the previous manager of the estate.

[saschaw]

When they open the hotel, the medalbar would have made a great display in the lobby as the previous manager of the estate.

Probably, yes. But don't tell the investors from Kuwait.

Architecturally that is a great looking castle. New Castle from 1479? That probably refers to the renovation in 1843.

I'm not sure (I'm not from Baden-Baden), but assume it refers to the "Old Castle" from 11th century. "New" is nothing but a point of view.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Hohenbaden

[Claudio]

I post the images I got from the auction house...

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[Claudius]

Thank you Claudio.

Not even a single enamel...and it went for 9.600E. Perhaps the most ever paid for a German medal bar without any enamel awards? Yes or No? An interesting statistic if true. Thoughts?

[Claudio]

Well, it depends... I would have gladly spend around 4500-5000 but 9600 is too much for me. Obviously somebody else didn't think like you... but let me tell you than in this bar there are a couple of medals that well worth around 1000 Eur if not more... the Persian medal at the end, for example is made of gold, a named Silberne Medaille des MKFVO and also the Grosse goldene Verdienstmedaille - also Gold - (OEK 208, Eur 2'100.- in 2008).

[Claudius]

Well, it depends... I would have gladly spend around 4500-5000 but 9600 is too much for me. Obviously somebody else didn't think like you... but let me tell you than in this bar there are a couple of medals that well worth around 1000 Eur if not more... the Persian medal at the end, for example is made of gold, a named Silberne Medaille des MKFVO and also the Grosse goldene Verdienstmedaille - also Gold - (OEK 208, Eur 2'100.- in 2008).

no, no, no...My remark in not meant to be disparaging in any way. When I was appreciating it I had not even given it a thought that there were no enamel awards. I only just now realized there were no enamels. It was only an observation.

As I said, statistically it is interesting that there is no enamel award, but the kind of the awards that are present, as well as all belonging to an identifiable person is laudable.

[saschaw]

Claudio, that's just a "Kleine Goldene Verdienstmedaille". You can compare it to the silver one - the large gold is as large as the silver is - about 40 mm.

The bar might have made the 10,000 mark if it were the big one... those are hardly ever seen... :whistle:

[ccj]

It's one of the best medal bars I've ever seen and for such a brave enlisted man. To me it's more valuable than most officer bars similar in appearance.