Red Cross group

[JBFloyd]

An interesting Red Cross group consisting of: Anhalt House Order of Albert the Bear, knight first class, gilt; Weimar Republic Red Cross Merit Order, second class, gilt and enamel (1922-1934); Bavaria Merit Order of St. Michael, fourth class with crown, silver and enamel; Prussia Order of the Crown, fourth class, marked “Wilm” and “Berlin” on the cylinder; Prussia Red Cross Medal, third class, in zinc; Spain Order of the Red Cross, knight, silver-gilt and enamel (1899-1926).

Any hope of ever pinning down the recipient?

[IrishGunner]

A pretty bar... :catjava:

[Paul C]

It is possible he the holder had some government function, he matbe listed in the 1918 German Reich Handbook or the 1918 Prussian State and Court Handbook.

[Ulsterman]

well, with fewer than Anhalt 1,000 knight 1st class medals one might suppose he'd be easy to track down.

Anyone got Anhalt rolls?

[VtwinVince]

Fantastic and very unusual spange.

[M Hunter]

A truely beautiful medal bar.

Best wishes

Matt

[Wild Card]

Hi JBFloyd,

For what it’s worth - Back in 1981, I bought, and have long since sold, a cased Albert the Bear like this,

the case of which had a label named to a Dr. (M) Martin le Maire. With it was a copy of his death notice.

I am quite sure that he was Danish, or at least not German; but did, like your bar, have several other

relatively significant awards from other German states. Now, just maybe...

Best wishes,

Wild Card

[JBFloyd]

That's an interesting possibility. This group comes from a collector who was very active at that time. I'll test his memory.

[Paul R]

What was he? The director of the Red Cross?

[sambolini]

Hi,

Great bar. I really like these type civilian and court functionary bars. They so often have such unique awards and they just don't seem to show up often.

Kind regards,

Sam

[larsb001]

Hi Wild Card.

I can confirm that there were a Martin le Maire who was a professor and personal doctor of the Danish King Christian IX. Actually there's a book written about him (or based on his manuscript) but as I don't have it I cannot check if there's pics or similar that could give a clue.

But if awarded to him I would have expected at least some Danish awards. He could have been a Commander or higher of the Dannebrog that wouldn't appear in the group but I would at least have expected a Silver Cross. Anyway, it's not in any way a Danish mounting!

Regards, Lars