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    Hi guys,

    After almost 5 years out of the collecting world i want to turn back, in the past i used to concetrate my collecting interest on medal bars and formed a very tiny nucleus of collection, then by studies i decide to quit the hobby.

    On those days i made a kind of "dream list" decorations to add someday to my collection and now that i have a kind of job that permits me to get back to collecting world im searching some basic information about this orders.

    Lets start with the "Dream List":

    1.The Order of the Zähringer Lion ( lower grade - Kinght's cross 2nd Class)

    2.Red Eagle Order (lower grade - 4th Class)

    3. House Order of Hohenzollern ( lower grade - Silver Merit Cross?? ( please if wrong correct me) )

    4. Prussia Crown Order (lower grade - 4th class)

    5. Iron cross from 1870 or 1813

    As im starting im not pointing to the high grades of this awards (maybe in a future i will be able to spend more money on collecting and afford the higher grades) so i have some questions and kindly ask for your help me on this:

    Where i can find technical information about the fabbrication of this orders.

    How much can cost the lower grades of this orders ( i know that there are a lot of variations and factors that can condition the prices but i want to have an idea of a medium cost to see how much i can put apart to buy it).

    Also i kindly ask if possible that you people can reccomend me a trusful dealer or dealers to buy this kind of decorations(i was surfing the web searching on some dealers but i dont know his reputation so i prefer to hear from you some sugests).

    Thanks a lot by the help and I ask to forgive me if im asking so much.

    Cordial Greetings,

    Carlos

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    I think the grade of the House Order of Hohenzollern you are looking for would be the Knight's Cross. With swords, this was the main Prussian award in World War I that was higher than the Iron Cross 1st Class but below the Pour le Merite. I do not know how prices are of late, but I think I have seen them in the 700-800 euro range recently?

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    Hi Dave thanks a lot by the corrections on the grade of hohenzollern house order, just the one that im serching for :) , and also thanks by the info about the prices.

    Hi Christophe, thanks a lot by the info if the thread on the dealers, im gonna start reading it!!!

    Thanks a lot by the info guys!

    Carlos

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    Red Eagle Order 4th class: 200-300 Euro

    Prussian Crown Order 4th class: 150-250 Euro

    Here are three German dealer specialized for imperial awards, all very kind and trustful and btw collectors too:

    Sascha Wöschler

    Torsten Straube

    Uwe Bretzendorfer

    If you buy orders of your "Dream List" there, you can be sure, these will be originals!

    Regards, Komtur.

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    • 5 years later...

    Remarking on the other part of your question,  here are some good guide books, among others

    Title

    Author

    Year

    Publisher

    Orders and Decorations of Europe in Color

    Hieronymussen

    1967

    MacMillan

    British Orders and Decorations

    Risk

    1973

    Hayward

    Orders and Decorations

    Purves

    1972

    Hamlyn/Sun Books

    Ephemeral Decorations

    Gillingham

    1935

    Amer Numis Soc.

    Debrett’s Guide to Heraldry and Regalia

    Williamson

    1992

    Headline

    Orders and Medals of Bulgaria

    Patrov

    2000

    Voenno Izdatelstvo

    Book of Orders of Knighthood and Decorations of Honour of All Nations

    Burke

    1858

    N&M Press

    The History of the Order of Bath and Its Insignia

    Risk

    1972

    Spink

    British Orders, Decorations and Medals

    Hall

    1973

    Balfour

    Court Jewelers of the World

    Jacob

    1978

    Postgraduate International

    Catalogue of Military and Naval Campaign Medals and Gallantry Awards

     

    1980

    Sothebys

    Orders, Decorations, and Insignia, Military and Civil

    Wyllie

    1921

    Forgotten Books

    European Orders and Decorations to 1945

    Duckers

    2007

    Shire

    British Orders and Decorations

    Duckers

    2004

    Shire

    Bulgaria Imperial Orders and Medals 1887-1945

    Furlan

    1996

    Militaria House

    Parade Medals of the Third Reich

    Yanacek

    2008

    Schiffer

    Book of Orders and Decorations

    Mericka

    1975

    Hamlyn

    Orders and Decorations

    Mericka

    1967

    Hamlyn

    Orders and Decorations of All Nations Ancient and Modern Civil and Military

    Werlich

    Second Edition, 1973 & 1990

    Quaker Press

    Spinks Catalogue of British and Associates Orders, Decorations and Medals

    Joslin

    1983

    Webb & Bower

    Imperial Austrian Medals and Decorations

    Von Falkenstein

    1972

    -o- private

    Militaria: A Study of German Helmets & Uniforms 1729-1918

    Kube

    1990

    Schiffer

    Orders and Decorations of All Nations

    Werlich

    1965

    Quaker Press

    Military Medals & Decorations of the United States and Europe

    Ball & Peters

    1994

    Schiffer

    Medal Yearbook 2004

    Mackay & Mussell

    2004

    Token Publishing

    Vernon’s Guide to Orders, Medals & Decoration with Valuations

    Vernon

    2000

    Self/private

    The Medal Collectors’ Companion Collecting and Identifying Orders, Medals and Decorations

    Vernon

    1995

    Self/private

    Royal Insignia: British and Foreign Orders of Chivalry from the Royal Collection

    Patterson

    1997, 1998

    The Royal Collection

     Medals Ribbons of Imperial Austria and Germany

    Neville

    1974

    Balfour Publications

    Militaria – Die Militar Dienstzeichen 1849-1989

    Steiner

    1993

    self

    Deutsche Orden & Ehrenzeichen 1800 – 1945

    Nimmergut

    2017

    Battenberg

    Bewertung Katalog Deutschland 1871-1945 Orden Und Ehrenzeichen

    Niemann

    2009

    Self/private

    History of the Early Orders of Knighthood & Chivalry

    Neville

    1978

    Albemarle

    4 volume Borna Barac series called Reference Catalogue Orders, Medals and Decorations of the World instituted until 1945.

    Borna Barac

    2009 through 2013

    OBOL

    Ribbons and Medals

    Dorling

    1974

    Philip

    British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations

    Payne

    1981

    Hayward

     

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    • 8 months later...

    Here is a Black Eagle shabrack star of the officer’s ornamental saddle caparisons, Royal Prussian Guard regiments from about 1870 until shortly after 1900.  130 MM/5 inches top to bottom I acquired this year. image.png.223c8845f1a6f4811cf4f06454d0155c.png

    and a Embroidered imperial regimental banner with tassels for the veterans of the foot Artillery Regiment 14 of the Offenburg unit in Baden Germany  image.png.46bf6dcf11819c486cceca0f219d966f.png

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