pinpon590 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hi gentlemen ! I recently received this nice cross. Does someone know how many such cross were awarded ? Thank you ! :cheers: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 The cipher "GFC" is for Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Unfortunately, that is the only roll that is missing. There are rolls for all the swords awards, but for the Eichenbruch, only the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt rolls are intact. I can make a guess, though. Although Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was smaller than Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and although the same man, Fürst Günther Victor, reigned over both principalities during the war, there were more awards from Sondershausen than from Rudolstadt. On average, there were about twice as many. For example, for the 2nd Class with Swords it was 58 to 23 (2.5 to 1), for the 3rd Class with Swords it was 674 to 369 (1.8 to 1), and for the 4th Class with Swords it was 87 to 33 (2.6.1). There were 40 awards of the 4th Class with the Eichenbruch from Rudolstadt. Based on the ratios above, I would say there were about 70 to 100 awards from Sondershausen of your award. So, while I can't say with certainty, I can say you have a rare and beautiful award. Best regards, Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinpon590 Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Thank you for this answer ! I don't though that it was a so rare award ! :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Fantastic item, not seen every day. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Hi JB, Very nice cross you have there, and with its box ! Congrats. I have seen only one medal like that on medal bar years ago. Thanks to Dave for sharing infos too Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinpon590 Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Hi JB, Very nice cross you have there, and with its box ! Congrats. I have seen only one medal like that on medal bar years ago. Thanks to Dave for sharing infos too Christophe Hi ! The box is exactly the same as yours : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/24698-quiz/page__p__233906__hl__schwarzburg#entry233906 :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 :love: A beautiful award, and those particular oakleaves are truly the icing on the cake. :jumping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeagleorder Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Wow :love: . I really love these awards, their shape combined with the gold and blue colouring of the higher classes makes them really distinctive. Both of the are a treasure! Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rujab Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Wow , Very Nice. Rudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 The cipher "GFC" is for Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Unfortunately, that is the only roll that is missing. There are rolls for all the swords awards, but for the Eichenbruch, only the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt rolls are intact. I can make a guess, though. ... There were 40 awards of the 4th Class with the Eichenbruch from Rudolstadt. Based on the ratios above, I would say there were about 70 to 100 awards from Sondershausen of your award. A small update: I found the missing rolls the last time I was in Rudolstadt. I am now up to 48 awards from Rudolstadt. For Sondershausen, there were 59 awards. Of these, one was returned for a 4th Class with Swords, 3 for a 3rd Class with Eichenbruch, and three for a 3rd Class. Regards, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinpon590 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Thank you for these informations ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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