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    Gents, I haven't hauled this out in many years. Today seems like a good day for it.

    Friedländer Pour le Mérite mit Wagner eichenlaub und adler to Ernst Freiherr von Forstner. At least, the cognoscenti assume the oaks and eagles are Wagners...

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    Pedigree:

    There is (was?) a Forstner barracks in Karlsruhe during WW2, renamed "Smiley Barracks" post-war. One of his sons won the KC in WW2.

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    Details of the miniature. It's somewhere in Previtera's book, but I think the picture he used has the ribbon reversed; that is, the rough, "worn" side is facing out. I'm not sure, having never seen the book.

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    Eagle detail. I generally don't post pics of the oak's reverse, but I'll send them on request to bona fide members with profound reasons for asking. :whistle:

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    Interesting details, surprisingly and practically invisible to the naked eye. This, gents, is one way of sorting out the fakes. Recipients wore these, they are heavy... and they got banged around. "Perfect" wartime examples just don't exist.

    Edited by Ralph A
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    Absolutely Amazing. Just a dream for me these days. The price always stayed ahead of my ability to pay. Those dude are outrageously priced these days.

    Posted

    Thank you gents. Truthfully, they are priced above their actual value vis–à–vis rarity (if you ignore the oaks :whistle: ). There is a certain "vanity" premium attached to them. Now for something exceptionally rare:

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    Baden KFMMO (? I'm from Arkansas so...that explains my poor acronyms ?)

    Those are my favorite. I was luck 20 year ago to get one from Detlev along with a few other rare items that I can't afford these days.

    Super item. Is that the issue case? Never seen one cased.

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