Chris Boonzaier Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 What would you say is the most unusual award to find on the bar of a german soldier ? Best Chris
Auseklis Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 Royal Order of Kamehameha I maybe? I think I've seen one in a Naval Rangliste around 1900.
Auseklis Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 Indeed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Kamehameha_I_%28decoration%29
Dave Danner Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 A couple of possibly unique ones: Heinrich Ancker, who retired as a Vizeadmiral in 1942 and was then a Reichskommissar/Bundesbeauftragter in the Reichsverkehrsministerium/Bundesverkehrsministerium. Before World War I, he received the US Silver Lifesaving Medal as well as the Prussian Rettungsmedaille. Ehrenfried Freiherr v. Hünefeld, He received the US Distinguished Flying Cross in 1928. He died in 1929, so I don't know if the US medal was mounted with his World War I decorations.
dante Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 No......American, The Steuben Society was established in May, 1919 and I think based in upper New York state. Here's a link I found:http://www.steubensociety.org/ From what I know, the medal is likely for scholastic achievement and/or fostering good citizenship among the German-American community.
turtle Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 Very interesting bar! I love those "strange" combinations! Do WWII awards also count? I know of a german soldier who was awarded the British War Medal.
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 Very interesting bar! I love those "strange" combinations! Do WWII awards also count? I know of a german soldier who was awarded the British War Medal. Do tell!!
turtle Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 His story was in a german orders& medals magazine, I have to look it up next week for more details, but from my memory: He was from Silesia right a the polish / german border, served during WWII with a supply / transport unit got the Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern and other awards. He became a POW in 1945 and was, because of his nearly polish background, recruited by the exile polish forces of the british army and served a few months with them, so he qualified for the British War Medal. If he had a 57er medal bar it would´ve looked really weird!!
webr55 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) I'd say SS-Standartenführer Eduard Bornhausen's Royal Victorian Order on his SS uniform: Edited April 18, 2020 by webr55
webr55 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Well it was a pre-WW1 award, I bet the exact gazetting date could be traced. In 1914, he was a career Hauptmann, Adjutant of 41. Infanterie-Brigade, holding a Royal Victorian Order, Knight. 24.11.1876 Born in Mannheim 27.4.1915 Zähringen with Oakleaves as Hauptmann in RIR 254 16.4.1918 Hohenzollern House Order with Swords as Hauptmann 1920 Major aD 1937-1943 Landesgebietsführer/Gaukriegerführer Rhein in the Reichskriegerbund 20.04.1937 SS-Obersturmbannführer, 03.09.1937 SS-Standartenführer 30.01.1938 SS-Oberführer 30.01.1943 Oberst z.V. no death date As Rick might have said: An award from the days of early globalisation, before 20th century madness set in...
turtle Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) THIS is really interesting! I bet there´s much more exciting stuff to come about this topic!! Bornhausens date of the award was the 18.07.1907: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28031/supplements/4171 Edited October 5, 2013 by turtle
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 5, 2013 Author Posted October 5, 2013 I hope to have an example that is waaaaaaay better than any mentioned so far ;-)
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 5, 2013 Author Posted October 5, 2013 .... I cannot say yet... or the post office will loose it....
webr55 Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 THIS is really interesting! I bet there´s much more exciting stuff to come about this topic!! Bornhausens date of the award was the 18.07.1907: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28031/supplements/4171 Thanks for that! Chris: I'm curious!
P.F. Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 I am intrigued as well Chris! The most unusual decoration on a German bar in my own collection is something from Siam. Kind regards Pierce
Claudius Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 I am intrigued as well Chris! The most unusual decoration on a German bar in my own collection is something from Siam. Kind regards Pierce White elephant? That is a great one on a medal bar! I saw one before. Maybe it was yours? Nice. Can you post it? One of the most interesting I saw several years ago was a China Warlord medal on a bar. It was an auction and I was the short bidder @Chris...can you give us a hint?
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 9, 2013 Author Posted October 9, 2013 A hint.... just that the guy mailing it has not yet gotten to the post office... any mention may jinx its arrival! :-) But it is worth waiting around to see!!!
P.F. Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 White elephant? That is a great one on a medal bar! I saw one before. Maybe it was yours? Nice. Can you post it? One of the most interesting I saw several years ago was a China Warlord medal on a bar. It was an auction and I was the short bidder @Chris...can you give us a hint? Certainly Claudius- here it is! Yes, it is the Order of the White Elephant, 5th Class. Also, the Belgium Order of Leopold II, 5th Class. Is this the bar you saw before? Kind regards Pierce
Claudius Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 @Pierce -I don't believe so...But I luv it. Nice, solid medal bar and ribbon bars. THANKS for showing it. @Chris -Roger that. I can't ask you to jinx it, when I profess to that same superstition.
Claudius Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 found it. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/31477-medal-bar-with-siam/?hl=siam
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