TacHel Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I should check my old drawers more often... What are your thoughts on this item? The writing seems a bit squashed, or is it a poor copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Not the greatest quality, but looks like a period replacement copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streptile Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I agree, this type is known as a "zweitstück" but it's not an original awarded type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) I agree with everything Streptile and VtwinVince said, but it's noteworthy this seems to be the small sized medal that was called Kriegerverdienstmedaille. A Prussian "Kriegsverdienstmedaille", as TacHel did name it in the header, never existed. However, whoever made this lower quality replacement piece mixed things up, as we often do, and used the design of the Militär-Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse. That's the big one, a bravery award mostly awarded to Prussian soldiers. This Kriegerverdienstmedaille, on the other hand, was both a peace and war time award, mainly given to foreign (non-Prussian!) soldiers and even as a bravery award to Native soldiers and policemen in the colonies. Edited January 18, 2022 by saschaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hmmm, would be interesting to get the diameter of this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chechaco1 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) German Military Merit medal "Krieger verdienst" for an Australian. and what is shown at the beginning of the topic, I would call a miniature, a minion. Edited March 18, 2022 by chechaco1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 A Krieger verdienst for an Australian? More information please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chechaco1 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/en-ru.ru.736df0c6-62341992-d2b63048-74722d776562/https/kaiserreich.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_German_colonial_possessions Germany had colonies, albeit not as many as Great Britain, in that part of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. And local "colored people" served in them, who were also awarded. This DKVM somehow ended up in Australia. I don't know anything else. Edited March 18, 2022 by chechaco1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 OK thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chechaco1 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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