mark S Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Any information would be helpful. Thank you. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Dear Mark, It is a completely unofficial award, in my opinion it is probably related to a WWI veterans group. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark S Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Paul, thank you very much.. I contacted few medal dealers in Europe and they was puzzled by the pictures. Only one dealer was close to your response. Would be nice to know the country of origin. Edited February 3, 2014 by mark S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Could be related to German Knights Cross (Deutschritter Kreuz) - Freikorps award that was established by Alfred von Randow on April 12, 1919. More about this award here http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschritter-Kreuz About Alfred von Randow here http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_von_Randow Another possible scenario - phantasy piece designed after Deutschritter Kreuz ... Cheers, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark S Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Nick, thank you very much. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Diebitsch Kreuz ......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Aha! So it was a different Freikorps. http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/weimarer-republik/diebitsch-kreuz-2-klasse.html Thanks Robin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark S Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 JapanX,thank you for pointing me in the right direction. After some research I found out that this order is Freikorps von Diebitsch 1st class neck decoration 1919.Extremely rare order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Well done, nice find. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark S Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Thank you, Paul. Interesting that I bought this order from someone who was casted few times as a seller on the show "Pawn Stars". He bought this order about 30 years ago from the dealer in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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