What awards they have?

[Marcin L]

Hello,

Would anyone advice what kind of awards we can see below, just above the belt?

Is it Reichswehr / Freikorps?

Regards and thanks!

Marcin

[dedehansen]

Hello Marcin,

IMO it is an award from a Freikorpsunit. It seems to be the Bugstern.

Regards

Andreas

[Marcin L]

Thanks, Andreas. I have found some information here: http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/weimarer-republik/bug-stern-der-schutztruppe-bug-vergl-oek-33351.html

- maybe someone will find it also useful someday.

Regards, Marcin

[dante]

Nice photo, thanks for showing, here is the award

Edited March 26, 2014 by dante

[bolewts58]

Could you show the reverse of that badge? I have my doubts about it.

[dante]

I hope not I got it from you

[bolewts58]

You never got this from me. You must have me mixed up with someone else.

The only one I have ever sold was to Chuck Scaglione in 1994, who bought my first Freikorps collection. It was a typical private purchase, enamelled screwback version by Meybauer.

I'm actually looking again for an enamel version like this. So, I if I had one, I wouldn't sell it.

What I don't like about yours is the pale blue enamel. The current fakes have this color. The central enamel should be medium, dark blue and the original issue version with black-lacquered center and plain wreath.

Genuine enamelled versions were only made by Meybauer and came in screwback and pinpack versions and are marked with the Meybauer double-headed eagle mark and '800' on a small rectangular plate sweated onto the base of the star's rays.

Edited March 28, 2014 by bolewts58

[Destruction]

Hi Brian,

He got it from me And it's not enamel, it's transit laquered version

[Destruction]

P.S. Damn Saturday morning. Paul, it's not the one I sold you on WAF, is it? I'd pay more attention

Edited March 29, 2014 by Destruction

[Destruction]

You never got this from me. You must have me mixed up with someone else.

The only one I have ever sold was to Chuck Scaglione in 1994, who bought my first Freikorps collection. It was a typical private purchase, enamelled screwback version by Meybauer.

I'm actually looking again for an enamel version like this. So, I if I had one, I wouldn't sell it.

What I don't like about yours is the pale blue enamel. The current fakes have this color. The central enamel should be medium, dark blue and the original issue version with black-lacquered center and plain wreath.

Genuine enamelled versions were only made by Meybauer and came in screwback and pinpack versions and are marked with the Meybauer double-headed eagle mark and '800' on a small rectangular plate sweated onto the base of the star's rays.

There were definitely more versions. Sorry for my mistake, the badge shown I've seen before, I believe it's an interesting one with horizontal pin set up instead of vertical, right?

Edited March 29, 2014 by Destruction

[bolewts58]

I'd like to see better pictures of it because I have never seen this type before.

[dante]

My deepest apologies Brian, yes I got it from Mr D on WAF, it was the Hamburg cross I got from you , sorry its packed at the moment and in storage so cannot give a better photo, again Brian my apologies

[bolewts58]

No problem, Paul. With so many deals back and forth with various people, it's easy to get confused about the origins of all of our trinkets.

When you get a chance, I'd love to see this badge in detail, as I'm always interested in learning about variations which are new to me.

Here's the only one I have, at the moment: a 1920 issue piece with black lacquered centre.

Edited March 30, 2014 by bolewts58