Wild Card Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 A "little extra". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 Well, I think the mini chain further backs up this as a legit double award. The telegram is just about the neatest piece of paper I have seen in a very, very long time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Ok, together with the mini chain it is still unbelievable but it is a bit more real now... great pieces!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 Hi Heiko! The one thing I have learned with Imperial is never say never! If it was a group of loose pieces, I'd agree. But mounted up like that.... even without documents or a mini chain that was something made just like it is. No "close enough" work there... someone was proudly making a statement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Heiko: I have indeed seen TWO 1870/71 campaign medals WITH documents like this--back at the end of the 1970s, or early 1980s, in the OMSA magazine, contributed by the then-West German consul in the Northwest Territories of Canada--his great-great had also served in the American Civil War and got THAT American campaign medal 40 years later as well.And... as I recall... he was a doctor, some sort of civilian contract surgeon who served in combat and back home.Improper? Of course. Wrong? You bet.But apparently even then the INSANE noncombatant/combatant freakishness of Prussia had THEM confused as well.Why a "noncombatant" who served in the frontlines, under enemy fire, got a steel medal on a "noncombatant" ribbon, whereas a Stayed Home got that same steel medal but on the "frontline" ribbon makes NO sense. If anything, either a combatant medal on a special noncombatant ribbon, or the combatant ribbon with steel medal should have been for the frontline non-arms-bearers, and the Stayed Homes should have gotten the steel/noncombatant ribbon.If I was in charge.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Imperial/Prussian trumps state awards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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