Orden Berthold des Ersten mit Schwertern

[Alan]

Hi All,

I been trying to find some WWI issue awards to compare to this one to, but I am not sure what to look for exactly.

Can anyone tell me if this is WWI manufacture at all?

Any other thoughts / comments welcome

Many thanks

[Dave Danner]

There were only 23 awards, and all but 2 (for the Boxer Rebellion) were from World War I.  Here is the example illustrated in Nimmergut:

 

[Alan]

Thank you for the info and the images Dan.

Seasons Greetings.

 

[ccj]

It certainly looks of high quality manufacture.

[Alan]

1 hour ago, ccj said:

It certainly looks of high quality manufacture.

I have to agree. I also think it compares well against Dan's posted image.

 

 

 

[Dave Danner]

Who is Dan? 

I don't have better scans, but here are the images of my own cross which I was able to save from my old web site.

[Alan]

Great Pics Dan,

I see the the obverse monogram is a match to the image from Nimmergut where as the one on my original image appears to be less elaborate.

Would this be due to simply a different maker pre 1918 or an indication of a later manufacture for this award?

 

 

[Dave Danner]

Not a clue.  I can't even tell how different they are, given that photos of gold or other reflective materials will have a bit of "bleed" due to the reflection.