Show off your medal cases, not the medals

[Stogieman]

C'mon Les! boxes, boxes, and even more boxes please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bob Hunter]

After canvassing the forum, Stogie, it is confirmed that you ARE THE ONLY case, packet and envelope freak on the forum.

But some of us already knew you were one of a kind, evil twins notwithstanding.

[Les]

Oh yeah, remember that first one I posted? The "on it's way one"? This is what's inside!

I'll have to take some photos of my measley collection of cased items (where's Ralph A when the subject of cased awards comes up?) and post them.

Rick...that Wurt Commanders class is really something. Weren't there something in the range of 18 or so of these awarded during WWI, and if this one comes from that time frame, do you have any details of who it was awarded to, and for what?

Regards,

Les

[Red Eagle]

Saxe "Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen"

Red

Edited March 26, 2006 by Red Eagle

[Red Eagle]

Prussia: Maidens Cross 1870/71

Red

Edited March 26, 2006 by Red Eagle

[Kronenorden]

Reuss, Silberne Verdienstmedaille

[medalnet]

Something exotic - Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with oak leaf for the fist type with the eagle painting without hohenzollern shield:

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[Kronenorden]

Reuss, Ehrenkreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern

Edited March 26, 2006 by Kronenorden

[medalnet]

...and the good old case to the Junker made Pilots badge:

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[Josef Rietveld]

Austria Milit?rverdienstkreuze old types from 1860 to ca. 1875

[Tom Y]

Josef, could you show the inside of the upper left hand case? I've never seen one that shape before. Here's my humble contribution.

[Solomon]

Prussia red cross medal 2nd and 3th class (old style)

Edited March 29, 2006 by Solomon

[Solomon]

Prussia red cross medal 3th class (new style for the zinc medal!)

Edited March 29, 2006 by Solomon

[Solomon]

Prussia general honor medal (old style!)

[Solomon]

Prussia order of the crown 4th class

Edited March 29, 2006 by Solomon

[Solomon]

Waldeck merit medal with swords

[Solomon]

...and, last but not least...silver merit medal Lippe-Detmold

[Solomon]

Oh..there is one nice case, i?ve forgotten....no comment...guess what it is for...

Edited March 29, 2006 by Solomon

[Wild Card]

Gentlemen,

I would like to offer some cases not yet shown for your evaluation. I apologize for breaking the rules with my presentation of the first one, by showing the interior and it?s contents though.

As you can see, this unassuming looking case is for the Hohenzollern Carl Anton medal. Since we are studying the cases though, there is something about the interior which I think makes these particular cases unique. If you look closely at the third picture, you will notice that the interior contains a built up pad into which the medal is seated. This pad is made of a plastic-like material. I point this out for the benefit of those who may not be aware of it; as I was not back some years ago when I saw one and had a medal to go with it.

Live and learn,

Wild Card

[Wild Card]

The interior.

[Wild Card]

A side view of the interior showing the pad.

[Wild Card]

Hessian 1870 -71 Military Sanitation Cross.

[Wild Card]

Hannoverian Ernst - August Order commander's cross.

[Josef Rietveld]

Josef, could you show the inside of the upper left hand case? I've never seen one that shape before. Here's my humble contribution.

You are right, it is in fact a very intersting case. I haven't seen one in other collections so far.

haynau

[Claudio]

Hi everybody,

I am showing an old picture from my files; these are most of my cased German and KuK cased medals.

Ciao,

Claudio