Recent pick-ups

[Alex K]

Hi all, I'd like to show a few pick-ups, nothing spectacular, but nice and simple (To me)

Kaiser I Centenary medal, full size, difficult to show but heavily gilt, a Prinzen, a miniature and what I assume to be a ribbon device

secondly

Shaumburg-lippe military service cross

and a Friedlander EKII

regards

 

Alex K

[1812 Overture]

Orange medalI think he is cheap, has enough weight, and has a high historical significance. I also like it very much.

[Alex K]

Hi, thanks for the comments, which one is the "Orange" one?

weights are

Wilhelm I full size  34g, no ribbon

Wilhelm I Prinzen with ribbon 23g

Shaumburg 10g

 

regards

[1812 Overture]

No, no, you misunderstood what I meant. This medal and his ribbon are orange, so call him an orange medal.

[Alex K]

Oh!, Silly me, glad you like them, regards

[dedehansen]

1 hour ago, 1812 Overture said:

No, no, you misunderstood what I meant. This medal and his ribbon are orange, so call him an orange medal.

Hi,

the ribbon is yellow, so she is called ,, Zitronenorden "

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentenarmedaille

Kind regards
Andreas

[VtwinVince]

I'm confused, isn't the usual reduction of the Centenary 30 mm?

[Alex K]

5 hours ago, VtwinVince said:

I'm confused, isn't the usual reduction of the Centenary 30 mm?

Don't know to be fair, perhaps others may know, it certainly looks the part and was advertised as a Prinzen, maybe they came in a "Reduced size"

regards

Edited March 2, 2019 by Alex K

[VtwinVince]

I just checked both of mine, and they're 30 mm, never seen one in your size.

[Alex K]

Apparently (From another forum) they were used primarily on medal bars as the reduced size fitted in with the size of other medals better, they were private purchase items

 

regards

[Utgardloki]

That makes sense, the Centenary often looks unproportional on medal bars.

[VtwinVince]

True, but I've never seen anything other than the 30 mm example mounted on bars.

[Alex K]

Just a quick update about recent additions, my mistaken belief that I'd bought a "Prinzen" version, when in fact it was a reduced size for medal bar wear, finally got myself a true "Prinzen" so I think I've got all known sizes (I hope) measure 29.5mm

attached

 

regards

[VtwinVince]

Excellent, I'm still looking for the medium size one.

[Alex K]

Hi, thanks, it's the only one I've ever seen, must be fairly uncommon, good luck in your quest. Regards

[saschaw]

On 28/08/2019 at 14:38, Alex K said:

Just a quick update about recent additions, my mistaken belief that I'd bought a "Prinzen" version, when in fact it was a reduced size for medal bar wear

As neither "Prinzengröße" nor "Reduktion" are official terms, there are no actual rules about their sizes. I consider every centenary medal that is significant smaller than the award type a "Reduktion", avoiding the confusing term "Prinzengröße". Please keep in mind those were available for buy to everyone who felt the medal was too big for his medal bar... I think by now, I had at least two of that less usual "medium size".

[Eric Stahlhut]

i did not realize that these medals came in such a wide array of sizes. very interesting!

[Alex K]

27 minutes ago, saschaw said:

As neither "Prinzengröße" nor "Reduktion" are official terms, there are no actual rules about their sizes. I consider every centenary medal that is significant smaller than the award type a "Reduktion", avoiding the confusing term "Prinzengröße". Please keep in mind those were available for buy to everyone who felt the medal was too big for his medal bar... I think by now, I had at least two of that less usual "medium size".

Yes I fully accept that they were in not official and were available for those who felt the 40mm version was the "official" size, and being too large, that being so, the smaller versions were available at the time so are in my opinion a valid addition to the collector, regards

[saschaw]

18 minutes ago, Eric Stahlhut said:

i did not realize that these medals came in such a wide array of sizes. very interesting!

Well, with a total of 1,2 millions awarded, apparently there was quite a market.