91-old-inf-reg Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 For a while now I have been searching information regarding the Grand Dukes medal bar. I was able to recognize some of the medals on his medal bars, however, there are a few of the medals that I have had trouble recognizing and identifying. 1: EK ii 1870, (all photos) 25 anv. spange. ( Photos 1,2,5) 2: Crown orden? XV year service cross? Oldenburg house order with out crown or swords? ( photos 1,2,5) 3: 1870-71 victory medal with 3 unknown spanges ( all photos ) 4: 1897 centenary medal ( photos 1,2,5) 5: unknown - my thoughts are, possible Saxon-Altenburg bravery medal ( mother being from aforementioned royal house) , Prussian Red eagle order iv class, an Austrian medal ( has crown at the top ), my best guess, an early Belgian military medal ( king of Belgium attended wedding ) 6: 1870 Mecklenburg-Schwerin military bravery cross ii class (based on photos 6,4) 7: unknown - I am at a complete loss for identification of this medal. At first I thought it was ottoman due to the sabers, but this is extremely unlikely due to Peter II of Oldenburg having the same medal, and doing further research, Peter ii’s medal had, at least from one illustration, 3 lines of text on the reverse of the medal, which led me to think either Austrian or a Hessian medals reverse, but both led to dead ends. 8: unknown - possible crow-less-reign-less order of Dannebrog? Crown-less Greek Greek Cross of Valor? 9/8: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Friedrich-Franz iii memorial medal? If anyone would mind helping me identify these it would be greatly appreciated. Furthermore, when researching I had also come across pictures of the the Grand Dukes Funeral with all of his awards and orders laid out; However, due to the poor resolution, angle, distance etc. I was led to a dead end. If anyone knows what his other awards where that would be greatly appreciated. Finally, If their topic had already been made , would you mind linking it? I hope that with a little help we’ll be able to figure this out, thanks, Dan My bad, Forgot to add last image:
chuck Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 My guess on #7 would be the Schaumburg Lippe Military Merit Medal 1870. three lines of text on the reverse; Fur - Militair - Verdienst https://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/militar-verdienstmedaille-form-1870.html regards, Chuck
91-old-inf-reg Posted October 15, 2019 Author Posted October 15, 2019 Going off of that, I think that #8 might be the Oldenburg merit cross 1870 https://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/verdienstkreuz-des-oldenburger-kriegervereins.html
Daniel Cole Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 is it just me? All the photos are out of focus.
Wessel Gordon Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) I can't see the medals clearly, either but I found this on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Augustus_II,_Grand_Duke_of_Oldenburg#/media/File:August_II_von_Oldenburg_1902.jpg It's the same photo as the first in the thread but it's clearer. Edited October 21, 2019 by Wessel Gordon
Daniel Krause Posted October 23, 2019 Posted October 23, 2019 Schaumburg- Lippe Military Merit Medal with Sabers on the ribbon.... far away from being Ottoman... See here: https://woeschler-orden.de/node/4526 Best, Daniel
91-old-inf-reg Posted October 24, 2019 Author Posted October 24, 2019 Sorry about sorry about the poor quality of the photos. These should be better. i added the funeral processions photo, but it is still probably too unclear regardless.
GreyC Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) Hi, if you find a copy of the Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg (1851-1914) you´ll find his awards listed, I should think. GreyC Edited October 24, 2019 by GreyC
91-old-inf-reg Posted October 28, 2019 Author Posted October 28, 2019 I have also found that the medal after the centenary medal is Kaiser Wilhelm I golden wedding medal https://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/goldene-hochzeitsmedaille-1879-2-klasse.html
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