saxcob Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 We can see a Prussian forrester of advanced aged in a group of his (former?) colleagues in the province of Hesse-Nassau. He wears a medal bar with two awards, the first one being with no doubt the Nassau Waterloo medal. The second is a mystery to me. The size hints to a Nassau life saving medal but it did not have a ribbon with stripses but an all red one. For illustration purposes only I also attach a similiar medal bar which lacks the second award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Neat photo, always nice to see early medal bars in wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRBeery Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Looks like a Baden medal based on the suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Why cant I grow a beard like that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 12 hours ago, CRBeery said: Looks like a Baden medal based on the suspension. I agree. However, the Nassauers had similiar suspensions (see pictures). 3 hours ago, David M said: Why cant I grow a beard like that ? It seems you have to sacrifice you scalp hair first ;-). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Scalp hair has been absent since I was 20 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I love those old timer bars ! Such history . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 That is the coolest pic! Congratulations. Most of the Nassau troops at Waterloo were quite young. Some companies had an average age of 18! Odds are that guy fought at farm on the edge of the battlefield. By the way, what is the SDA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ulsterman said: That is the coolest pic! Congratulations. Most of the Nassau troops at Waterloo were quite young. Some companies had an average age of 18! Odds are that guy fought at farm on the edge of the battlefield. By the way, what is the SDA? Thanks! It is actually a familiy picture; one one the gentlemen is a direct ancestor. Yes, he might indeed have fought at Hougoumont. Since the contribution of the Nassauers had been somewhat neglected, we placed a plaque there in 2015 for the jubelee. SDA is the German version of the GMIC. Edited December 6, 2020 by saxcob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 nice! Did the Nasseurs carry their flag that day? I think I read in Haythornwaite they did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 17 hours ago, Ulsterman said: nice! Did the Nasseurs carry their flag that day? I think I read in Haythornwaite they did not. The Nassauers did carry their flags at Waterloo. The consequences could be seen until recently when somebody unfortunately felt the need to "restore" them... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Well, at least they didn't wind up being besmirched by the Russians in Moscow in 1945..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArHo Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 @saxcob a very nice and rarely seen picture - thank you so much for showing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) On 27/11/2020 at 15:11, saxcob said: [...] the first one being with no doubt the Nassau Waterloo medal. With all due respect, I tend to disagree: In my eyes, this is a veteran from Hessen-Darmstadt who was involved in the suppression of the democratic revolt in Baden in 1849... the size of the medals, their suspensions and even style of ribbons fits. I also wouldn't assume this man to be extremely old... Edited August 27, 2021 by saschaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Hello , the man is a forester the date of the pic could be fix around 1860 / 1865 , the cut of the litewkas and the trousers , handmade both , the hat is also of old style with a round top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 27/08/2021 at 22:59, saschaw said: In my eyes, this is a veteran from Hessen-Darmstadt who was involved in the suppression of the democratic revolt in Baden in 1849. After having closely examined the original I would now tend to agree. On 28/08/2021 at 04:24, Bayern said: Hello , the man is a forester the date of the pic could be fix around 1860 / 1865 , the cut of the litewkas and the trousers , handmade both , the hat is also of old style with a round top The prussian eagle on the hats suggests that this picture was not taken before 1866. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Should look like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 17 hours ago, saxcob said: After having closely examined the original I would now tend to agree. The prussian eagle on the hats suggests that this picture was not taken before 1866. Well , you have the reason , but the pic is not of after the 1870 war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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