AKO 16 November 1916

[GdC26]

Does anyone have a scan of/the text of the AKO of 16 November 1916 prescribing the use of gilded silver for imperial German awards formerly made in gold?

I would like to check something with a view to a discussion on another forum.

Many thanks and kind regards,

 Sandro

[Komtur]

Found this:

[Deruelle]

Hi Sandro

Here is copy of OMM 72

Christophe

 

 

 

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[GdC26]

Perfect, many, many thanks Christophe. 

Chris, is this thread not worthy of a pin?

This is one of the cornerstones of WWI imperial German order-collecting, in my view. 

Kind regards, 

Sandro

[GdC26]

Thanks Chris. And I see I forgot to thank Komtur: many ? !

[GMU]

Wow thank you very much! I saw this before at one time but could not remember where. I have been searching for it for many, many years.

 

thank you!

[saschaw]

Just to be (over-) accurate: This AKO is a Prussian one, signed by Wilhelm II as Prussian king. This is not effecting any other Imperial German states' awards as the states had their change from gold to gilt individually, and it might be interesting to point out not all of them were even war related!

 

While the kingdom of Bavaria was surprisingly close to Prussia, changing their orders from gold to gilt effectively on Jan 1st 1917, the kingdom of Saxony did it as early as 1902(!), and the Grand Duchy of Baden followed in 1910 with orders and in (still pre-war!) 1914 with their golden merit medals.

 

[Graf]

On 30/08/2021 at 06:55, saschaw said:

Just to be (over-) accurate: This AKO is a Prussian one, signed by Wilhelm II as Prussian king. This is not effecting any other Imperial German states' awards as the states had their change from gold to gilt individually, and it might be interesting to point out not all of them were even war related!

 

While the kingdom of Bavaria was surprisingly close to Prussia, changing their orders from gold to gilt effectively on Jan 1st 1917, the kingdom of Saxony did it as early as 1902(!), and the Grand Duchy of Baden followed in 1910 with orders and in (still pre-war!) 1914 with their golden merit medals.

 

Nice and interesting information Thanks