Currently sold questionable product

[cybercat]

Sold at auction for 3000CNY (375€) . Anyway , price wasn't high

[VtwinVince]

The only thing that looks even remotely good about this piece is the ribbon. And that's repro as well.

[CRBeery]

Are these still made? I know this order is still available to be awarded/purchased.

[VtwinVince]

Probably, as that loony 'Prinzessin von Anhalt', or whatever she calls herself, is probably still awarding them.

[Schießplatzmeister]

Hello,

 

Now the Anhalt Royal Household lineage has been mentioned, can someone explain to me why the PLM was awarded to this recipient:

 

http://prinz-frederic.com/DE/index.php/unsere-familie/hausorden-uniform

 

 

[speedytop]

This was a self-award like the other decorations on his “uniform”.

 

Uwe

[Bernd_W]

Indeed the military version, so I guess:

He fought some Pimp wars in the 80s or before.

[Schießplatzmeister]

🤣

 

[Bernd_W]

Its not even a joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frédéric_Prinz_von_Anhalt#Early_life

[ChrisKelly]

Thanks to Schießplatzmeister and Bernd_W.  That was interesting.

 

An order of Albert the Bear, from the Duchy of Anhalt...

 

I always wondered how it is that all the kings, princes, dukes, barons and margraves all abdicated in November 1918, along with the kaiser, and yet these people insist [with the press's encouragement] on using imaginary Walter Mitty-ish titles.  There are no legitimate "nobles" and "royals" in Germany today.  It's not a monarchy, and hasn't been for over a century.

 

Here's an image of the culprit mentioned by Schießplatzmeister...

 

Source:

https://www.armedconflicts.com/Duchy-of-Anhalt-1863-1918-c504510

 

 

[Bernd_W]

In Germany stuff like Graf or Prinz and vom or von became part of the last name in 1919. While in Austria for example, these parts of the name were completely forbidden.