pinpon590 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 What beautifuls awards !!! I have more modest cross : war merit cross for women, 1917-1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Not mine, but on the market and something like ~60 awarded......... (The LS Cross, that is.... not that the BHL MK1 is nothing to sneeze at...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Not mine, but on the market and something like ~60 awarded......... (The LS Cross, that is.... not that the BHL MK1 is nothing to sneeze at...)Wow, that is a killer bar. Must have been quite old as they stopped awarding these in 1884... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsomgreen Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 This Spange, representing Husaren Regiment Nr. 17, has a very unusual postscript. Anyone care to tackle it?Regards,Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 A Husar from "Sch?ppenstedt"? Have you got his name?RegardsChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Charles,Is that a black Hindenburg Cross on there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Huxley Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) Charles,Is that a black Hindenburg Cross on there? Can't be black Mike .... It's got swords!!! It's the last two awards that interest me? Edited April 18, 2008 by Mike Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Can't be black Mike .... It's got swords!!! It's the last two awards that interest me?D'oh!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Lovely bar - is it yours? The 1934 honour cross is just a darker one, still "bronish". The last medal is a Siamese court merit medal(?). I love Siamese awards on German bars, but they're hardly ever seen. I think I saw that bar some years before - at C. Zeige's auction, Hamburg? The IInd to last medal is a Brunswick jubilee medal, non- or demi-official - at least it won't be found in Nimmergut's catalogue. I think it's the one with a scull on the back, a jubilee from about 1909 to a Brunswick unit?! Please correct me, I don't really know that one. The averse is very similar to the 1815 waterloo medal, but that would make no sense at all in a WWI group... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsomgreen Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Hello Saschaw:The bar is mine, and you are absolutely correct about it being from a Zeige auction. I purchased both it and the bar in Post #120 from Zeige. You are also correct about the Peninsula 1809-1909 Centenary Medal (it's impossible to examine the reverse side in its entirety due to the tight mounting, but it does feature a Totenkopf). The Zeige description stated the last medal was Siamese, but I have no specific idea what it is. Any help identifying this medal would be greatly appreciated.Mike(s):Though it may look black, the 14/18 Ehrenkreuz is just a very dark bronze. The bottom cross arm is tied to the ribbon. Consequently, I can't inspect it for a maker.Chris:The legend on the horseshoe reads: Verein Ehem.Br.Husaren Sch?ppenstedt & Umg. I wish I knew the recipient's name, but I haven't a clue.Thank you all for your interest and kind words.Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 You are also correct about the Peninsula 1809-1909 Centenary Medal (it's impossible to examine the reverse side in its entirety due to the tight mounting, but it does feature a Totenkopf). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsomgreen Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Thank you, Wild Card! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Hello epsomgreen,Welcome to the forum and thank you for posting the outstanding pictures of your Brunswick pieces. I find your Henry the Lion first class star particularly interestng in that I have never seen such a piece produced by Rose before. Incidentally, with regard to my post #136, thanks to Ramblinfarms there are much better images of one of these medals in post #66; I did not realize this until after I had posted #136 Since our thread seems to have touched on Brunswick?s involvement in the Peninsular Campaigns, I would like to take this opportunity to fill in a few gaps. In post #30, is an example of an example of a bronze cross for the 1809 campaign. These crosses were awarded in both silver and bronze. Now, there are two versions of this cross, one as awarded by Duke Wilhelm and a similar (the reverses are identical) one as awarded by Duke Carl. The one in post #30 is the Carl version while the one below is a very well worn Wilhelm version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Beyond this, medals were awarded for the 1810-1814 Campaigns in Spain and Portugal, or Peninsula. Like the 1809 crosses, there were not only silver and bronze classes but separate Wilhelm and Carl versions. Below is a silver Wilhelm medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 For comparison, here is a bronze Carl medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian J Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Another peninsula.Does the Roter Adler medaille look cast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Razputin, your bar is on ebay right now, is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian J Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yes it is.Maybe it's good and people is lurking on it, thereby the lack of respone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Gentlemen,Here is another not often seen, often overlooked, Brunswick decoration - the honor Medal for 1848/1849. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 (edited) Hi, and that is the "Erinnerungsmedaille an die Feldz?ge 1848 1849", founded 8. Mai 1891, in the original case Regards Uwe Edited July 15, 2020 by speedytop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 And you too can pick up a nice cased example, with the award document for a mere 1500- Euro..... although it seems to me that same piece was available for considerably less, from the same dealer; not that long ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian J Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Another peninsula.http://cgi.ebay.de/Roter-Adler-Orden-Medai...1QQcmdZViewItemNow that it has ended, what do you think of it?The price might reflect it in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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