Scifi Dust Bunnies: Extreme Closeups of Award Centers

[Rick Research]

Hannibal asked for a closeup of the center disk of my WW1 Saxe Ernestine House Order-Knight 2nd with Swords, which got me thinking about doing really closeup (Not enormous SCAN sizes, PUHLEEZ!!!) scans of other awards.

Here is the silver-gilt SEHO center. The outer laurel wreath is a separate ring over both the obverse and reverse "hubcap" center disks, because the awards with swords have laurel wreaths and the peacetime awards use oakleaves. I suppose this was cheaper than making two sets of dies for the entire hubcaps.

[Rick Research]

Here is the hand-painted red eagle on porcelain of a final pebbled arms model Red Eagle Order 4th Class made by Wilm.

These are ALL hand painted, so there will be enormous variation. This may not look too great this big, but remember how small the originals are!

[Rick Research]

From the same Frackspange as the Red Eagle above, the weird Saxon War Merit Cross. Note the extremely fine detail on this, right down to microscopic Field Marshal shoulder board batons...

as well as ample evidence of why my dust allergy is always active!!!

[Hannibal]

Here is a close up of the Bavarian MMO 4th class with swords. It has the gold centre.

[Hannibal]

Another scan showing the centre of the Prussian Hohenzollern Knight's Cross with Swords.

[Hannibal]

Saxony Albertus order knights cross 2nd class with swords.

[WNickel]

an interesting centre of a prussia crown order 4. class.......

[WNickel]

Have nobody recognize the dark blue medaillon??????

...or the small crown

where are the specialists?????????????????????

[stogieman]

my dust bunny!~

Center of a Red Eagle Order First Class Breast Star!!

[stogieman]

Just for Rick Lundstrom!

Lest we be accused of posting massive, screen-bending scans, here's my FAVORITE dust bunny. Can you guess who this is?

[Rick Research]

Could you make that last one a little smaller?


Hey Werner-- you think I'm going back to the 1860s after stumbling into 1871? Nuh-uh!!! I'm staying on THIS side of 1897!!

[Daniel Krause]

Hi Werner, nice piece! The center even appears to be gold!
Really a nice and rare one!

Best regards

Daniel

[Bill M]

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[Ralph A]

And here is the beautiful center of...

...well... of... hmmm... oh, forget it. It DOESN'T MATTER WHAT Third Reich award, medal or decoration; they all have THIS THING on them. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

...hey, uh...Rick, uh....what's the Imperial collector's "secret handshake" again?