Wonderful rare non-combatant crosses! Could be from a doctor:
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I just don't like this one:
1) The ribbons are "immaculate mint" which does not match the wear of the medals
2) There was simply NO way that an Austro-Hungarian Kaiser Karl Medal for 3 Wounds could be on a GERMAN recipient's bar (the missing award ribbon)
3) The Austro-Hungarian Red Cross MEDAL for NCOs clearly does not match the status of someone with pre-war Crown and Red Eagle Orders 4th Class
I've seen mixed combat/noncombat awards. This combination on that backing would seem to indicate someone in the navy, the REO and CO a technical/Beamter type rather than medical-- and yet: no long service.
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Rick,
I agree with you on the ribbons... Shouldn't the non-combattant ribbons of the Mecklenburg cross 2. Kl. and the Oldenburg FA 2. Kl. be slightly darker red (violet)?
Ciao,
ClaudioComment
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..but it is this time a well-made one and not the usual flat-bottom-crap!
So more and more we have to look if the combination fits and not only the look.
Best regards
DanielComment
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Thoes ribbons look like they were only made yesterday.
moremad
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I saw a website only recently where you could have medal bars made (also "prussian style") and these guys also sell copies of Hindenburg Crosses!
The name was something with Sattler but I can't find the web-adress right away...
JanComment
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Auction closed;
it went away for 660 Euros!
Best regards
DanielComment
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