Bavarian Mvo And Mvk Question

[Bobby lee]

The photos that follow show a Bavarian MVO Knight 1st in silver-gilt and the MVK 2nd class w/ crown and swords. The MVO has an original ribbon, first type, I believe. Was that badge only in Gold prior to WW I? This one is marked “950” on the reverse, bottom cross arm. Secondly, the MVK is enameled on the reverse as well as the obverse. I can’t find any reference to this. It is very well made with high silver content. The enamel on the reverse is not some later add-on as the lion is attached over the enamel. The cross appears to be on the “peace time” ribbon. Any ideas or info out there?

[mravery]

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[Daniel Krause]

Hi Bobby,

both pieces are WW1 era and should be worn on the ribbon shown below.

Best regards

Daniel

[Bobby lee]

Hi Daniel and thanks for the reply. I'm still not sure about the MVK, the H&S says no enamal on the reverse and there were crosses awarded with the "Peace" ribbon. Not sure this is a special made item or one not mentioned in the reference books that I have access to.

[Daniel Krause]

but there are already good MVK threads here. Type Bavarian MVK in the search button and You will find it.

Best regards

Daniel

[stevenn]

mvo and mvk

I have an mvk ,silver,with the reverse enamelled.I want send a picture ,but my knowlege of computers only lets me send to email addreses.Your mvk is a beauty especially if you saw my piece of junk.It's crude to say the least.

[Rick Research]

The center devices on the MMOs (crowned L and lion) were gold until about 1916, then silver gilt as this one is. Try "pretty blue enamel" for more MMOs here, or the name "Lautenschlager."

Your MMC2X with Crown is VERY interesting! Its reverse enamelled disk is QUITE non-regulation. A very strange and attractive piece!

I've previously shown a MMO4X that, contrary to regulations, has a frosted silver reverse rather than a correct enamelled one... so "weird things" turn up.

Since these Strange Reverse pieces are "NOT Correct" there's no way to put a value on them... but no WW1 Bavarian collector would spurn them.

[Bobby lee]

Thanks for the observations Rick, I agree with you on all counts. I was wondering what kind of value to put on these items as I was going to put them on the market for sale or trade in the near future.
Thanks again,
Bobby