My bright, shining star...

[Rich G]

Always admired these awards for their aesthetic qualities. Of course, there are the crude painted type and at the other scale the solid silver private purchase examples.

Anyway, it arrived this morning so I took some pics while the sun was still out. Only the tiniest of damage to the lower left arm, but still nice eye candy

Rich

[Rich G]

Marked for BB&Co as per normal of this enamel type.

Rich

[McCulloh]

here's one in situ @1917:

[stogieman]

Hey Richard, hey Jeff!

Richard, classic, beautiful, German-made example of the star. Nice quality. Jeff, that fellow looks very familiar!

[Rich G]

Thanks for your interest, chaps. Great pic as well!

It actually amazed me how large it actually is, for some reason I always imagined them to be smaller.

What is also surprising is how many components actually go into the construction, yet there are no rivets on the reverse. I had no idea that the crescent moon was also separately applied!

Without doubt, the imperial age produced some fantastic enamelled awards

Rich

[Vadim K]

Great one, Richard

It actually amazed me how large it actually is, for some reason I always imagined them to be smaller.

Same as my reaction when I got my first one...

What is also surprising is how many components actually go into the construction, yet there are no rivets on the reverse. I had no idea that the crescent moon was also separately applied!

These come in dozens of variants: on some crescent and lettering are riveted, on others soldered on, still others are one-piece.