unknown skull

[Raul Belenguer]

Hello¡¡

Can someone help me identify this skull?

thanks

[Sergeant 08]

It looks like a skull, but it is no skull.

[ww1czechlegion]

It is a Crossed Rifles Device, with something sitting between the top of the "X" of the crossed rifles. Another crown?

Looks like he is from Württemberg, from his medal bar with the Silver Military Merit Medal, and the long service medal.

I like how he is wearing his EK2 with the reverse side visible.

Best Regards,

Alan

[morel5000]

Firemen? Firemen helmet with crossed firemen tools?

Best regards,
Michel

[Kondor]

Looks like his infantry/Artillery unit commemoration ribbon bar without the cross hanging from it. All of these were done away with in the 30's with the Hindenburg cross, but unit loyalty! Good Man!
Similar to this Flanders Cross that was removed from a medal brace.

[Valter Gorenc]

Very cool pic, what a proud old warrior! He looks quite old, so probably went into ww1 in his 40's or even 50's. And he wears veteran's organisation cap and Kyffhauser pin on his tie. The coat is civilian, of course.

[morel5000]

I like how he is wearing his EK2 with the reverse side visible.

Yes, I like the touch that his ek2 is reversed.

[Raul Belenguer]

Thank you very much for the info
regards Raul

[peter.wedtrat]

This skull is a rememberance badge sold by private medal shops. The flat bar in the middle contains the name of serving unit, the bandcolour depends to the country (Bavaria, prussia ect.)

[Chip M]

It's not a skull at all but rather a Pickelhaube in profile. It's a common motif on this pattern of veteran's pin. This Bavarian example has a Raupenhelm in the place of the normal Pickelhaube.

Chip

[Chip M]

Similar to this Flanders Cross that was removed from a medal brace.

The bar shown with this Flandern Kreuz could well have come from a medal brace, but it is the type that goes with the Regiments Erinnerungs Kreuz (REK) medal, not the Flandern-Kreuz. The Flandern Kreuz had it's own distinctive bars that gave campaigns or fronts (Durchbruchschlacht, Luftkrieg, etc.), not units.

Chip