A circa WW1 Military Merit Order-Knight, on the war ribbon-- or IS it?
This ribbon, which is an ancient silk original (the pale blue is almost bleached out) has got GOLD bullion threads, not regulation SILVER ones. It isn't tarnish or nicotine stain or anything like that-- the gold is just the same when I turn the ribbon inside out, all over!
This Order was always bestowed with swords, even for peacetime merit (in which case it had a white yellow and black striped ribbon). From late 1916 a green enamelled "war decoration" wreath (like the one on the Austro-Hungarian Red Cross Decorations) could be fitted around the center, but I've never encountered one of those yet.
This ribbon, which is an ancient silk original (the pale blue is almost bleached out) has got GOLD bullion threads, not regulation SILVER ones. It isn't tarnish or nicotine stain or anything like that-- the gold is just the same when I turn the ribbon inside out, all over!
This Order was always bestowed with swords, even for peacetime merit (in which case it had a white yellow and black striped ribbon). From late 1916 a green enamelled "war decoration" wreath (like the one on the Austro-Hungarian Red Cross Decorations) could be fitted around the center, but I've never encountered one of those yet.
) slapped a gummy, sticky, ICKY price tag on there. Uncle Ricky's still trying to get it off without tearing the frail ribbon apart! moremad (I use those hard paper tags with string, looped through something like the suspension ring, when I am Pretending To Be A Dealer, aaargh!)
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