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01-01-2022, 04:33 PM
#241
Hi mate.
Good questions. You have to think that all the ribbon bars that have the Hindenburg Cross (the vast majority of the ones in my collection) were made after 1934, which was the year that this decoration was instituted. Still we are talking about being almost ninety years old. And certainly others (about forty) are from the World War I period, so they are a hundred years old or a little older.
Once an antiquarian commented that the old decorations and ribbon bars of the grandparents or great-grandparents, used to be kept in wooden or brass boxes kept between clothes, in sideboards of the houses or in trunks or suitcases in attics or basements.
When the seller is American, then it is very likely that the ribbon bar was a war memorabilia that some American soldier borrowed from the uniform of a WWI veteran German prisoner.
Regards
Santi
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01-01-2022 04:33 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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01-03-2022, 12:08 PM
#242
There are not too many books with photographs of ribbonbars from the Kaiserreich era.
This can help you in terms of general ideas.
A photo of mine
Regards
Santi
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01-03-2022, 01:22 PM
#243
Santi, I also have that book. it is a great one. I think it is out of print? also-ORDERS, DECORATIONS, AWARD DOCUMENTS, MINEATURES & CASES OF ISSUE. It has 2421, ILLUSTRATIONS. and over 800 PAGES & priced in EUR & US DOLLORS. a great book!
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01-03-2022, 01:23 PM
#244
it is written by, DETLEV NIEMANN.
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01-03-2022, 03:01 PM
#245
WOW! now that is a collection! thank you for posting.
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02-05-2022, 08:01 PM
#246
Prussian Rettungsmedaille
Preussen, Verdienst-Ehrenzeichen für Rettung aus Gefahr, also known as Rettungsmedaille am Bande or (in English) Lifesaving Medal from Prussia.
The Lifesaving Medal was instituted by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia on August 16, 1833.
It was awarded for having saved another person at the risk of one's own life.
In the Free State of Prussia, its Inner Ministry re-instituted it on June 9, 1925, and it was granted until 1936 in that State.
During the Weimar Republic the German government did not create this Medal.
During the Third Reich, on June 22, 1933, the Reich President re-instituted the medal, based on the Prussian model.
It is a round medal made of silver with the four-line inscription FÜR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR on its reverse.
The model of the Free State of Prussia bore the national eagle of the Republic of Prussia with wide wings on the obverse and the inscription REPUBLIC on the upper edge and PRUSSEN on the lower edge.
In the Third Reich, the obverse of the medal bears no writing. In it you can see the imperial eagle with the swastika on the chest.
During the Federal Republic of Germany, in accordance with the law on titles, medals and decorations, since July 26, 1957, the Third Reich Lifesaving Medal can be worn without the swastika. This version is often misunderstood as a Lifesaving Medal from the Weimar Republic, which never existed.
Front and back of the 1957 style ribbon bar from my collection with the Rettungsmedaille ribbon
Among its famous winners was fighter pilot (Jadgflieger) Oswald Boelcke, who rescued a French boy from a canal.
Colorized photograph of Oswald Boelcke
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02-05-2022, 08:06 PM
#247
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02-05-2022, 08:07 PM
#248
Great post Santi! I love the backstory.
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02-05-2022, 08:12 PM
#249
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02-05-2022, 08:18 PM
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