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Austro-Hungarian, Franz Joseph I Medal for Military Merit (Signum Laudis) without swords; Emperor Franz Joseph I Jubilee Medal. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Austro-Hungarian, WWI, Group of Eight: Bravery Silver Medal II Class; Bronze Bravery Medal III Class; Merit Cross in Silver 1849; Karl Troop Cross; Wound Medal 1918; German Honour Cross 1914-1918 (Combatant); Long Military Service Cross for VI Years 3rd Class for NCO and Enlisted Men; Crown Jubilee Cross 1848-1908. Mounted in Prussian Parade style, with pin-back suspension, good very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $340
France, National Order of Merit, Knight, in case of issue with miniature medal. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
France, Legion of Honour, Officer (Officier) in gilt and enamel with Rosette on ribbon; also Knight (Chevalier) in silver and enamel. Original Orders, the first very fine; the second with enamel chips, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Germany, Prussia, Napoleonic Wars 1813-1814 Medal for Combatants. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Germany, Iron Cross First Class 1870, reverse hallmarked for maker, 'Joh. Wagner & Sohn/crescent moon and crown 800 Berlin W.' Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Germany, Saxony, military association medal in silver (33mm), obverse, facing bust of Albert, King of Saxony, reverse, open wreath and inside inscribed, 'Fur/langjahr treue/Mitgliedschaft/gew.v.K.S.Milit.Ver./Kameradschaft/Poh la/1872-1902 (For many years of Loyal Membership, (gew.v.K.S.Milit.Ver.), Comradeship, Pohla, 1872-1902), with ring top suspension with pin-back ribbon attached. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Germany, Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1914, replica with maker's name on pin-back, Schlersohn; Iron Cross 1870 Second Class, replica; Veteran's Hamburg Field Honour Award, replica, by maker, Ges. Gesch. Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Germany, 1914-1936, Group of Six: Iron Cross Second Class 1914; Friedrich of Anhalt Cross 1914 For Merit in War; Honour Cross 1914-1918 (Combatant); Armed Forces Long Service Silver Medal for 4 Years, with Army eagle emblem attached to ribbon; Austria, First World War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918, with crossed swords affixed to ribbon to indicate a combat veteran; Hungary, World War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918. Prussian parade mounted, very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Germany, Iron Cross First Class 1914; WWI Kyffhauserbund Veteran Commemorative Medal, suspended from a Deutscher Krieger Bund white metal pin-back brooch; Honour Cross 1914-1918, by R.V.Pforzheim, with fancy ribbon suspension; Hessen-Darmstadt, Field Honour Decoration 1840, with wreath emblem on ribbon; also a riband bar for four medals with crossed swords on two ribbons, pin-back. The last item damaged, the first with a few small oxidation spots, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Germany, Group of Seven: Iron Cross Second Class; Baden, Friedrich II Merit Medal 1908-16; Merit Cross for War Aid; The Honour Cross of World War I; Honorary World War Commemorative Medal of the German Legion of Honour with oak wreath and sword emblem; Kyffhauser 1914-1918 War Veterans Commemorative Medal; Prussia, Long Service Decoration for 9 Years' Service. Mounted in Prussian Parade style, with pin-back suspension, good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Germany, Iron Cross Second Class 1914; Honour Cross 1914-1918 (Combatant); Bavaria, King Ludwig Cross 1916-1918; Brunswick, War Merit Cross Second Class 1914-1918, on Combatant ribbon; Prussia, Merit Cross for War Aid. Some ribbons damaged, otherwise good fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Germany, Group of Six: Iron Cross Second Class; Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Military Merit Cross Second Class; The Honour Cross of World War I; 15 Years Army Long Service Medal; Prussia, Long Service Decoration for 9 Years' Service; Hungary, WWI Combat Commemorative Medal. Mounted in Prussian Parade style, with pin-back suspension, very fine - nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Germany, Trio: Iron Cross Second Class 1914; Oldenburg, Friedrich August Cross Second Class Campaign Service Medal 1914; Honour Cross 1914-1918 (Combatant). Swing mounted, ribbons dirty, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Germany, Trio: Iron Cross Second Class 1914; Prussian War Participants Cross for Combatants 1914-1918; Honour Cross 1914-1918 (Combatant). Swing mounted, ribbons dirty, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Germany, Iron Cross Second Class 1914; Honour Cross 1914-1918 (Combatant); Honorary World War Commemorative Medal of the German Legion of Honour; Bavaria, Merenti Cross of Military Merit Third Class with Swords; Prussia, Kaiser Wilhelm I 100th Anniversary Medal 1797-1897; Prussia, Kyffhauser Cross of Merit; Prussia, Landwehr Military Reserve Long Service Medal. Second ribbon damaged, otherwise very fine. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Germany, Trio: Iron Cross Second Class; The Honour Cross 1914-18 (Combatant); Landwehr Medal Second Class. Mounted in Prussian Parade style, with pin-back suspension, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Germany, Honour Cross 1914-1918 (2, one by R.V.Pforzheim and one by A.&S. [Assmann & Sohne]); Prussia, Koniggratz Commemorative Cross 1866; Prussia, Franco-Prussian Wars 1870-1871 Medal for Combatants; Prussia, 50 Year Celebration of 6 Rheinischen Infy Rgts No 68, 4 July 1910, medal in bronze with ring top suspension; Germany, 24.12.1914 RTR 270 gilt cross suspended from a pin-back black and white ribbon bow (possibly related to the unofficial Christmas ceasefire that started on 24.12.1914). One of first medals painted black, a few ribbons damaged, otherwise fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Germany, WWII, War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords 1939, in bronze (no ribbon); Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938; Army Infantry Assault Badge in zinc (pin missing from back); Faithful Service Decoration 1st Class in gilt for 40 Years. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Germany, 1933-45, Iron Cross First Class; Iron Cross First Class with symbol removed (a modern issue and not iron); Iron Cross Second Class; Iron Cross Second Class with symbol removed (a modern issue and is iron), on a rosette pin-backed ribbon. Very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Germany, 1933-45, Iron Cross First Class; Great Cross of the German Red Cross 1937-39, by Chr. Bauer, Welzheim, with silver oak leaves for ribbon (probably a copy medal). The first toned and the second with a repaired chip in the white enamel of the cross, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Germany, 1933-45, War Merit Cross First Class with Swords 1939, in zinc; War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords 1939, in bronze; War Merit Cross second Class without Swords 1939, in bronze; War Merit Medal 1939, in bronze. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Germany, 1933-45, Commemorative Medal of 13 March 1938; Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938; West Wall Medal 1939; Italo-German Campaign Medal in Africa 1941; Medal for the Winter Campaign in Russia 1941-1942; Spanish Decoration to Commemorate the Spanish Blue Division on the Russian Front 1941, poor quality silvered Spanish manufacture. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Germany, 1933-45, Civil Defence Medal Second Class 1938; S.S. Long Service Gold Cross for 25 Years, with SS gold wire emblem on ribbon; Faithful Service Decoration Second Class 1938; N.S.D.A.P. Blood Order 1923-33, reverse with impressed number 864 (appears to be a casting and no silver mark so probably a copy). Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Germany, 1933-45, Cross of Honour of the German Mother, First Class in gold; Second Class in silver; and Third Class in bronze, all stamped on reverse with 16 Dezember 1938 and signature in style of handwritten script. Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Germany, 1938, SS Faithful Service Award 3rd Class for 8 Years, in bronze, no ribbon. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
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Greece, Medal for the War of 1940-41; Nato Service Medal, - clasp - Former Yugoslavia, with pin-back ribbon suspender; United Nations Medal (UN Special Service); with pin-back ribbon suspender; United Nations Medal (UNAMET). All medals unnamed. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Italy, Kingdom of, Order of the Crown of Italy Grand Officer breast star and neck badge in gold, silver and enamel, the breast star marked on the reverse, 'E.Gardino Succ. Cravanzola, Roma' (E. Gardino subsequent company, Cravanzola, Rome). A few sections of neck ribbon with tape marks, otherwise extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $560
Passed in
Italy, Trio: Africa Oriental Campaign Medal with sword emblem; WWI War Merit Cross (also War Merit Cross riband with Sword emblem); 1915-1918 War Medal. Unnamed. Very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Malaysia, Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal, as well as a miniature medal and a riband, the last two with pin-back suspension, in official plush case of issue. Uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $130