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PRUSSIAN ARMY PILOT BADGE. This is a high-quality two-piece WW1 Prussian Army Pilot Badge from C.E. Juncker.

GOLD FOR IRON TABLE MEDAL. During WW I an ongoing program urged citizens to surrender their gold jewelry to aid the war effort. When they did this, they received table medals and patriotic jewelry that proclaimed they had given "Gold for Iron." This table medal, which is about the size of an old U.S. silver dollar (1 ½" in diameter), shows a woman surrendering her jewelry. It is ringed with patriotic slogans that speak of the "Iron Time" and giving Gold for Iron.


front and rear view of a group of WW1 German Medals.

German ribbon bar.
1914 Iron Cross/2nd Class,
Hanseatic Cross for Hamburg,
the Order of Franz Joseph with the Red Cross
Merit/2nd Class and the Gold Franz Joseph Merit Cross with war decoration.

4 piece medal bar.
The iron cross is of a 3 piece construction and is maker marked on the ring s-w .
silver Wurttemburg Military Merit medal.
9 year Wurttemburg long service medal (Reverse reads "fur treue dienlte beider fahne IX".
Cross of Honour for combatants

World War I Garde Du Corps Prussian German Member Ribbon and Badge.

This is a very nicely made pin with the Garde crowned eagle with sword and scepter mounted on a white and black ribbon with a safety pin catch. The metal eagle measures 2 inches long, the ribbon a bit longer.

Bavarian Military Awards Cross, 1st class, gold, center enamelled w/ swords; Prussian Imperial Iron Cross 2nd class; Bavarian military long service medal 3rd class for 9 years; Field ribbon bar w/ 4 ribbons (note the Bavarian military award medal has been changed to the treudienstehrenzeichen in the 3rd Reich); Hindenburg Cross w/swords.	Bavarian WW 1 medal bar from a NCO, who in civil life worked in the Public Service.

the reason for the difference in the mini medal bar, as worn on the every-day feld uniform and the Bavarian Spange/ Dress medal bar is that they came from 2 individual's with nearly the same awards, as shown by the difference of sequence in placing the ribbons on the mini bar, (the dark blue ribbon more likley indicates service with a Prussian unit and not 3 Reich), also a Bavarian vet would have golden swords on the Military Verdienst Orden ribbon for his gold award, or in silver for 2nd class. The gold Bayern award was for Bravery in WW1 on Active Service as seen by the black stripes on the ribbon, and true to typical Bavarian fashion they thumb their nose at Prussian regulations stating that the Iron Cross must be first on the bar :-) Kevin A Ryan

Iron Cross from the Franco Prussian War with 25 years service medallion on the riband.	The 1914/18 Argonnen (Argonne) Cross for the Battle of the Argonnen Forest (with swords)

This is an interesting medal group. The FJ medal is the only one in the group not identified elsewhere on these pages. It is the Austrian Cross of Merit 1849-1918 Grade either the Golden or Silver Merit Cross with Crown. FJ stands for Franz Joseph. WW1 medals were bronze with a gilt coating. Details from Stuart Elliott

The obverse of this medal shows the late Kaiser Frederich, son of Wilhelm I. The reverse shows his son, Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last German Kaiser and Kaiser during WW I.


Drivers badge	Prussian (German) Air Gunners badges

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