Walter Kinast Bei der bayerischen Militär-Verdienst-Medaille (im Volksmund immer schon als Tapferkeitsmedaille bezeichnet, erst durch Verordnung vom 2. März 1918 erhielt sie, wenn auch sehr spät, offiziell diese Bezeichnung) gibt es immer noch viele unbeantwortete Fragen. Bei den Prägevarianten soll hier versucht werden, etwas
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Introduction: The Military Merit Medal for the Tyrolean Mobilization (Militärverdienstmedaille für das Tiroler Aufgebot) was issued by Emperor Franz II in 1796 to reward those Tyrolean’s who took up arms and defended the Tyrol against the French during the Napoleonic wars when the emperor announced a mobilization
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Introduction: When Emperor Franz Joseph assumed the throne in Austria one of his earliest acts was to establish the Civil Merit Medal to be awarded to those who performed outstanding civil service and or had made a special civil contribution to the empire. This decoration would quickly
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Most collectors are familiar with the so called:”Zimmermann hord” that surfaced during the 1990th. While moving debris in order to clean up the property of the former factory, medals and badges were found in the rubble of the grounds. Astonishingly, not only burned and melted badges and
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