51st Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 1403 lots has ended on 24th September 2022. 82% of all lots sold

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Impressive 9-place medal bar

Impressive 9-place medal bar

Impressive 9-place medal bar

LOT 61-1178
SOLD
Auction ended        25th September 2022  |  07:29 pm CEST
RESULT
4.100,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 22,50 %

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PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY Imperial Germany
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LOT 61-1178
EAN 2000000682709
LOT 61-1178
PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY Imperial Germany
EAN 2000000682709
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY Imperial Germany
LOT 61-1178
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000682709
MAKER
WEIGHT
Imperial Germany
Impressive 9-place medal bar


Description

The medal bar consists of an Iron Cross 2nd Class, 1914, a Honor Cross of WWI, a Mecklenburg War Merit Cross 2nd Class, 1914, a Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, a Prussian Long Service Award for officers (25 years), a Prussian Centennial Medal, a House Order of the Wendish Crown - Knight's Cross in real gold, a Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of the Griffin - Knight's Cross with Crown (small chip) in gilded silver, and a Saxe-Weimar Order of the White Falcon - Knight's Cross 2nd class, 1st type "CA" (small chip) in silver. 

The wearer of this medal bar was Generalmajor a.D. Adolf Franz Rudolf Friedrich Theodor Gottlieb von Sell, 1863-1940.

He received the Griffin Knight with crown in 1904 as Captain in the 90th FR and the knight of the Wendish Crown in 1908 as Major of the 117th Infantry regiment. The missing medals are a Prussian Red Eagle Order 4th Class and the Mecklenburg Commemorative Medal Friedrich-Franz III.

He later became an Oberstleutnant in the 114th Infantry Regiment and was promoted to Generalmajor on March 31, 1920.

 


Condition
2+/2
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