Decorations in this photo are :1) Iron Cross 2nd class 1870 with 25 year oakleaves . 2) Prussian Eagle Order 4th class .3) Prussian Crown Order 3rd class. 4)Prussian XXV Years Service Cross >
The center shows : 5)Principality of Hohenzollern Honor Cross with Swords 3 rd Class( Quite rare for 1870 !)6) Principality of Hohenzollern Honor Cross 2 nd Class . 7) 1870/1871 War Medal. 8) 1866 Koeniggraetz War Cross .
The end of the chain shows : 9)Bavarian Military Merit Order Knight 1st Class type 1866 to 1905 with Swords ( quite scarce !). 10) Baden Order of Zaehringen Lion -Knight 1st Class with Oakleaves and 11) Belgian King Leopold I Knights Order with Swords and Crown .
...and all medals are finished on their backsides . My friend Rick Lundstroem ID all the medals and thinks the decoration belonged to a Prussian Oberst . The man was dead by 1897 , since he did not have the 1897 Centenary Medal of Kaiser Wihelm I . If anyone has the fitting RANKLISTE ,please see if you can ID the man for me ! Per Rick ,the Hohenzollern Medals would stand out ! Thanks for your help , Bernd .
Ja< the little green glass pieces must have fallen out at some time back ! But since the rest is still so nice , this is very minor ! I rather like to find out who wore this chain ???? Bernd .