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WWI-period, so-called: 'Baltenkreuz' (ie. Baltic Cross) being a bright-golden-toned- and/or black oxydised 'Buntmetall-based cross (being a nicely preserved albeit non-maker-marked example that comes mounted onto its period ribbon as recently found) WWI-period, so-called: 'Baltenkreuz' (ie. Baltic Cross) being a bright-golden-toned- and/or black oxydised 'Buntmetall-based cross (being a nicely preserved albeit non-maker-marked example that comes mounted onto its period ribbon as recently found) WWI-period, so-called: 'Baltenkreuz' (ie. Baltic Cross) being a bright-golden-toned- and/or black oxydised 'Buntmetall-based cross (being a nicely preserved albeit non-maker-marked example that comes mounted onto its period ribbon as recently found) WWI-period, so-called: 'Baltenkreuz' (ie. Baltic Cross) being a bright-golden-toned- and/or black oxydised 'Buntmetall-based cross (being a nicely preserved albeit non-maker-marked example that comes mounted onto its period ribbon as recently found)

WWI-period, so-called: 'Baltenkreuz' (ie. Baltic Cross) being a bright-golden-toned- and/or black oxydised 'Buntmetall-based cross (being a nicely preserved albeit non-maker-marked example that comes mounted onto its period ribbon as recently found)

The 'Baltenkreuz' (ie. Baltic Cross) was a military decoration of the German Weimar Republic. It was created in 1919 by the Baltic National Committee (ie. 'Baltische Nationalausschuss') being the political representation of the German-Baltic population of southern Livonia and Kurland (roughly equivalent to parts of modern Latvia). The cross was awarded to officers, NCOs and men of the Baltic 'Landeswehr' and other voluntary groups who had fought for at least three months against the Bolshevik armies in the Baltic states during 1918-1919. Award-ceremonies are known from July 1919. The Baltic National Committee in Jelgava/Kurland (now in Latvia) issued numbered warrants for the award. A total of 21,839 Baltic Crosses were awarded. On 16 May 1933 the Baltic Cross was accepted as a state-approved decoration of the: 'Deutsches Reich' and was allowed to be worn on all (military) uniforms. The 'Baltenkreuz' is a silver-toned metal-based cross superimposed with a gilt cross of the coat of arms of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, ending in fleurs de lys; the reverse is plain. The piece on offer here comes in a very nicely preserved condition overall: it was (I deem) executed in so-called: 'Buntmetall' and was simply never cleaned nor polished and comes mounted onto its (functional and unaltered) tiny ring (ie. ring set-up). Most- (ie. all!) of its blackened-silvered and/or bright-golden finish has been nicely preserved (as can be seen on the pictures). The two-pieced and 'high-quality'-produced award - which came mounted onto its ribbon ie. 'Bandabschnitt' - shows two (unaltered and nicely preserved) rivets and is totally void of a makers'-designation as more often encountered (as can be seen on the pictures) but was probably produced by the maker (ie. 'Hersteller') named: 'Paul Meybauer' based in the town of Berlin. Simply a nice occasion to acquire an attractive example of a: 'Baltenkreuz' (ie. Baltic Cross)!

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