What medal is this?

Reece · 03-20-19, 08:00 PM

The closest I could find was a Spanish Cross.

But after 2hrs I gave up!!

Armistead · 03-20-19, 10:56 PM

There are other medals, I'll try to post, but two have the same markings, but have Oberpleis under the I. F1 beside the date, but I find nothing on it searching.

Armistead · 03-20-19, 11:04 PM

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Armistead · 03-20-19, 11:07 PM

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I'm thinking shooting, sports, targets, the one looks like shooting at targets and not dressed military to me

Schroeder · 03-21-19, 01:55 AM

Those do indeed look like target shooting medals. Shooting clubs here in Germany hand those out to their members. They have no official meaning as far as I know and just represent that a shooter has scored well (not sure if there are any real criteria to be met). Oberpleis is a city at the Rhine river so that would fit as well.

If you put the German term "schützenmedaillien" (target shooter medals) in a search engine you'll get fairly similar results:https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sch%C3%BCt...ages&ia=images

And here for "Schützenorden" (which means the same):https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sch%C3%BCt...ages&ia=images

Aktungbby · 03-21-19, 08:57 AM

^YUP THE REVERSE SIDE WREATHS AND THE POSTURE, LEDERHUSEN AND HAT STYLE

OF THE DEPICTED SHOOTERS ALL HAVE SIMILAR GERMANIC 'CLUB' CHARACTERISTICS.

..SO NOW TO FIND THE CLUB!

I SIUSPECT AMISTEADS IS FROM 1836'S THOUGH...

03-20-19, 08:00 PM	#1
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,700 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	The closest I could find was a Spanish Cross. But after 2hrs I gave up!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

03-20-19, 10:56 PM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	There are other medals, I'll try to post, but two have the same markings, but have Oberpleis under the I. F1 beside the date, but I find nothing on it searching. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

03-20-19, 11:04 PM	#3
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	54228869_2227957290585355_4902394599298826240_n.jpg 54256713_2227957220585362_6185079255035019264_n.jpg __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

03-20-19, 11:07 PM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	54258205_2227957347252016_8337117531168833536_n.jpg 54434384_2227957297252021_7806646678785622016_n.jpg I'm thinking shooting, sports, targets, the one looks like shooting at targets and not dressed military to me __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

03-21-19, 01:55 AM	#5
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Those do indeed look like target shooting medals. Shooting clubs here in Germany hand those out to their members. They have no official meaning as far as I know and just represent that a shooter has scored well (not sure if there are any real criteria to be met). Oberpleis is a city at the Rhine river so that would fit as well. If you put the German term "schützenmedaillien" (target shooter medals) in a search engine you'll get fairly similar results:https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sch%C3%BCt...ages&ia=images And here for "Schützenorden" (which means the same):https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sch%C3%BCt...ages&ia=images __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

03-21-19, 08:57 AM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,997 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	^YUP THE REVERSE SIDE WREATHS AND THE POSTURE, LEDERHUSEN AND HAT STYLE OF THE DEPICTED SHOOTERS ALL HAVE SIMILAR GERMANIC 'CLUB' CHARACTERISTICS. ..SO NOW TO FIND THE CLUB! I SIUSPECT AMISTEADS IS FROM 1836'S THOUGH... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 03-21-19 at 09:05 AM.