Unknown Medal

>>2953286
a greek cross

>>2953292
Any links for reference?

you were lucky to get it, the iron cross in possession of my great grandmother disappeared

I suspect it was taken by the people going over her estate

>>2953292
OP again, bottom looks too short to be a greek cross but still googling around.

How many children did she have? I believe there were metals for having children.

>>2953286

Can we see the back of it?

It looks like something to do with the Order of St John?

>>2954000
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>>2953419
Roommate doesn't know. Only lead we have is that Ludendorf from the new Wonder Woman movie (world war 1) wears a super similar medal, in blue.

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>>2954108
fucked it up here it is.

I think it's prussian

>>2954143
It reminds me a lot of the medal for the prussian order of the black eagle is all Im saying. Prolly not related that theres not a damn eagle on it but its call I can say, not quite an expert on medals

>>2953286
>>2954115
carnival trash from the 1950s and up

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>>2954108
Probably the Pour le Mérite.

>>2954322
Wouldn't be surprised at this point, doesn't really exactly fit anything else. It's lightweight and feels pretty cheap too.

>>2954810
If it's light weight then it's almost certainly not gold or any other valuable metal.

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>>2953286
>>2953292
>>2953331

it's an amalfi cross, aka a maltese cross

looks similar to a prussian pour le merite

>>2954810
It could be a reproduction for someone in the family who didn't inherit the real ones, I have copies of my grandfathers through my mothers side because his son got the real ones

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>>2953292
How accurate is this?

>>2955620
Definitely nailed it on the pattern.
>>2955638
Sounds like this is the most likely solution. Thanks everyone for your help!

>>2955656
It's certainly what the religion taught, although whether or not anyone believed it or if the people in power were just using it for their own benefit is a different question entirely.

isn't it the ww2 german mothers cross? for bearing children?

It is no Pour le Merite or even the Order of the Black Eagle, it lacks the eagles on the angles and it is black