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THE ARCHIVES AND ALL PROPERTIED OF THE AUSTRIAN ORDERS, I.E. -- THE IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN ORDER OF LEOPOLD, THE IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN ORDER OF THE IRON CROWN} AND THE IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN ORDER OF FRANZ JOSEPH~ ARE PRESERVED IN THE HOUBE~ COURT AND STATE ARCHIVES IN VIENNA. THESE ORDERS DO NOT FUNC- TION ANYMORE AND THEREFORE NO 0RDERS--0FFICIALS ARE IN EXISTENCE. THE 0RDERB--JEWELER ROTHE IN VIENNA MANUFACTURES ALL 0RDERB IN ANY FORM -- GOLD~ SILVER--SILT~ OR BONZE--GILT. ONLY THE DECORATIONS OF THE OR- DER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE AND THE ORDER OF THE ~TARRY CROSS HE MAY NOT MAN- UFACTURE WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE RESPECTIVE ORDER GHANCELLORIES. THE HIGHLY NOBLE ORDER OF THE ~TARRY CROSS~ FOR WHICH THE HIGHEST PROTECTRESB IS REGINA - SPOUSE OF 0TTO~ IS STILL IN EXISTENCE AND IS STILL AWARGED. THERE ALSO EXISTS A ~ECRETARY~ GRAF GEORG V0N NOSTITZ-RIENECK. THE ARCHIVES OF THE ORDER OF THE STARRY CROSS ARE HOUSED AT THE AUSTRIAN STATE ARCHIVES~ DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION~ AS THE ARCHIVES OF THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE ARE LOCATED IN THE HOUSE~ COURT AND STATE ARCHIVES. BOTH ARCHIVES ARE ON LOAN~ AND MAY ONLY BE USED WITH SPECIAL PER- MISSION FROM OTTO AND REGINA HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN. THE METHOD OF PROTOGOL GOES THROUGH THE ORDER GREFFIER AND THE {NTERIM CHANCELLOR OF THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN. FLEECE~ OR THE SECRETARY OF THE ORDER OF THE ~TARRY CROSS. WHEREAS NO PROOF OF NOBILITY IB NECESSARY FOR THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECEs EACH DAME OF THE ORDER OF THE ~TARRY CROSS MUST BE ABLE TO PRODUCE IN HER ANCESTRAL TABLE EIGHT ANCESTORS 0P NOBLE SIRTH~ FOUR ON EACH BIDE. PREVIOUS TO THIS~ EACH LADY HAD TO PROVE TWELVE ANCEBTORB OF NOBLE BIRTH~ EIGHT ON THE FATHERIs SIDE AND FOUR ON THE MOTHERIs SLOE). ~HE 14UGT FUR- THERMORE BE MARRIED TO A CATHOLIC ~0BLEMAN~ WHO (.0ULD BE A K.u.K. (ROYAL AND IMPERIAL) KXMMERER (CHAMBERLAIN), OR A ROYAL KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF MALTA (I.E. WHO DAN PROCURE SIXTEEN NOBLE ANCESTORS, EIGHT ON EACH SIDE ON HIS ANCESTRAL TABLES). ONLY ARCHDUCCHEBBEB AND COURT LADLES SERVING THEM MAY BE SINGLE A6 DAMES OF THE ORDER OF THE ~TARRY CROSS; 0THERWISE (CATHOLIC) MARRIAGE WITH A PERSON OF EQUAL EIRTH IS A PREREQUISITE. THE KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE ONLY MUST BE ~OBLE AND CATHOLIC~ BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PRO CURE ANY ANCESTRAL TABLE AND MAY bE MARRIED OR SINGLE. BUT~ HE CANNOT BE A MEMBER OF THE CLERGV~ NOR A MEMBER OF THE DEUTSCHER HERR (KNIGHT OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER). HE MAY BE A KNIGHT OF THE 0FDER OF ~ALTA~ BUT ~ITHOUT ANY VOWS. BESIDES MERITORIOUS BEHAVIOR IN BEHALF OF THE ~0VEREIGN HOUBE AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND &PECIAL FIDELITY TOWARD~ THE 0RDER-CHIEF AND ~0VEREtGN~ A KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE IS EXPECTED TO LEAD AN IRREPROACHABLE LIFE. THERE ARE CF COURSE EXCEPTIONS; 8C--CALLED CHAMBERLAINS OF GRACE (GNADEN- K~MMERER) TITLES WERE AWARDED DL’~ING THE MONARCHY° ALB0 THERE WERE} AND STILL ARE LA01ES CF DAMES OF ~RACE (GNADEN-~TEPNKREUZOPDENBDAMEN) OF THE ORDER OF THE 3TARRY CPOSS IN A FEV, EXCEPTIONS. IN THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE~ THOSE EXCEPTIONB CONSIST GENERALLY THAT EVEFY NOW AND THEN A FFEI-- HERR, ~ARCN OR A NCBLE~;AN OF LOWER RANK (~ITTER~ EDLER VON~ VON) IB AWARD- ED THE ORDER. 0THERWlSE~ ONLY ARCHOUKES~ PRINCES OF THE IMPERIAL OR ROYAL HOUSE, DUKES, ~OVE~EIGN PRINCES (FOR~TEN), PRINCES AND COUNTS (GRAFEN) CO~LO RECEIVE THIS HIGH H3NCR. THE MINISTERS OF THE K.u.K. (IMPERIAL AND ROYAL~ HOUSE AND OF THE EXTEmlOR -- WITH A FE~ EXCEPTIONS -- AND FURTHERMORE THE 0EERSTHOFMEISTER (LORD HIGH 3TEWAmD) AND OTHER COURT 0FFICIAL8~ AND THE E~UCATOFS OF THE CRO~N PFilNCES EVENTUALLY RECEIVED THE 0ROER~ PROVID- ING THEY ~EPE OF" NOBLE BIRTH AND AERE OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH. COVER PHOTO - "kEUES FU%KTI’~NEZEICHEN~ KANZLER DES 0RDEf~S VOM GOLDENEN VLIEEBII - THE F;E£’v FL.%CTION BADGE OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE ORDER OF THE ~OLDE:\ FLEECE. THE RED RIBBON OF THE ORDER IS U.C;ED. 4 AIR FORCE BADGE8 OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE 191~ - 1921 PART 2 BY DR. KLIETMANN THE BADGE FOR THE MILITARY OBSERVER OFFICERS, WITH THE FURTHER ENLARGEMENT OF THE BEGINNING OF THE ROYAL PRUSSIAN AIR FORCEr THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND KING OF PRUSSIA WILLIAM II INSTITUTED A BADGE FOR OBSERVER OFFICERS (FROM AIRCRAFT) ON JANUARY 279 1914. THE COMPLETE ~EXT OF THE FOUNDA- TION DECREE RUNS= ~ACCORDING TO THE REPORT GIVEN TO ME~ I APPROVE THE ENCLOSED PATTERN OF THE BADGE FOR OBSERVER OFFICERS OUT OF AEROPLANES.,..,. THE MINISTRY OF WAR HAS TO ORDER ALL OTHERS.n BERLIN -- JANUARY 27, 1914. (SIGNED) WILLIAM To THE MINISTRY OF WAR~V. FALKENHAYN THE SAME DAYj THE MINISTRY OF WAR ORDERED THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND LAYING DOWN OF DETAILS CONCERNING THE BADGE= ~1) THE BADGE CONSISTS OF SILVER AND IS TO BE WORN ON THE SERVICE DRESS TUNIC AS ON THE FIELD GRAY JACKET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LEFT BREAST AND IT IS TO BE FASTENED WITH A NEEDLE. THE OFFICERS WILL ALSO WEAR IT IN THE SAME WAY ON OTHER SIMILAR TUNICS. h2) CONCERNING THE AWARD OF THE BADGE~ WITH THE HIGHEST AUTHORIZATION THE FOLLOWING IS APPOINTED{ THE BADGE FOR OBSERVER OFFICERS IS TO BE A-- WARDED BY THE GENERAL INSPECTION OF THE MILITARY TRANSPORT AND ~UPPLY DEPARTMENT BY THE PRESENTATION OF A BESTOWAL DIPLOMA TO THOSE OFFICERS WHO (A) PERFORMED AT LEAST A DISTANCE OF 1~000 KM, ON OVERLAND FLIGHT&I ETC. THE CHIEF OF THE GERMAN AIR FORCE DEPARTMENT -- THOMSEN --ORDERED ON SEPTEMBER ~ 191~, THAT THE NEXT-OF--KIN OF FALLEN PILOTS AND OBSERVERS WERE TO BE ALLOWED TO KEEP THESE BADGES. THE TERMINATION DAY FOR~THE AWARDING OF THIS BADGE HAD BEEN JANUARY ~lp 1921~ AND AFTER THAT DAY~ ONLYEXCEPTIONS WOULD BE ALLOWED. THE NUM- BER OF RECIPIENTS IS UNKNOWN~ BECAUSE ONLY THE DECREES WERE HANDED OUT TO THE RECIPIENTS. THIS FIGURE IS NOT AVAILABLEj AS THE PERTINENT RECORDS DO NOT EXIST ANY MORE. THIS BADGE IS A SINGLE PIECE~ HOLLOW OR MASSIV (SOLID)~ AND MINTED (STRUCK) OR CAST EXAMPLES EXIST. GENUINE SILVER ITEMS WERE MANUFACTURED AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THE BADGE IS SIMILAR TO THE MILITARY PILOTS1 BADGED(SEE JULY 16~ ISSUE)~ BUT IN THE CENTER IS FIXED THE BADGE OF A GERMAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS BLACK AND ~ITE QUARTERED~ SURROUNDED BY A RED BORDER. THESE BADGES EXIST IN THREE ~IZE~I A~ THE NORMAL SIZE -- 4~-4~ MM TO 70-71MM. B~ THE HALF--MINIATURE - PROBABLY ~20 TO ~ MM, C) THE PINBACK MINIATURE -- 11 TO 20 MM, THE OWNER OF THE BADGE (RECIPIENT) HAD TO PURCHASE IT HIM@ELF, EVERY FIRM COULD MANUFACTURE THESE BABGEGm AND THERE WERE NO SPECIAL REGULA- TIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE, ONLY THE USUAL FORM~ THE SILVER COLORm AND THE COLORED ENAMELED CENTERPIECE WEFE REQUI,~BD. MANY VARIETIES HAVE BEEN MADE IN ~0 YEARS. ~OME MANUFACTURERS MADE THE SAME BADGE IN DIFFERENT QUALITIES AND AT DIFFERENT PRICES. BADGES WITH A HALLMARK ARE UNUSUAL AND OF NO IMPORTANCE~ BECAUSE IT WAS UP TO EVERY MANUFACTURER TO SELL THE BADGE WITH OR WITHOUT THE HALLMARK. NAZI MEDALS tN JAPAN " BY DAVID R. NORTHEY ’NHEN 0BERt.I.AAT CONRAD METZNER RECEIVED HIS IRON CROSS (1939 TYPE, 18T CLASS) IN 1943, HE HAD SAVED ~9 MEN FROM THE TORPEDOED AUXILIARY CRUISER "~ICHELI1 (SHIP 2H) OFF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN IN OCTOBER. THE CROSS THAT HE ACT- UALLY RECEIVED WAS MADE OF PURE JAPANESE BILVER~ WITH A COPPER SWASTIKA. THESE WERE EVIDENTLY JAPANESE COPIES OF THE NAZI IIIRONtl IRON CROSSES. BECAUSE JAPAN WAS FAR AWAY FROM THE GERMAN ~EICHLAND~ THERE WERE NO REG- ULATION IRON CRO3SES TO BE HAD, SO THE JAPANESE MADE SILVER COPIES FOR THE GERMANS. MR. METZNER KNOWS OF AT LEAST 29 OTHER GERMAN SAILORS WHO GOT THIS COPY OF THE CROBS~’AT~THE SAME TIME HE OlD. AL80~ CERTIFICATES WERE HAND-- ED OUT SIGNED BY ADMIRAL ~IENNKER (GERMAN NAVAL ATTACHE IN TOKYO~ JAPAN). ADM. WENNKER CERTIFIED THAT METZNER HAD WON BOTH HIS IRON CROSS 18T CLASS AND OTHER BADGES. IT IS REPORTED THAT METZNER TOOK HIS CROSS TO A JEWELER TO HAVE IT PIN FIRED, AND THE JEWELER REMARKED THAT IT WAS PURE SILVER. WHEN POLISH- ING WAS TRIED~ THE PAINT CAME OFF THE BWASTIKA~ AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE OF COPPER. THIS CROSS IS EVIDENTLY N0W IN THE HANDS OF METZNERIS BROTHER IN GER- MANY AND PICTURES OF IT ARE HOPED TO BE OBTAINED. ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WILL BE APPRECIATED. MORE INFORMATION ON THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE BY JACK SWEETMAN REFERRING TO MY ARTICLE IN THE SEPTEMBER t~ ISSUE OF THIS JOURNAL~ l HAVE DISCOVERED A MISTAKE. THERE tS AT LEAST ONE BULLION STAR EXTANT. iT IS THE ONE AWARDED TO TALLEYRAND~ WHICH IS PRESERVED IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEE - CHATEAU DE VALENCAY~ IN FRANCE. IN ADDITION~ A GOLDEN MINIATURE OF THE BADGE WAS OFFERED ON A BAR- RETTE WITH TWO OTHER MINIATURES BY JACQUES 3CHULMAN AT AUCTION IN MAY~ 1962. FIRST FOREIGNER TO RECEIVE THE U.8. MEDAL OF MERIT BY DAVID R. NORTHEY MR° EDGAR SENGIER OF BELGIUM MERITS OUR MENTION HERE~ AS HE WAS THE FIRST FOREIGN RECIPIENT OF THE U.S. MEDAL OF MERIT (NOW OBSOLETE). HE DIED IN CANNE; FRANCE AT THE AGE OF ~4. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF UNION MINIERE OU HAUT KATANGA~ THE INDUSTRIAL MINING COMPLEX IN KATANGA; A PROVINCE OF THE CONGO~ WHEN WORLD WAR 11 .
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    HATE ON DISPLAY™ HATE SYMBOLS DATABASE 1 HATE ON DISPLAY This database provides an overview of many of the symbols most frequently used by a variety of white supremacist groups and movements, as well as some other types of hate groups. You can find the full listings at adl.org/hate-symbols INTRODUCTION TO THE HATE ON DISPLAY HATE SYMBOLS DATABASE ADL is a leading anti-hate organization that was founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of anti-Semitism and bigotry. Today, ADL is the first call when acts of anti-Semitism occur and continues to fight all forms of hate. A global leader in exposing extremism, delivering anti-bias education and fighting hate online, ADL’s ultimate goal is a world in which no group or individual suffers from bias, discrimination or hate. ADL’s Center on Extremism debuted its Hate on Display hate symbols database in 2000, establishing the database as the first and foremost resource on the internet for symbols, codes, and memes used by white supremacists and other types of haters. Over the past two decades, Hate on Display has regularly been updated with new symbols and images as they have come into common use by extremists, as well as new functions to make it more useful and convenient for users. Although the database contains many examples of online usage and shared graphics, another feature that makes it unique is its emphasis on real world examples of hate symbols—showing them as extremists actually use them: on signs and clothing, graffiti and jewelry, and even on their own bodies as tattoos and brands.