Claudio Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Dear forumites,I just wanted to share a picture I found on Ebay (not bought yet)... it looks like he's wearing a bar like one I own, with the difference that it's missing the last Bulgarian WWI commemorative medal... The bar might have updated later with the addition of the Bulgarian medal... Too bad for 2 things: the ribbons are folded differently and there is no name of that officer on the picture.I am just posting it out of sheer curiosity...ciao,Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 yeah-but what are the odds of someone else having that combo with no LS medals? 1:1000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Hi Claudio, i think you have to buy this card. Good luckChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Is Robert Noss selling the photo? I have the exact image (showing his EK1 and sleeve insignia) in my files from him, with name, position, and place. And since it was taken in 1936, could well be BEFORE the odd Bulgarian medal there, since most Germans seem to have gotten it in a wave of applications that began in 1938. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Would this not be the bog standard group of a sailor who took part inthe Fininish fighting? I would assume most of his shipmates would have gotten it. As he seems to be a merchant seaman after the war there would be no long service medals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nothing boggy about a Cross of Liberty 3rd Class 1918. As an Oberleutnant zS dR he was the 1st Officer of a transport steamer that delivered the German expeditionary force to Finland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Claudio, on your bar:1.) the Hindenburg cross is closer to the Hanseatenkreuz2.) the Hindenburg cross is hanging lower as the Hanseatenkreuz3.) the EK is higher then the Hanseatenkreuz 4.) the ribbons are folded different.Now, all this could have been rearranged when the Bulgarian award was added - and the two bars are indeed identical.I agree, you got to get the photographRegards, Hardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 yeah-but what are the odds of someone else having that combo with no LS medals? 1:1000?I think the odds are much less than 1:1000! I don't think that there were more than 50 officers wearing the Cross of Liberty 3rd Class 1918 and the Hanseatenkreuz of Hamburg (50'000 awards given)... ciao,Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Here's a shot of the reverse of my bar: it screams all the way "Navy Bar" to me!Ciao,Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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