Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 ......... but what happens when the item tells the story, or perhaps tells only part of the story? What does this ribbon bar tell you? It was recently sold by Detlev Niemann in Germany and the photos used to illustrate this thread are courtesy of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 What about this example? What "story" does this bar tell you????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 How about now? Does this clear things up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Unfortunately, these were all sold as individual pieces..... perhaps this will really help you to "see the light".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Still have not caught the moral............... OK, I'll make it easy, these 3 together make you say............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landsknechte Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 OK, I'll make it easy, these 3 together make you say.............It's far less tacky to just wear a second row of ribbons than it is to weld two ribbon bars together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Chris is correct. All the bars shown belonged to the same man. The double-row set was stone-cold mint and doesn't appear to have ever been worn. The other interesting thing is the "close-enough" ribbon from (???) used to represent his Centennary Medal.A second set of bars, double row, was broken. The top row was sold with the medal bar itself, which I will post tonight with the bottom row sold off the following week..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 And here's the medal bar that started the whole thing. Same man, sold with upper row of 2 rows of ribbon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Now, to me, the really interesting thing here is to look at all the ribbon bars and the medal bar and notice how each incarnation of this man's history was mounted just a little bit different! He just couldn't seem to make up his mind whether to be "Austrian" or "German" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Unfortunately........ the first week, someone else beat me to the punch on the medal bar and half ribbon bar...The next week, someone (entirely different!!) beat me out of the loooooonnnnnggggg ribbon bar, but I was able to grab the double row set and the hack-job 9X one.The second row bar remains unsold.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 I will also add........ owning many groups of bars that I worked very hard to save and in the end being the only person (really seems that way) who cares that it's a group, I find no fault, no foul in this group being broken up by the original seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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