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Gents, Nice early jump wings as worn by Guards Maj Gen V. G. Zholudyev. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, P. F. Gribkov, Recon Squad Leader, 36th Tank Regiment, is in the 5 x For Valor club. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Another Cavalier group photo with at least two Full Cavaliers among them - one of whom is P. Ryzhov. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, A single Full Cavalier among his 2nd Sapper Battalion Cavalier compatriots. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, An unidentified Full Cavalier. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Full Cavalier F. Doynyak. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Full Cavalier senior noncommissioned officer P. Shagalov of the 28th East Siberian Rifle Regiment. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Full Cavalier Novikov of the Life Guards Moscow Regiment. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Full Cavalier Vitovt. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Full Cavalier P. V. Ageyev. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Full Cavalier A. Volkov. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, An unidentified Full Cavalier. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, An unidentified Full Cavalier. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, An unidentified Full Cavalier from the Siberian Rifle Regiment. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, French aviator and Full Cavalier Alfons Puare. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, An unidentified Full Cavalier from the Finnish Rifle Regiment. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, An unidentified Full Cavalier from the 55th Regiment. Regards, slava1stclass

Rick, This one came out of Canada and was listed by someone who principally sells British/Canadian medals. He did not hype it, but rather let the images and his simple listing title, "1914-18 WWI GERMAN WAR MEDAL GROUP OF 9" do the talking. Am I correct in interpreting your comments to mean this is a contrived group? Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, A final bar for this evening. Like the Saxon St. Henry bar and the Unknown Medal Bar (which caused Rick to faint), this was also recently sold on the well-known auction site. It went for between $475.00 and $485.00. Presented for your info/review. Regards, slava1stclass

Rick, I understand and support your point fully. My intent was/is simply to present this (and other) interesting bars for review. I have absolutely no stake in this. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, After just posting the Saxon St. Henry bar, I also came across this unknown-to-me bar which I thought you'd be interested in seeing. Like the Saxon bar, it also recently sold on the well-known auction site. Sale price was $1,136.00. Regards, slava1stclass

Christophe, It sold on eBay on July 20th, 2013. The seller is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. You can still see it on eBay when you search under the "Completed Listings" category using the words "Saxon Medal." Regards, slava1stclass

Christophe, The images are exactly as they are/were seen on the site. Sorry, I did not crop them - the seller did. Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Let me preface this post by stating this is not my area of expertise. Forum veterans know that my interest rests with Soviet Full Cavaliers/Knights of the Order of Glory. I came across this bar on the well-known auction site and thought I would post it here for your review/discussion. It was listed as described in this thread's title and recently sold for $1,760.85. Bar's description follows: "Here is a superb 8 piece Imperial German Saxon Military Order of St. Henry, and Military Order of St. Henry Medal Court Mounted Valor Group. The group consists of the following: Prussian 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class (magnetic center), Saxon Military Order of St. Henry Knight (silver/gilt and enamel), Saxon Military Order of St. Henry Medal (silver), Saxon Order of Albert the Brave Knight second class with swords (silver/gilt and enamel), Duchy of Anhalt 1914 Friedrich War Cross (bronze), 1914-1918 Hindenburg Cross with swords (magnetic), German 18 Year Long Service Cross (magnetic), German 4 Year Long Service Medal (magnetic). Medals are nicely toned and in excellent overall condition, St. Henry Knight with only slight enamel loss from contact. Ribbons and backing felt are also in excellent overall condition with slight fading and some wear to the ribbon of the Iron Cross. This combination of the award of the Order of St. Henry and the St. Henry Medal is quite scarce. This group could have been awarded to a German Aviator." Regards, slava1stclass

Gents, Add Guards Sergeant V. S. Ippolitova to the list. She was a combat medic. Five, that's right, five Medals for Valor. She is on the left in the wartime image. She is truly a soldier's soldier as embodied in her decision to wear nothing but her five For Valor medals on her medal bar. None of those fluff anniversary medals for her. I like it. Regards, slava1stclass