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..... or, "How a 35 Year Old gets 25 Years Long Service Credit". There will be a series of 4 scans....... I invite Herr Research to post them and then explain this to us all. WARNING! Don't try this at home! (The Producers, hereinafter referred to as "The Producers", of this program hereby absolve themselves of any and all liability regarding the absorbtion of this material into any and all brains of any/all said Readers, hereinafter referred to as "The Readers" of the herein specified material. The Producers both separately and jointly deny any prior knowledge that absorbtion of said material may inadvertently cause the (heretofore specified said Readers of said information's) brains to explode, implode, splatter across desks, work stations and/or monitors. Furthermore, The Readers herein absolve said Producers of any and all liability, both separately and jointly, from now to infinity, regarding the absorbtion of said specified material)
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Rick, nice thread on an often overlooked part of a man's history. My very first Imperial Group was to a Saxon Leutnant (AOR1wX/AOR2wX, etc.) from WW1. I received his medal bar, ribbon bar and documents. The Patents were all hand-signed by King Albert and very cool (thought I at the time). Every award document was there as well except one! He had a WW2 25-Year LS Cross on the bar, but the document was not in the group. I always thought that of everything they saved, the WW2 document was the one thing they threw away.
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I think it depends on the style of mounting. Some bars are wrapped so tight nothing moves, so damage would only occur if dropped. Other bars are loosely wrapped, or "clip-on" style and the awards clink together constantly. Enamel work is really glass (colored) so clinking is never a good idea. Sometimes you'll find these with (period) tie-downs on not just the suspension rings, but the ?se at the top of the award and even around the top "arm" of the decoration. So at least some of these guys were aware of the (potential) damage that could happen to these simply by being worn and took steps to prevent it. A sad but real occurance to 60-100 year old pieces. When the groups are mounted, I never worry about damages.... the bar is an intact piece of history so (for me) even a bar chipped to heck has real value and perspective. One of the first (type 1) BMVK's I had (enameled/no flames) was on a small medal bar and almost all the enamel was damaged and or chipped.... I sold the bar in Germany at auction and it fetched over 1200- even trashed. So sometimes, a piece is so rare, damages don't impede the value in the least!
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Please note below: "a welcome change from much of the "public".......... " Hmmmm, in The Communistwealth of Massachusetts, usage of the word "most" is indicitive of "not all" You "Left Coast" guys, so sensitive......... please move here where we are the "Kings" of sensitivity........ even if I did something wrong, hey, In Massachusetts, I mean Taxachusetts, I mean the Communistwealth...... anyway... ... the point is here, we have an "anything goes" free for all. All for one and all for one....... The needs of the few, or the one; outweigh the needs of the many. Why just look at the complicated lengths we go to satisfy a Massa..... (ahhh, heck! you know) "dinosaur" like Rick research. Illegal smuggling of fraudulantly declared "non-biohazard medical waste" shipped here weekly to satisfy his socially-deviant need to own every one of these! (Think I'm kidding about the medical waste thing? Hah, they have yet to open and "inspect" one of these parcels!) (Oh yeah, I also like to use: "Human tissue for laboratory experiments") Anyway, you get my drift, why he even made his poor Mum drive him over here to the castle to get his greedy little paws on the group this morning. In most countries (and states) this would be considered elder-abuse and swiftly punished by the law........ not here! Remember our State Motto: "Quis vado" cheeky
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Hi Paul, remember that despite being retired; most of these guys would be active in some type of veteran's organization, fraternal order, etc...... and they would wear their medal bars any (every?) chance they had. There's no shortage of fotos floating about with pictures of civilians wearing full-dress military medal bars, not "frack" bars......
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Stogieman replied to a topic in Germany: Third Reich: Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Hi Robin, the "wear pattern" has naught to do with actual wear & use, but rather to a chemical reaction between the gilding and the zinc "kriegs-metal" base material. The term loosely associated with the phenomenon most often by collectors is "absorbed"..... However in reality, it is just the opposite. -
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Stogieman replied to a topic in Germany: Third Reich: Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
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Stogieman replied to a topic in Germany: Third Reich: Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Hi Val, almost impossible to judge one of these from photos of this quality. But right off the bat...... Number plate doesn't conform to "textbook" examples Number box seems "soft" and not as distinctly shaped as it should be Insert does not fit to wreath the way it should (look at gap at the end of the bayonet & Grenade on the left. Compare to this "75" -
It's always interesting when these Sax-Weimar ribbons show up with the swords on them. A rather "over the top" statement as the award itself signifies combat, as opposed to other medals where the combat award is actually designated by the swords. Here's another example. A set of 3 bars to one man, with matching bow. All with the Sax-Weimar War Medal with (redundant) Swords!