Thanks for your comments! The Saxon bar has arrived and I'm starting to restore it. There are several possbilities that could go on the last ribbon, but I'm thinking that the Bulgaria Bravery Cross is the most likely as the merit medal seemed to have been awarded to rear area types? The medals seem not even to have bee sewn in, but rather the ribbon ring placed through the narrow opening at the bottom of the trifold and, being larger, preventing the medals from falling out.
Matthew
The top bar is an enlisted man's, an officer would have had the 1905 jubilee medal if he had the long service award. The Ludwig cross is not meant to be worn with any other bavarian war decoration, but this is a rule we've seen broken a few times. Just a couple of points i though i'd throw in.
Matthew
Perhaps an Italian St. Maurice and Lazarus? Or a saxon dutchy long service award? I think lifesaving awards had pride of place in front of any other peacetime ones. Its probably something foreign in last place.
Another medal bar still on the way, mounted in saxon style and in need of some restoration!. I'm thinking Brunswick KVK, Saxon FAM in silver (due to number of awards it is more likely for an NCO) and a Bulgarian Soldier's Cross for Bravery (gold or silver?)
Hello all,
Thought I would show some recent purchases. Nothing really rare but nice all the same!
First off, an Oldenburg non-combatant ribbon bar. I'm not sure if the middle two are an RAO and a PKO or a long service and allgemeines ehrenzeichen, but leaning towards the former:
First bar: Albert Order 2nd Class with swords, iron cross (but you know that ), Ernestine House Order and long service award, since the recipient was an officer probably an LD2.
Second Bar: Iron cross, St. Henry medal (99.9% silver), Friedrich August Medaille (probaly silver for NCOs due to long service award), Honour Cross with swords, Long service award.
Matthew
Thank you for that detailed expalantion Dave!! So in general an NCO would be awarded the gilt version of the Soldiers' Cross (meaning the 1st or 2nd class) whilst a private would be given the silver version (3rd or 4th class)? I assume this applied to foreign nations like Germany and Austria as well during WW1? And the other two decorations (the National Order of Military Merit and the Military Order for Bravery) were strictly officer-only?
Thanks once again!!
Matthew
Perhaps someone restored this bar and didn't use the exact decorations? My reason for thinking this is that the RAO and Crown Order seem to hang quite low.
Matthew
Hello all,
Some basic questions about WW1 Bulgarian awards. As I understand it, Bulgaria awarded the Soldier's Cross for Bravery and the Military Order for Bravery during WW1. The former was split into 4 whilst the latter was split into 6.
Now for the questions: Was the Soldiers' cross for bravery awarded purely to privates or also NCO's? Or were NCOs awarded the sixth class of the Military Order? Did they also receive the 'with crown' version? Also, were the gold (1st and 2nd class) and the silver (3rd and fourth class) awarded according to the status of the recipient of for different degrees of bravery? Did the award of a higher class require the previous award of a lower?
Thank you very much.
PS: Here are pics of the awards, just in case the names are wrong:
Soldiers' Bravery Cross
Military Order for Bravery
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