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A certain ribbon bar in there looks awfully familiar...

Sometimes a little comic relief is a good thing...

There's a fine line between collecting something, and wallowing in it. I daresay that line was just crossed... Wow. --Chris

Perhaps lending a bit of creedence to the presence of the wound badge in that group... --Chris

That's about as much as I was able to discern out of the whole thing. Hrm. Curiouser and curiouser...

...any clue what this is?

I think you might be thinking of the "Flower Wars" medals.

Did a little bit more digging based on that nudge there, and yep, it's the pre-1914 version of the ribbon in 4th place (which after the war started was awarded either with or without swords). Given the size of Reuss, there couldn't have been all that many possible recipients. --Chris

David... What is that plain purple ribbon on the bar with the Prussian War Merit and the Saxon St. Henry?

For reference, which ones were parts bars? I'm still in a bit over my head when it comes to medal bars. --Chris

They're rarer than hen's teeth, but they're perfectly within regulations. --Chris

Thanks!

What vintage is it? Thanks, --Chris

...anybody have a clue what the decoration on the far right is? --Chris

The only way I'd be able to afford a gold APB any time this century...

The Baden voluntary war aid ribbon doesn't fit, IMHO - either in terms of what it is, or where it is on the bar. I can't really figure out what else that ribbon could realistically be representing... --Chris

Another interesting tidbit that I managed to overlook until just now... A Prussian with a "South German" ribbon bar. Don't see that every day.

...plus the blue is a little different. It's damn near exactly the same blue as the blue of the Bavarian Long Service decoration, or the blue and white version of the Prince Alphons brooch thingy. Here are a couple additional pictures I've found on the website of a collector that specializes in Red Cross decorations: At the moment, my best guess is that it might be some sort of obscure shooting award or some hitherto unknown (unofficial?) dynastic award. There is a precedent for one of the other Prince Alphonse brooch ribbons being recycled on a shooting medal, and I can't help but wonder if that's what ultimately happened here. Thanks so much for sharing, but alas, no remedy to my madness. :speechless-smiley-004: --Chris

I've stared longingly at that exact same decoration, but unfortunately my mystery decoration is still a bit different. My tormentor doesn't have those narrow blue edge stripes...

Beyond my two non-combatant EK ribbon bars, I really don't have very much in that vein. This is about it:

Ah. Well at least we know that at least some of Weidinger's personal effects have survived to the present day, and entered onto the collector's market. As much of an insane long shot as it might be, I'm hoping that one of these days, a photo will surface. My bar had been narrowed down to seven possibles, only one of which I've been able to eliminate from the running. Of course, now I've got the "it's a small world" jingle running through my head. Ugh. --Chris

Perchance did you hang on to the photo of this earlier bar? For some inexplicable reason I've got the urge to stare at the swords on the Friedrichsorden to see if Weidinger ever shopped for ribbon bars somewhere where they stocked interesting s-hilted devices...

"...and I shall call him Mini-Me."

In the recent thread on non-combatant ribbon bars, Jason posted a medal bar with a few shooting medals on it. Does anyone have any other examples of this sort of thing that they might be able to share? I was unaware that these sorts of medals had ever made their way onto anything vaguely official. Thanks, --Chris

When viewing ribbon bars where there is a "missing" EK that really should be there, there's always the possibility that the EK was worn on the buttonhole. Can anyone point to any evidence as to whether or not the same holds true for medal bars? --Chris