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#5 looks like an attempt to approximate the Bulgarian Order of Military Merit.
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My " RUPERT " Paradummy
landsknechte replied to Mike's topic in Great Britain: Militaria: Badges, Uniforms & Equipment
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The 1922+ Red Cross/Volkspflege is the only think that I can think of that's even vaguely close. Perhaps faded as a result of unstable dyes (think how often you see that same red shift on the Czech Flower Wars ribbon), more than light.
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I'm far from being an expert in medal bar construction, but the hooks look like they were hand snipped out of sheet brass.
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Gorgeous bar, with the wonderful perk of being identified.
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Very nice find!! Can you poke and prod carefully on the back side of #8 and determine if the caramel colored front turns into a red where it's buried underneath the backing?
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They do have special UV blocking glass at frame shops that would help to protect the ribbons. If you're having something framed, it's worth the extra few bucks.
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Odds are that she'd be cool with all the "icky army stuff" around the house that most of are so fond of, and that spouses are so stereotypically adverse to...
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Was it a matter of the silver and bronze FAM being not being awarded sequentially, or the soldier choosing to wear the highest grade?
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This one makes me nervous. A recepient of both grades of the FAM would have been entitled to wear both, and the EK would have been in first place after 1934 when the Hindenburg Cross came on the scene. Saxons wearing their awards first is nothing unusual for wartime bars, the Bavarians did it too. However for a bar of this vintage??
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For what it's worth, the Flandernkreuz isn't even "legal" for wear on a medal bar with the Hindenburg Cross.
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He's got ribbons for the American Theater and the Europe / Africa / Middle East Theater, but no indication of service in the Pacific.
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Can anyone explain this strange little antique store find??
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Does anyone know if there is a listing of the German units involved in the liberation of Helsinki in 1918? --Chris
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Nice work!
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How about Oberleutnant Friedrich Freiherr von Berchem (I believe he mustered out as a Hauptmann), or Hauptmann d.R. Georg K?stner? Both Bavarians.
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Foreign Legion AND infantry clasps?
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That's a good sign, I was getting in the ballpark.
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Just to double check my understanding... Gross-Namaland + Oranje = 1906 ?
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Makes sense. I knew that the ribbon bar was post-1915, but didn't know the likelihood of EK vs. MEZ vs. MEZ + EK on the buttonhole. Frankly, I'm rather curious as to whether any related medal bars might surface out of the same collection.
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I'm still something of a newcomer to the history of DSWA... Would the ribbon in 1st place be more likely to be a 1914 EK, or a MEZ?
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There's a very real chance that I may have met him at some point along the line, knowing that we've both frequented some of the same shows. In all honesty, I can't put a face to the name though.
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Are 4 and 6 Russian?
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Actually, Don passed away in 2006 from what I understand. I bought this bar from Ed Anderson, who mentioned that he had some 20 or so more colonial medal bars that were going to be coming his way in the near future. I'll PM you his email address, since I don't know if he'd want it published on a forum. --Chris
