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Good Morning Gents, I have the possibility of purchasing this tunic. Heer Unteroffizier piped parade tunic, with the upsidedown collar tress. Its in pretty good condition. I want to know what the Esteemed Gentlemen think this tunic is worth.... so i can approach the seller and make a decent offer that he will not sneeze at. Comments appreciated! thanks! Best regards paul
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Hi Dave, Nic Bars! Thanks for showing! Now one question... I have seen a few bars with the single prong for suspending the medal on the reverse...with the medal beign attached from the front. Why would the Jeweller /assembler leave this pin there and carefully cut a hole for it to poke thru the felt backing...? Perhaps as a tensioning device for keeping the bars pin closed? hmmmmm....worth thinking about... Cheers Gents Paul
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Hello Gents, The bar i posted in post #41 has arrived, and i was perusing this thread and noticed that in post #39 there is a Baden War merit cross there with a different ribbon to my one... Now i was led to understand that these medals were only awarded in Non-combattants guise... correct me if i am wrong....But what does the other ribbon signify? home service perhaps? Also the medal itself...there seems to be two variations of this medal. One is like mine...all Matt grey with a silver center inlay... I have seen another on this thread that has a goldenish colour....with silver inlay... Now what gives?? were there different grades of this medal? or is it a jewllers copy that a vet had made? Thanks for your help gents....its all good knowledge gained! Regards Paul
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Cheers Jason. I am curious about these bars...and before i leap in at the deep end...i want to learn about these bars. So i have been looking at one with the Paris and Gravelotte St privat bars but do not want to buy a fakery. That saxon bar is quite cute! cheers mate! I am still looking in wonder at the Bar that came this morning...its soo much nicer to behold in the hands! anyway i will look at more examples of the campaign bars... i will photoshop it a bit more and see if i can get it to show up better........ Regards Paul
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Hello Gents, i was just browsing through the forums, as one does to gai knowledge. The Japanese Document above is indeed about Showa. I have a Japanese Girlfriend and she is in Japan at present. I sent this document to her and this is what she says it is....... about the letter, in Japan, we have to take a census ( the state [condition] of a country) per 4 years.. Japanese and foreing people live in Japan too!! so this year is a census year in this Oct.. a census taker can get this letter. my mom is a census taker!! so she has same letter now.!! showa is the name of an era.. in Japan, it changes by emperor. now, it's " heisei" !! because showa emperor died 17 years ago.. we have many the name of an ra.. for example, "taisyo" "edo" "heisei" "showa".. can you understand? sorry poor my English. So there you go! Oh!, and Laurence...post your document that you want transalated and i'll get her to look at it... Cheers Gents Paul
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Thankyou Dave! Excellent reference indeed. Are you possibly going to add the service medals to the categories? I think that this would be most helpful. Best regards Paul Please gents....i need an estimation...negotiations are in place....and i want to get this bar! But i am not that rich ( or crazy!) i can afford to buy everything in sight...so have to be choosy and pick up certain ones ( the price is right) rather than everything that i like...... it would be nice...( wishful thinking...) Many Thanks!
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Stogie, what do you mean by MVK3 on a statute? Rick, thanks for the explanation on the Abbreviations, now i understand how to abbreviate the Swords and the crown. What does the MVK2X look like? Well hopefully this bar will be in my Sweaty hands, ( i will wash them first!) soon....just an aside...what you reckon its worth? More knowledge and understanding gained! makes my day! Cheers Paul
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Thanks Heiko! I sort of knew thats what it was... I still want to know what the abbreviation is for it MVKCX? The second bar? really? ok cool I was under the impression that it might be a Bavarian Reservists Medal 2nd class. But its nice to know that its a peacetime ribbon on the MVK Thanks again! Paul
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Well, i am going to keep an eye on it anyway...and see what happens... I am tempted to try for the Medal LESS Bar...could replace the medlas individually easily enough... BUT! I would like the whole group! and its thanks to people like this...we nver get to see these groups together ...even for sale....as GREEDY MONGRUELS want MONEY....so they just tear up History willy nilly and dont give a toss for History or that persons contribution... Harrrrumph! Gone to have a scotch...to calm down..... Regards Paul
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Hello again Gents, I ahve bought a Bavarian bar on E-bay and will need t replace one medal with the correct Bavarian DA 9yrs service medal. My Question is on the MVK, Militar Verdienst Kreuz Now what abbreviations should be used when describing the medal shown? as it has both crown and swords...and what class is this one...the 3rd? I have already sourced a 9yr to complete the bar and restore it back to original. Seems to be me lately...getiing a few fix-up bars...oh well, someones gotta do it... Cheers for the help gents! Regards Paul