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Mr Humber, Welcome to the GMIC! A very nice set of medals...i hope you honour him and keep these ...even frame them! They are in some order...but if you swap the 1939-45 star with the Atlantic star...they will be in perfect order. Once again a hearty welcome! Regards Paul

Here is a 6 place full size bar....named to an E Cullen. the naming is engraved jeweller style...not official And the Oak leaf is not a MID oak leaf... What do the esteemed gents think this bar is worth?? Thanks for all your help!

Hello again Gents, Further to my posts on my Grandfather, Flt Sgt Clifford Harry Palmer of 547 SQN RAF He gave me his original minatures today! I am so pleased! these are of the old style manufacture....the stars are made of the same metal as the full sized ones and have separate rings! Much nicer than modern copies.....they are so garish and bright and are one piece!.... The only thing...is it is missing his France and Germany clasp...BooHoo! Has ANYONE??? got a period clasp that i can add to complete this set?? I wish to mount them in a Glass/Wooden frame for display with his AG wing and some other pics and momentoes of his service.... Please help! Also to follow are two groups that i may purchase...what do the gents think?? How much would the WWI 4 place minature bar be worth?? Kind Regards Paul

Gents, Well actually if you read post #2 i was the first one that mentioned that it was a non combattants KDM.... Anyway its fun to have a Quiz...as Christian says... Cheers Paul

Wild Card, Phew! i am glad there was no offence taken... As far as the Prinzen dilemma...i am not very well versed in this form of medals and am not sure what to make of them... Why were they even used? Maybe a thread explaining these will be a useful addition to our knowledge archives. Maybe a more knowledgeable gent can shed some light on this... Kind regards Paul

Wild Card, I am not sure what you mean... I was not being sarcastic..please beleive me...i genuinely think you are right with the Prinzen idea...I just felt a bit stupid for not picking up that myself... As for the ribbons...i was referring to the fact that the Centar medal ribbon was folded over the KDM...i think that the KDM ribbon should cover the Centar medal in order of precedence. I was just posing another question about the irregularities of the bar...as the Stogie is asking of us... Regards Paul

Yes Wild Card...you got it...its a prinzen Centar....of course! and then why is the Centar ribbon in front of the KDM??

isn't that a non combattants steel KDM? and thats not a pre 1900 mounting style....

Hi Paul, Nice Bar! A good trade! Pity the 1866 war medals ribbon is mostly hidden...but still a very nice bar! Cheers Paul in NZ

Here is the reverse....

A close up... I have since cleaned the box out ...got rid of the fluff left by the fine wrapping.... Looks really good now!

The medal.....

The wrapping tissues...2 of them! one with Writing on it and the other of a very fine material....

Hi Darrell, Nice Victory medals! Heres one My Girlfriend bought me...( she is Japanese) A nice China Incident medal with case and wrapping tissues.... More pics to follow... Enjoy! Cheers Paul

A nice story Mr Wild Card...its good to hear of these stories...its amazing what does turn up over the years...should be even better odds now with the Internet bringing collectors together who would normally be separated by the vast distances in between... So..did you get the documents? Kind regards Paul

Thanks Cr,! Never seen a minature ribbon stickpin before..... Now...I WANT ONE! Still on the slippery slope......

Nice Cross Heiko!

Here is my only Vets bar.... EKII and Kyffhauser.... The EK is maker marked...'H'

Heres a piece i picked up as part of a grouping... It reads, TISCH GESz FROHEN STUNDE GEGR 21V 1905 It has the makers mark of Deschler and Sohn Munchen 9 What was it for??

Gents, an Update! I have contacted the buyer of all the other ribbon charts and he is happy for me to photograph the pages he has... YAY! Stay tuned! Maybe some long and old Mysteries will be cleared up soon! Regards Paul

Excellent stuff! Thanks for showing! Regards Paul

Hi Micha, Leave the bar as it is...these ribbons are original. What Stogie was saying was...that finding original ribbons for replacement, would be Impossible..But the repro ribbons would be available.. Lovely bar by the way...wanna sell? Regards Paul

Dave, Here is the reverse of the Alfred Holz Picture Hope you can decipher this script... Cheers Paul

Stunning! Is all i can say.....

Hi Dave, Thank you so much for your help here! How on earth do you do it? man you must have years of experience! Its great to know a little more about these Gents of yesteryear! I will post a pic of the writing on the back of the Alfred Holz pic So you may have a little more to go on... Once again, thankyou! Kind regards Paul