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For my inexperienced eyes I would say so but his stitching isnt as "bold" as before from what I can tell. He is even "redoing" some bars he already faked. Bar posted here before: And now "new" (sadly do not have pictures of the reverse):

I have saved some pictures of these fakes as well, whoever is making them uses a lot of bad ribbons from what I can see. Hope that he does not "fix" that Another example which showed up on "Kleinanzeigen":

Small "update": I decided to add a replacement for the missing Württemberg bravery award, I personally really like the look of the sequenze now that it is "completed".

I suppose this increases the value of the bavarian military merit cross for some collectors? I dont plan on selling it but I am just curious since I did not even know it had a 800 marked Godet cross when I bought it so another "special" cross would make this an even more extraordinary find for me.

Thank you very much for the explanation. Yes it is marked W&Co, as this is my first Bavarian military merit cross I did not know that they are marked on the swords, thank you for telling me.

Thank you, I am glad to hear that. Sorry for asking such a basic question but what is the difference between the Bavarian war merit cross without or with crown? Some closer pictures of the ek2 and BayMvK which I have two question about: 1. The iron cross has a mark on the back which looks like a "ooo", could it be a messed up "800" mark? 2. Is it possible to identify a maker of the Bavarian war merit cross?

Some concerns have been voiced about the hooks of the medal bar on the WAF as they are not covered by the ribbons and the award dont sit firmly against the bar. In my opinion these are original hooks which have not been replaced but as I am not nearly as experienced as the members of the forum I would like some more opinions on them. They have some rust on them and the stitching to keep them in place does not glow under black light. Thank you for your time and help in advance, John

It is not a bad thing or is it? From my limited knowledge during WW1/Weimar era veterans wore their awards more or less however they wanted and regulations were not as strict as during WW2. It is impossible to say with this construction method of the bar but I think the awards have a consistent wear to them and could all belong together. Am I wrong about that?

My recent purchase of a Bavarian medal bar, the Württemberg award is missing but luckly it is easy to replace them on these bars. Until then it remains like this, it is a bit rusty but I couldnt resist buying it. Safe to assume that he liked his bavarian awards the most, even placing his long service award above his other combat decorations.

Thank you very much, sadly I have not found any match yet even after looking through the Berlin address books. I have looked at the male and female tailors, "Vereinsbedarf" and "Orden und Ehrenzeichen" but nothing as of right now. To add some more pictures to the thread, here is the iron cross I photographed while it was not on the bar. It looks like a "WB" or "WE" with a second mark on the ring which looks like a "52" to me:

Yes, these are the address books I have been looking through. Gebr. Godet is listed under "Orden und Ehrenzeichen"

Thank you, I have looked through the 1934 address list of Berlin but I did not see any tailor whose abbreviation could be "S&M". Is there something else than the address lists that could mention tailors in Berlin from 1934 onwards?

Sorry if this is a rather long post but I want to include everything which has happened. I recently purchased this medal bar with a tailor label I have not seen before, during shipping some of the medals fell out. Afterwards I noticed that the honor cross was rather loose as well, suggesting that none of the medals had stitching done on the jump rings. I managed to "reinsert" the medals, putting them back beneath their respective ribbons. They do not come out when tucking on them or holding the bar horizontally. Here the results: I was able to get the opinion of Tom Yanacek and in his opinion it is a original bar but the medals had been removed and added back at a later stage with stitching being added beneath the medal eyelets to keep them from falling out. After looking through the medal bar index here I was not able to find a match for "S&M" nor anywhere else. My main question as of right now is who "S&M" could be? Thank you for your time, all help and opinions on the bar are greatly appreciated, John