Hi Everyone! I recently purchased a Bavarian pre-WWI bar, and one of the medals is the steel Franco-Prussian War medal on a combatant's ribbon. I was going to replace this medal with a bronze (combatant's) medal, but I was reading a very interesting thread on another forum website: Combatant vs. Non-Combatant Ribbon Discussion With that in mind, has anyone else seen this, and is this in fact true? I have been trying to load a photograph of my bar into my photo album here, but have not been able to post anything new. The rest of the medals on the bar are as follows (from left to right): Steel Franco-Prussian War medal on combatant's ribbonBavarian bronze Army Commemorative Award from 1866Bavarian bronze 24 Year Long Service CrossWilhelm I Centenary medalAny thoughts or opinions are greatly appreciated! Thank you, Jason