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G.A. Scharffenberg Dresden A. Seestr. 1 impressed in aluminum backing

Hans Bruggemann Bielefeid Gehienberg ? Aluminum with black field and silver letters within silver frame attached through holes on left and right

J. Sedlatrer Berlin W.8. Leipzigerstr. 108 Yellow/gold on black cloth sewn on left and right side

Labels on both medal and ribbon bars. Bleckmann Celle Abzeichen gilt oval aluminum attached via two holes on left and right You see these in gilt aluminum or just aluminum

Another Brookmann-Westmann Dresden A.1. Schiopstr.15 Ruf 13788 White on black cloth strip tacked on top and bottom of

A rather worn Stettin Louis Kase Stettin Schutzenstr.10 Red on black cloth strip Stitched at four corners

Gustav Schuft Ordensdekorationen Cottbus Berlinerstr.161 gold on black cloth Stitched on all sides

An interesting metal label. H. Adolph Hildesheimerstr.7 Hannover gilt rectangle with hole on left and right sides Attached via holes

L. Wagener Frankfurt (Oder) within frame Gold on black rectangular cloth Stitched on all for sides.

Isn't it interesting that there were those who were fighting against each other fought together so soon? I guess it was that way in the USA with Confederates joining up after the Civil War.

Obverse of 1866 Wurttemberg medal bar

Obverse and of course with the Hannover, Langensalza 27 June 1866 Medal at the front, we know that this bar was worn by A. Kreiss. I wish there were medal rolls so I could find out what regiment he served in.

obverse Bavarian medal bar again with the smaller Centenery Medal to make it more uniform

obverse Oldenburg medal bar with a smaller Centenery Medal to make it more uniform.

obverse 1870 non-combatant

obverse Nassau medal bar

Obverse of a fine older bar with the Duppel Medal 1864, the Alsen Cross 1864, the 1866 Koniggratz Cross and the 1864 War Medal. What a interesting mid 19h Century group with combatant ribbons for all the medals.

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1870 EK2C medal bar obverse

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obverse Order of the Crown medal bar.

Prussian medal bar obverse

Baden medal bar obverse

Saxon medal bar obverse. The first medal is the Order of Albert. Albert the Bold (1443-1500), a man of great strength and courage, was Duke of Saxony and founder of the Albertine branch of the ruling Wettin family. The Order was founded in his memory on 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich Augustus II to recognize ‘all those who render useful service to the state, or who distinguish themselves through civil merit, science, art, etc., who have earned a claim to Our recognition’. On 31 January 1876 the statutes were amended and the Albert Cross was added to the Order. Some 5,573 examples were awarded before the Cross was changed to a one-piece construction from silvered metal in 1909. The Order was suppressed in 1918.