Austria-Hungary Austrian Monster Bar on Ebay.

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Gentlemen,

any opinions on this one I just spotted on the net, seems to be full of goodies

Nice price too

http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...DME:B:WNA:AT:12

Kevin in Deva

[Daniel Murphy]

I don't like it. You have three different Austrian decorations which should be at the far end, but they are mixed up in 4th, 6th and 11th positions. And what is that? A '57 service cross or just a denazified one (in the wrong place as well).Then you have a combattant EK2 and honor cross but also have a war aid cross and ludwigs cross which techically are NC awards. I know we have seen original bars with NC and combattant awards, but with everything else being so discombobulated, I don't think this is one of them.

Dan Murphy

Edited August 14, 2006 by Daniel Murphy

[saschaw]

This bar is for sure not genuine, as none of theses seller's seem to be, compare http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1569.

Honestly, I'm not 100% sure as the pictures are not that good, but the EK II on this bar might be the one the seller (she's a female, BTW) bought from me on Ebay.de some weeks ago - at least it seems to be from the same strange (and not to common seen) maker.

[Ralph A]

What we have here is an 85-year old Austrian doctor who while serving with some Hanseatic units in Bulgaria in 1916 stole some poor old Bavarian soldier's greenie.

The bastard.

[Josef Rietveld]

This bar is for sure not genuine, as none of theses seller's seem to be, compare http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1569.

Honestly, I'm not 100% sure as the pictures are not that good, but the EK II on this bar might be the one the seller (she's a female, BTW) bought from me on Ebay.de some weeks ago - at least it seems to be from the same strange (and not to common seen) maker.

To be exactly, this ebay seller is only officially a female. behind her stands a former very wellknown austria collector and dealer with best connections to an able bar-tailor (maker).

regards

Haynau

[Ed_Haynes]

While this may well be fake, what in the world does the seller's gender have to do with the matter??????

[Josef Rietveld]

While this may well be fake, what in the world does the seller's gender have to do with the matter??????

I thought i did explain it, but lets try in other words.

This ebay-seller is a woman. In fact she is a female relative of a former wellknown austrian collector and dealer.

She is only a nominee due to the fact, that he isn't contractually capable at the moment (financial problems)

Haynau

[Mark M]

Haynau

Out of curiosity do you happen to know what her name is? There is a new ebay.de seller, also a woman, selling off some questionable bars belonging to a long time collector. Her current ID is sigis-romanecke, and she is selling the following:

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[Josef Rietveld]

Mark M

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haynau

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