Talk about a rare medal bar....

[Stogieman]

Hey Daniel, Thanks...... we tend to overthink things a bit much, eh? No 1864 War medal... duh! geez I feel dumb!

[Daniel Krause]

Hi Stogie,

as we say in Germany - -I hope I can translate it properly -

It is a sign of a great Genius to fail in small things.

[saschaw]

Just to keep this guy in mind: he's back again ...

http://cgi.ebay.de/Ordensspange-Deutsches-...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.de/Grosse-Ordensspange_W0Q...1QQcmdZViewItem

None of those is good, I'd say ...

[Stogieman]

I don't think there was a Saxon alive pre-1920 that would have mounted a medal bar like the second one....

Very, very discouraging for any collector, especially a new one, to be shopping these days.

[saschaw]

Very, very discouraging for any collector, especially a new one, to be shopping these days.

Yes!

That's why I pushed this old thread up again ...

[HeikoGrusdat]

this seller always sells a lot of medal bars from 1870 - 1918 with all the same mysterious reverses.... My personal opinion: ALL are new made!!! By the way, the battle clasps on the actual bars are for sure.......................... fakes

[EuRob]

Well spotted Saschaw

Can I put it to GMIC and suggest a database on dodgy ebay sellers? A list of their names and AKA's they trade under. This would be a valuable reference for collectors old and new, especially new!

Just my tuppence worth

Rob

[redeagleorder]

i was just trawling through the old threads when I saw the above post. I've often thought of the idea of establishing a database on GMIC so that fake sellers can be exposed, to prevent collectors from spending their money on junk. What do you think, for example is it against any privacy laws to post the names of ebay sellers?

Regards,

Matthew