Prussian bar, sold yesterday

[saschaw]

Yesterday, a Hamburg military dealer (D. Niemann) sold this nice, Prussian bar. The bar itself seems to me fine and old, but I guess some of the decorations might be (wrong) replaced, as the combination should not be possible, should it?

A NCO who has been serving for a loooong time, getting his "Kreuz des Allgemeinen Ehrenzeichens", later got officer and got an Crown Order - and wears his Red Eagle medal behind any other merit award. And all this with just a 1913 long service medal for 12 years?!

My guess would be:

- Prussian Crown Order medal

- (matches)

- "Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen" (as a Red Eagle medal should be in front of a Crown order medal!)

- Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung IInd class, presumably a "Spangenst?ck"

- (last two matching).

Any other ideas, or am I totally wrong and THIS combination is "kosher"?!

(the combination of Crown Order an Allg. Ehrenzeichen makes me think of Mr. Caville, who was the ONLY one to receive this, wasn't he)

[David M]

well he wears his CO the wrong way round does he not?

Any name to go with this bar?

[Great Dane]

well he wears his CO the wrong way round does he not?

Actually, no. It is the wrong way up in the picture, but if you take a close look at it you'll see it will 'flip' if allowed to hang free.

/Mike

[webr55]

I'm not sure about #1, but #3 has most probably been spiced up. Look at the way the ring shows.