interesting medal bar

[HeikoGrusdat]

Hello all,

here is a interesting medal bar, not big and shiny but.....without the `97 Centenarmedal BUT WITH the 25 years officers cross he must had entered the army soon after 1897 or had some colonial years - unfortunately no battle clasp on the bar for the colonial medal....

greetings

Heiko

[webr55]

That is very well possible. With wartime service counting double for the XXV, most officers who were "in" by 1902 got their XXV - even without colonial years.

[Guest Rick Research]

What color is the medal bar backing material?

[HeikoGrusdat]

Rick, the back is very dark blue.... navy?

[webr55]

Rick, the back is very dark blue.... navy?

That would leave us with three suspects, however I don't know which one should have got a Colonial medal:

Rudolf Ma?mann, entered service 1.4.1902, HAE1 and EK in 1918, aD 1920 as char. KorvKap

Baron thoe Schwartzenberg en Hohenlandsberg (Friesian name), entered service 1.4.1902, HAE1 and EK in 1918, aD 1920 as char. KorvKap. He had however a prewar Norwegian St. Olav, which he might have mounted again on a postwar bar.

Ludwig Fabricius, entered service 6.4.1904, HAE1 and EK in 1918, aD 1920 as KapLt. He would only have got enough time for the XXV with overseas service.

[Ulsterman]

why not a 1920s bumped up and out deck officer?

Nice bar by the way.

Edited April 2, 2007 by Ulsterman

[Paul C]

For a bumped up and out deck officer I would like there would be a Prussian General Service award.

[HeikoGrusdat]

Thank you all very much for the help so far... I will show up some more bars the next days as my collection has just completely be scanned and moved back to the dark but safety bank safe now... there are some tricky and interesting bars, maybe one of the riddles can be solved....

Heiko

[Guest Rick Research]

Yeah, could be a Deckoffizier. Wouldn't have had enough time for a pre-war General Decoration.

So, definitely navy. But without the Spange, no way to tell if it was for East Africa 1905 or Ponape 1911 or....... and THAT would have narrowed down the suspects list.