6 Place wartime Oldenburg ribbon bar

[Paul C]

A nice recent pick of a 6 place wartime ribbon bar consisting of:

1. 1914 EK2

2. Oldenburg FA 2nd class

3. Sax-Ernestine House order with swords (EH3aX)

4. Anhalt Cross

5. Oldenburg House Order (OV3b)

6. Centennial

I say this is a wartime bar because of the flat pin on the back. I went through the 1914 Prussian Army ranklist and found only 1 candidate that had the OV3b before the war and also a EH3aX during the war.

L?bbecke, v. Ernst Gustav born 3.4.1875 Halle, UR 9 died 18.4.1918. He also had a Russian award and Netherlands award so this is his wartime bar. The Sax-Ernestine rolls are a little confusing in that it shows him as a Rittmeister aD. So either the rolls are in error or I have the wrong guy. Tough call.

[David S]

Smashing bar