Saxons: Germany's Tragic Fashion Misfits

[Guest Rick Research]

I used to think that there were so few Saxon medal bars around, before re-unification, because everything was on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Then it rusted away, and STILL the medal bars did not appear.

Now I know why.

There never were many.

Saxons, it seems, have a long and MESSY history of Fashion Cluelessness.

I mean, what was this guy THINKING?

Here he is, circa 1905, with a brand new silver Friedrich August Medal and a FLAT Frackspange that is merely BACKWARDS, not ANGLED...

... and he was the cashier (Kassierer) of his local Veterans Group!!!

[Guest Rick Research]

A Human Pincushion from Mittweida, circa 1914.

Yeah, just slap 'em on ANYPLACE!

Though at least in this guy's case, we know WHY he looks like this

...

his furniture was possessed by Satan!!!!!!!

[sambolini]

Hi Rick,

Good point, The Saxons did often favor the triangular ribbon attachment of their Austrian neighbors, but I thought even then they usually mounted them. Perhaps not as often as I first thought.

Sam

[Kev in Deva]

I used to think that there were so few Saxon medal bars around, before re-unification, because everything was on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Then it rusted away, and STILL the medal bars did not appear.

Now I know why.

There never were many.

Saxons, it seems, have a long and MESSY history of Fashion Cluelessness.

I mean, what was this guy THINKING?

.. and he was the cashier (Kassierer) of his local Veterans Group!!!

Ricky is that the meaning of the cypher in his Cravat?? Kevin in Deva.

[Chris Boonzaier]

2nd guy looks a bit like Jack Nicholson...

[Glenn R]

That's not his armchair behind him, it's a small child deeply alarmed by his lack of medal coordination.

[webr55]

Looks very weird, but the reason is probably an anti-Prussian attitude due to the historical links of Saxony with Austria. Those 1870/71 veterans probably wanted to show that they were definitely not Prussian.

[jaeger7]

And here is another one with the typical saxon unmounted medals:

[jaeger7]

And a detail:

[Ulsterman]

Ohhh-St. henry's medal! Too bad he never paid to mount them in a bar.

Great picture

[Komtur]

A Human Pincushion from Mittweida, circa 1914.

Hi Rick, do you know his name? I?m afraid I could be related to him . My mothers family is from Mittweida, a small town in deep deep Saxony, with a high proportion of incest

Greetings, Komtur.

[Guest Rick Research]

No names on them.

Despite 300 years of living in towns with populations under 2,000, I never came closer than triple 3rd cousins getting married.