3 piece pre 1900 medal bar

[Motorhead]

This one dropped in today-I've bought this a while ago at Ebay-what do you think? The thread that was used at the backside is no polyester,the ribbon ring of the Nassau medal is a repair.

Micha

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Reverse

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The clasps

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Another

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Close up of the reverse

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Last one

[buellmeister]

Micha,

Ineresting Medal Bar! I have the same without the campaign bars. Interesting to note that there were only about 5000 +/- Nassau medals issued. Making these real collectible in my book.

Regards,

Joel

[Haku]

Hello Micha

there is an article to this medal bar in the BDOS medal and decorations magazine 52 12/2007.

This medal bar is shown and the article goes about the Naussauische Feldzeichen 1866.

Regards

Bernhard

[Motorhead]

Indeed! And I bought the medal bar directly from the writer of that article!

Micha

[Guest Rick Research]

Micha-- is that FELDGRAU PAINT on the metal of the hook, catch and so on?

In which case, this was made sometime 1915+.He was an ooooooooooooooooooooold soldier.

[Motorhead]

-no,that what look like Feldgrau is the pure metal,the silverish obverse of the metal is something like nickel?. I will try to make some better pics tomorrow(hopefully with better daylight than today)

Micha

[Guest Rick Research]

Ah. Ok-- that is the standard zink finish on these old bars then.

I've shown this one (someplace) before, but THIS is what some of these were made out of, so...

Yup. Made out of an old TIN CAN.

[saschaw]

Nice and not too common bar, having been published in a magazine even nicer.

Yup. Made out of an old TIN CAN.

Well why not, the Ottomans even made their decoration from this ...