A Couple Oldies

[Tom Y]

In the Seven Weeks War of 1866 Oldenburg sided with Prussia and the North German Confederation. In September of that year Grossherzog Nicolaus Friedrich Peter established the Erinnerungsmedaille an den Feldzug 1866.

Here are a couple examples on bars. The 70/71 on the older bar is a gilt bronze replacement, that on the newer bar is also a replacement, but in plain bronze. Considering the lack of a MEZ on the older, I doubt that they were to the same man, although I got the at the same time from Our Man in Porschestadt.

Edited February 10, 2008 by Tom Y

[Tom Y]

And the derrieres

[Tom Y]

And the derrieres

The Oldie up close.

[Ulsterman]

really nice. How many awarded?

[Scott Powell]

GREAT bars, thanx for sharing ,that made my night

Edited February 9, 2008 by Scott Powell

[Tom Y]

really nice. How many awarded?

I don't have the figures, but as Oldenburg only fielded one brigade in '66 there couldn't have been too many.

[Wild Card]

Hello Tom Y

Beautiful bars! Thanks for sharing,

Wild Card

[David Gregory]

Hi Tom,

Very nice!

Is the suspension ring on the MEZ original or has it been repaired?

TIA,

David

[Noor]

I love old trapez medalbars!!!!!!

[MSgt_mode]

Hi Tom, very nice group. Thanks for sharing.

[Schießplatzmeister]

Hello Everyone:

From the outstanding book by our very own "Kapitular", there were 3,685 of these medals awarded. It does not mention how many were struck however (probably slightly more).

I would like to thank Tom for sharing these outstanding and scarce medal groups.

Best regards,

"SPM"

[Tom Y]

Hi Tom,

Very nice!

Is the suspension ring on the MEZ original or has it been repaired?

TIA,

David

Thanks, all.

Looks like a repair to me. The original was prolly about twice that size. That's fine, though. The guy cared enough about it to have it fixed.

[NavalMark]

Very nice bars ! Thanks for showing.

The suspension ring on the MEZ may be original, a very early version. Can you recognize two lines like those on the pic on the outer edge of the ring ?

Regards

CSForrester

[Tom Y]

Very nice bars ! Thanks for showing.

The suspension ring on the MEZ may be original, a very early version. Can you recognize two lines like those on the pic on the outer edge of the ring ?

Regards

CSForrester

Nope, it doesn't have the ridges like yours. It seems to be round stock that was slightly flattened on both sides to match the thickness of the medal.