Imperial Bar with Greek Officers award

[Mike Huxley]

This interesting bar arrived at it's new home yesterday.

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Baden Kreuz f?r freiwillige Kriegshilfe, mit Eichenkranz

Hamburg HK

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Greek Order of the Redeemer 1st class

I'm wondering if a name could be put to this bar, as it's unusual to see a Greek officers award on a German bar?

Front pic

[Mike Huxley]

Reverse.

[Mike Huxley]

clase up of the Redeemer award.

[Guest Rick Research]

Not at this point. Everything BUT the Redeemer is wartime, invisible as far as award rolls go, and there is no long service award at all. I am not sure if the Redeemer is pre-WW1 or could be--possibly more likely is, from the 1930s, since this grade was for people with status equivalent of a Captain.

Sometimes you just have to settle for

[Scott Powell]

OUTSTANDING bar!

[Paul R]

That is one attractive bar. I have not seen a Baden Kreuz f?r freiwillige Kriegshilfe, mit Eichenkranz before. How many were awarded?

[saschaw]

An absolutely bar. I knew this one before, as it came up some years ago at a German sellers homepage - and I always regreted I didn't buy - congratulations.

How many were awarded?

I have no numbers but it seems to be much harder to find than the one without. The version with Kranz was given for merit "im Feindesland".

[Mike Huxley]

I am not sure if the Redeemer is pre-WW1 or could be--possibly more likely is, from the 1930s, since this grade was for people with status equivalent of a Captain.

Sometimes you just have to settle for

Rick, yet again your right. Like you, I'm also not sure if the Redeemer is pre or post war, hard to tell without any backup documents. However, it's nice to have this one as there can surely be very few of these mounted on Imperial Bars

sachaw, I think this bar was on Phillipp's site a few years ago.

Paul, as you said, I've not seen that many of this Baden Kreuz mounted before, so again a reason for me to snag this one.

Mike