Thuringia Bar

[Holger]

A nice imperial bar, unfortunately difficult for me to make the identification.

The SEHO and the oval Eduard medal at the beginning suggest, it was a men from Saxe-Coburg

The next 3 Austrians (FranzJoseph, Red Cross and ?? maybe a jubilee medal)

Then follow 2 bulgarian orders - Civil and Alexander order

Next it becomes more difficult, I think the next places should be the romanian Bene Merenti and the last-one maybe the Toscana Civile Order

If the last-one is really the Toscana order, then the number of possibilities for the first owner of the bar could be quite limited.

Would be happy for some help

[Guest Rick Research]

This ribbon bar--obviously from the same Very Strange Person was sold in 2005 at a Floyd, Johnson, & Payne auction:

Since there are RIBBON bars around, Somewhere Out There is the MEDAL bar which answers ALL our questions...

from a once complete SET that some idiot has broken up. :speechless:

[Wild Card]

Hi Rick,

Regarding the last one. Possibly a Russian St. Vladimir?

[Holger]

Hi Rick and Wild Card,

Regarding the last one. Possibly a Russian St. Vladimir?

Unfortunately, it is not the Vladimir, he has the ribbon as shown below.

The Toscana Civile Merit cross ribbon is red edged, i.e. the black stripes don't go until the edges

[Stogieman]

Yep, that was a sweet bar.... Interesting to see the pre-1915 version from the same guy. But I think very interesting to see this style of bar with the miniature Sax-Coburg-Gothe device!

[Deruelle]

You are right Rick it's a beautiful bar with CM2 miniature. I have made a quick research in RL 1914, but nothing for the moment.

Christophe

[Guest Rick Research]

This person was definitely not military. Some sort of court lackey.

[922F]

Holger,

I have been traveling and just saw your post. Terrific bar; could you show us the reverse, please?

[Stogieman]

_{What goes around comes around!}

[Claudius]

_{What goes around comes around!}

:wacky:

[dond]

Perhaps the bar has been found...... The suspense is killing me.

[GdC26]

Perhaps the bar has been found...... The suspense is killing me.

Nothing nearly as exiting as that, I think. It strikes me that Stogie is telling us the ribbon bar is now for sale:

http://gmic.co.uk/in...sale-group-one/

Regards,

Sandro

Edited April 8, 2012 by GdC26

[Stogieman]

More of a fishing expedition on my part. I have received quite an education on the bar and a sister bar that's out there still. Did I post it up, yes, but what I really wanted was to attempt to get all the parties involved in a re-unification of a set broken up long, long ago.