dond Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Double honor crosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 :love: these little homemade bars. and the HK's are the icing on the cake. Probably a father too old for active service who lost a son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 sorry.............but I am really not happy with this bar... homemade or not - the combination is too weired... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Powell Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 great bar don! i was wondering who got that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyanacek Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hi Don,A very unusual medal bar to say the least. I can't ever remember seeing an example with two 1914-1918 Crosses of Honor being worn. Since the Baden Silver Merit Medal is suspended from the ribbon of the MKFVO, I'm surprised that the first Honor Cross is without swords.Although it is very unusual, I suppose the combination is possible for a "homemade" bar that was assembled in the mid-30s. It must have belonged to a living WWI veteran, who also had a son that was killed in WWI.Here is a three-place Baden bar with a very similar "homemade" appearance. The backplate is a vaulted piece of brass and the attachment pin is of the "tinnie" type.Best regards,Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 sorry.............but I am really not happy with this bar... homemade or not - the combination is too weird...I am with you here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 I can find nothing wrong with the construction nor the materials used. It was not expensive and I think it speaks volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 (edited) A very unusual medal bar to say the least. I can't ever remember seeing an example with two 1914-1918 Crosses of Honor being worn.Once I had a stickpin with an EK, HKX and one f?r Eltern, but let it go Not a common combination, but they can be found. Edited December 14, 2008 by Tom Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 It was not expensive and I think it speaks volumes.Actually it was (at least for me), but though I have no problems with the bar. The combination does make sense for an elderly EM who fought in 2nd line and lost his son - but it was banned to wear both, any of those who could have get both had to decide for one! Still, there's much stuff around that "should not be" but is - fine. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Easy to make and fake and there are lots of folks out there who do so.Examples of these double Hks in contemporary photographs are almost non existent.If you are happy, then good for you. I would not touch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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