Brian R Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 An interesting bar but probably not traceable... The Merit Order-Knight with Swords and Albert-Knight 1st Class with Swords should be a relatively uncommon combination especially given the Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross. But there are no Oldenburg rolls, correct? Probably retired as a Major with some connection between Saxony and Oldenburg.
saschaw Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Nice bar, but is that combination of 3b and 3a possible? I'm not sure about it, but there might someone have played with. There was a handfull of bars in "his" collection that had wrong replacements etc.
Ulsterman Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) Interesting, I thought the merit cross could and was awarded with the Albrecht order (4,200 1st classes in 14-19!).The higher class of the merit cross shows up on contemporary bars in the Saxon book.Makes one think navy maybe? Edited March 9, 2009 by Ulsterman
Deruelle Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Nice bar indeed. I don't think it's for the Navy officer. The back is fieldgrey and not blue. But this science is not exact Christophe
Guest Rick Research Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 One of the Saxon Orders has been swapped out. From the "line" I'd say the Albert should be a Knight 2X (SA3bX) not teh SA3aX here. They allowed both classes of Knight to be worn together, but for a Merit Knight 2nd, the officer would have had to have the Albert 2nd already and it's not there. The only people who got Merits as initial awards without Alberts were Beamten. I wish I could figure out what and where and why there was ANY Oldenburg connection, since I have my own Inexplicable Saxon/Oldenburg combos. There were so few listed by the late Erhard Roth that there is no "pattern" explaining any common divisional assignment or something as logical as that.
Brian R Posted March 10, 2009 Author Posted March 10, 2009 (edited) Guys - thanks for the feedback. With this type of bar (especially given the frayed ribbon and exposed hooks) it is certainly feasible that the wrong Albert Order is on the bar (no need to hope for a possible explanation). It's funny that the wrong medal is of the higher grade - usually when bars have been switched, the one of lesser value is added as a replacement. Brian Edited March 10, 2009 by Brian R
Stogieman Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 I'd be very happy with the bar, even having to replace an Albert.
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