jshorter Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Hi Everyone!Quick question about the Prussian Landwehr during WWI. I would have assumed that all of them would have been in combat during WWI, but I may be wrong. The reason I ask is I came upon this bar and I was wondering if it had the correct Cross of Honor of the World War? It is very difficult to tell if it is a next-of-kin or non-combatant's metal from the photo, but the ribbon is for a combatant's medal. What does anyone think?Thanks!Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Newman Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 The ribbon is correct for either the combatant's or non-combatant's cross, both of which were bronzed. Only the blackened next of kin cross used a different ribbon, similar to the Franco-Prussian non-combatant's ribbon. The LS medal was for either Reserve or Landwehr service, which could have ranged from front line service in a reserve unit to home guard service in the Landwehr. Even some regular army soldiers received the non-combatant's cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I don't see any problems with this bar... and the LD2 is a quite interresting over-sized one. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'm just trying to imagine what the guy did to get only these 2 awards. Actually he got no awards if you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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