Bob Hunter Medal bar collection

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The Bavarian XXyear Police Long Service Cross.

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#33 I think of as a Prussian bar with the Reuss silver merit medal on the end. What makes the bar unique is the presence of the statute or peacetime ribbon for that award. It is only the second one I have seen but it is only the second one Stogieman has seen and he's been looking at medal and ribbon bars a lot longer than I have.

#31 The Adler der Inhaber is a fairly rare duck by itself. The second medal is, I believe, the Prussian General Decoration and the one on the end is another rare bird. That is the Silver Merit Medal to the Brunswick House Order and I will post close ups so you can see the markings.

#47 The medal in the last position on the bar is the Finnish War of Independence Medal.

Edited December 26, 2005 by Bob Hunter

[notned]

Thanks Bob!

Now i learn more about these fantastic treasure of yesteryear....

Excellent!

I trust that your Christmas is going well!

Regards

Paul

[Bob Hunter]

Very well thank you, Paul, and yours?

[notned]

Pretty good so far thanks Bob!

Am off to a cocktail party now...the sun is shining and its a beautiful day!

Best wishes

Paul

[Bob Hunter]

Have fun and don't forget the designated driver.

[Bob Hunter]

Darrell, here is reverse of the Memel on the 2X bar.

[Paul R]

Bob,

Your bars are definately what dreams are made of. You have medals on some of those bars I have never before seen!

Thank you for taking the time to show them to us!

Regards

Paul

[Guest Darrell]

Darrell, here is reverse of the Memel on the 2X bar.

Thanks Bob. The "accepted" version. Nice to see a piece from a bar. Gives one a warm and fuzzy feeling about these type.

[Bob Hunter]

Darrell, aren't there still two "schools of thought" on that medal? One being guys like us and the other being lunatics!

[Inspector Krogh]

Bob,

Your stuff, call it what you wish;

Nonetheless, you have a superior collection and, I thank you for sharing it!

G.

[Guest Darrell]

Darrell, aren't there still two "schools of thought" on that medal? One being guys like us and the other being lunatics!

LOL ... many feel that way about everything in their collection

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Bob !

Great Collection ! WOW !

Jan Arne

[Bob Hunter]

Here are the last two additions I intend to make to this accumulation...

Let's begin with a nifty Weimar era Red Cross medal on a bar...

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Here is the other with a fairly scarce Schwarzburg-Rodelstadt decoration. How many of those have you seen in the past year??

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[Deruelle]

Hi Bob,

Congratulation for your collection . Your post 28 is very nice. I have got one ribbon bar with EK2, EH3bX, BMVO4bX with war ribbon and Ehrenkreuz f?r Frontk?mpfer. I love this combo.

Regards

Christophe

[Deruelle]

The reverse

[Bob Hunter]

Nice ribbon bar!

Paul, sorry I missed your questions. #31 second position is the Prussian General Decoration and sixth is the sew on long service schnalle for Prussia. #47 in sixth postion is the medal for the Finnish War of Independence. A Finnish award on a German bar is considered quite rare.

[Chris Boonzaier]

A nice lot!

[Signalcorps45]

Amazing collection............................

Dean

[azyeoman]

Great collection! A collector after my own heart!

[Jason]

I was lucky to get one of Bob's medal bars when he sold off his collection...I still have it!