Deruelle Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Hi everybody, I was not there for a while but some nice ribbon bars are arrived at home. One of the most interresting is the following one. Indeed there is two ribbons of the St Henry order. - knight cross of St Henry - medal in silver of St Henry - knight cross 2nd class with X of Albert Order - iron cross 2nd class. After doing some research I have found only ten guys who received the same combo. But only one died during the war. Leutnant d. R. Wilhelm Hannes from RIR Nr. 102 (1888-1917) He received the SH3 on 29.08.1916 SHsM on 13.04.1916 SA3bX on 21.12.1916. Have a look. If someone has got photo of this officer don't hesitate to post it, thanks in advance. Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redeagleorder Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Nice bar Christophe! However, how are you sure that one of them is a knight's cross, and that you don't have the ribbons of both gold and silver medals? Is it because of the Order of St. Albert Knights Cross 2nd class? Regards, Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Nice feldspange, Christophe. As Matthew said, what about the third being an Albrechtkreuz with swords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaba1914 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 For an saxon NCO I miss the ribbon fie the FAM. Possible but unusual. Regards Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Krause Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) Hi Christophe, nice one!!! I had an identical one long years ago. There were not a lot of guys who could wear 2 St.Henry ribbons... Most likely a young reserve officer who got the silver St.Henry medal still as a Vizefeldwebel and the knight and Albrecht as Lt. Lots of greetings Daniel Edited November 23, 2012 by Deruelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Thanks all for your comments. Fist time I saw this I thought it was easy to id the owner but it was a mistake. Like Alex says it is not usual that the sFAM is not here for a NCO. Don't forget that they loved to put all their medals on ribbon bar. So for me it is more an officer ribbon bar than a NCO one. It is now one of my collection's pearl Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 This bar has traveled a long path from Saxony to outside Berlin to New Jersey and back across the Atlantic to France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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