Saxony Ribbon bar with 2 St Henry ribbons

[Deruelle]

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

[Deruelle]

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[redeagleorder]

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

[VtwinVince]

Nice feldspange, Christophe. As Matthew said, what about the third being an Albrechtkreuz with swords?

[jaba1914]

For an saxon NCO I miss the ribbon fie the FAM. Possible but unusual.

Regards

Alex

[Daniel Krause]

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

[Deruelle]

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

[Paul C]

This bar has traveled a long path from Saxony to outside Berlin to New Jersey and back across the Atlantic to France.