Sergio Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Hello Gents! What do you think about the last award? What is it? I've never seen such ribbon before. Thanks in advance
Claudius Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Don't know. I pulled on as many threads as I could find it but I couldn't tie this one down. The puns are intended, but so are my sincere efforts and the (lack of) results.
speedytop Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Hi, it should be something like Bulgaria, Order of Civil Merit https://www.militaria-agent.com/catalog/BULGARIA_CZARDOM_CIVIL_MERIT_ORDER_6TH_CLASS_WITHOUT_CROWN_IN_AWARD_CASE_e.html Uwe
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Uwe is probably onto something... maybe a foreign non Military thing..
Sergio Posted January 3, 2013 Author Posted January 3, 2013 Hi, it should be something like Bulgaria, Order of Civil Merit https://www.militaria-agent.com/catalog/BULGARIA_CZARDOM_CIVIL_MERIT_ORDER_6TH_CLASS_WITHOUT_CROWN_IN_AWARD_CASE_e.html Uwe Thank you Uwe, I've already think about the version of Bulgarian award for "Civil merits", but the ribbons are strongly differ. The colouring is similar, but proportions are absolutely different
Sergio Posted January 3, 2013 Author Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) Gents, now please take look at the ribbonbar of this bavarian. The ribbon for the 4th award is the three-colored. It consists of three strips of identical width of white-green-red color. It reminds me a ribbon for a duchy Angalt medal "Fuer Treue in der Arbeit". Could it be this medal? Edited January 3, 2013 by Sergio
Sergio Posted January 3, 2013 Author Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) Gents, now please take look at the ribbonbar of this bavarian. The ribbon for the 4th award is the three-colored. It consists of three strips of identical width of white-green-red color. It reminds me a ribbon for a duchy Angalt medal "Fuer Treue in der Arbeit". Could it be this medal? I mean this medal Edited January 3, 2013 by Sergio
IrishGunner Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) Because of the fireman's medal, I thought it was similar to the Austria Hungary PRO DEO ET PATRIA Veteran's Medal non-combatant ribbon.... But not that one either because the green and red are separated by white. We just had a discussion of this medal: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/56668-curious-medal-bar-and-a-question/ Edited January 3, 2013 by IrishGunner
IrishGunner Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) I agree with Uwe that it's the Bulgarian Order for Civil Merit... Variation in what appears to be proportions could simply be manufactuer's variation. It comes in six (6) classes and one of the lower classes would make sense for this bar... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Bulgaria Here's a 4. Class that sold on bulgariamedals: Edited January 3, 2013 by IrishGunner
redeagleorder Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 The maker might have not had the Bulgarian ribbon in stock and used a 'closest-to' ribbon. There are many examples of this, especially with foreign awards.
saschaw Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I'm not convinced this must be the Bulgarian... might it not be some medal of a chamber of industry and commerce, or something similar?
IrishGunner Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 I'm not convinced this must be the Bulgarian... might it not be some medal of a chamber of industry and commerce, or something similar? Of course, we can't conclusively rule out "some medal of a chamber of industry and commerce, or something similar," but do you have any examples? There are, indeed, precedents for ribbons of Bavarian medals in this non-military direction to be something other than the usual Bayern blau/weiss - for example the 1910 Agricultural Jubilee Medal... Obviously, this isn't the medal on the bar - I provide it only as an example that Bavaria used other color ribbons - including green/red. But I can't find any Bavarian medal with the subject ribbon. Given the white, green red of our subject ribbon - the usual suspects would be Bulgarian, Hungary, or Italy. Of those, the closest is the Bulgarian Civil Merit and it seems to make sense on this bar - considering the lack of a MVK and the presence of the fireman's medal. In my neophyte opinion, of course. Nonetheless, there is still room for doubt ad you are correct - the word "must" is too strong. But the Bulgarian Civil Merit is the "most" likely suspect presented so far...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 Now why in the hell did I not think of the Augsburg Feuerwehr?!?!?!?!?
redeagleorder Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 Nice work! Good luck finding a loose one of these, its the first I've ever seen.
Sergio Posted January 27, 2014 Author Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) Gents, many thanks for your comments! Edited January 27, 2014 by Sergio
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