Greece Antiestrategos medal bar

[hipnos]

I´ve just bought a greek bar that comes with some papers and photographic documents of the owne.

IMHO, Antiestrategos is like General of division, (in Spanish Army,- I don´t know if this is Lieutenant General in Britain-...)

The medals seems to corespond pretty well with the service bar the owner bear in the photos....Only, the "For Bravery " cross seems to sew to the bar as an aftertought....??. The medal lost seems the Phoenix order , that in the bar (rossette) seems be officer class...¿?, Some ideas and help about this bar will be wellcome....

Thanks beforehand

Miguel

PS/ It seems that the general has retired in 1979...as I own their jubilee officers club card with this date and their born date is: 1923, (59 years??) at Koronis-Nautoy-Cycladic (islands??)

[Dave Danner]

The double Phoenix Order ribbons, both with rosette, makes me think his officer's cross was upgraded to a commander's cross. I don't really know enough about Greek awards to be sure, though.

Does he have an unusually large head, or is that just his hair?

[922F]

Excellent addition!!

Double ribbons on Greek bars usually represent civil division entitlement & military division entitlement in the same order; both George I or Phoenix had these two divisions during the monarchy. The republican Phoenix apparently maintains that distinction. Dimacopolis [1968] reports that Greek regulations stipulate only the senior level entitlement of those holding more than one grade of an award be worn.

Edited August 22, 2013 by 922F

[makedon]

The comments are right, nevertheless as no swords are seen on the ribbon bar, it looks that the recipient just mounted the ribbon bars in a wrong way and he included both Gold Cross and Commander classes of the phoenix.

[hipnos]

Thanks to all of you

Miguel