SMALL RIBBON MEDAL BAR

[CHRIS W]

This medal bar sold recently on German Ebay. I have never seen one assembled like it. It looks like the ribbons are the type that is used to assemble ribbon bars. Is a piece like this legitimate?

Chris

[HeikoGrusdat]

I can`t say a 100% YES or NO to this special bar - BUT there are several big bars like this on the market (ebay...) at the moment, all the same ribbon style, many of them from austrian sellers.... I am really not shure about these bars.... any comment from the Ricks????

[Stogieman]

Heiko is quite right, on any given day one can find numerous examples of this style in great condition, most can be assumed as "new"...

Preety sure the twins discussed this at our last mind-meld and gave it a "yeah, right...

Enlisted Bar with 4 state's awards PLUS Austrian large silver bravery medal? really?

But this one was done extremely well.........

[Guest Rick Research]

1) 1920s Flanders Cross with the 1934 Hindenburg Cross wihich replaced it and all like it

2) and EXTREMELY implausible multiple states combination to an NCO

3) the vastly over-used "flat bottom" style which was quite unccommon back then

There were indeed bars that used the smaller ribbons-- when there were so many awards that they could not be spaced on a wearable medal bar otherwise. So that turns up sometimes for "super hero" OFFICERS.

I wouldn't touch this bar.