Lukasz Gaszewski Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Gents, it is known that ribbon bars were never officially intoduced in the army of the Russian Empire up to its end and the first bars appeared only in the Red Army as late as in 1943. My question is if somebody knows if there ever were any unofficially worn ribbon bars, either in the Russian Army or in any of the forces related to it (Czechoslovak Legion, Polish Corps in Russia, "white" armies during the Civil War etc.) Perhaps someone has seen photos or even original bars. I will owe for any information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukasz Gaszewski Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) As nobody has responded, let me explain why I am asking. Some time ago I found a quite strange item. It is a bar with six ribbons of certainly Russian awards on it. There are two things I know about this ribbon bar: 1. It is original, I mean it was made during WWI or shortly afterwards. 2. It belonged to a former Russian army officer, who continued service in the Polish forces. The bar lay quietly in a drawer for almost a century, along with his Polish ribbon bars. It is in perfect conditon with no traces of wearing at all. The ribbons seem to be of silk moire. The width of each ribbon is 27-28 mm, the height is 9 mm. What do you think of it? Edited January 22, 2014 by Lukasz Gaszewski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 You might find this thread interesting Lukasz http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/13992-imperial-russian-ribbon-bar/ Cheers, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 What do you think of it? I think Rick R. would have loved it... sorry I cannot contribute anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 My humble and late contribution. There's a piece of metal inside both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Back side: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Interesting provenance? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) Unfortunately I really don't know anything about it. Considering that it was found in Serbia I presume they belonged to a White Russian officer who came here after the Revolution. Edited April 9, 2014 by paja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 How do you like this one guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 How do you like this one guys? That is a German style bar... incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 ... German style ... It certainly is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Two interesting photos from 1924-1926 period of time (emigration) Lieutenant-General Vasilkovsky Oleg Petrovich British style Edited August 26, 2014 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Arkas Nikolay Nikolyaevich (photo was made in 1924) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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