lew Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Dear friends, here is a medal bar that I think is a bit unusual, I'm having hard time figuring out the criteria of such a combination and origin. It features a centenary medal, a service medal from Saxony Kingdom, no other Saxony awards but a Saxe-Weimar order of white falcon. Please share your thought. Sorry for the fuzzy picture, I will take more photo when I have the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Great medal bar, you don't see White Falcons that often, and also the reduction Centenary Medal is nice. I doubt that this one is ID'able, not enough orders. What color is the backing cloth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Newman Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 The Saxon Long Service Medal was for enlisted personnel only, if I'm not mistaken. So, this guy was probably a old time NCO that received a field commission during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I can't tell from the photo, but if it's a Saxon Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 2.Klasse, that would fit for a reserve officer. Or he was an active NCO, as Beau Newman suggests, and later commissioned. The lack of any Saxon awards would seem to indicate that he was a.D. before 1914 and was recalled into Prussian, rather than Saxon service. A Centenary Medal would indicate he was on active duty in 1897. Saxons who got the Centenary Medal were normally either from regiments stationed in Alsace-Lorraine (IR 105 and FußAR 12), or were commanded to Prussian units or schools at the time. With Oldenburg and Hamburg, maybe a navy connection. He might have been a native of Saxe-Weimar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thank you guys for the comments. Here is the back photo, I think the Saxon service medal is Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 2nd class. So is such a bar id-able? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) On 11/12/2014 at 10:59, lew said: So is such a bar id-able? It should be, as it is an unique combination for sure, but the fact our sources are far from complete might make it unidentifiable nonetheless. Dave explained the wearer's background very well... a good start! I think there are chances. Edited September 3, 2019 by saschaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 On 10/12/2014 at 21:14, VtwinVince said: Great medal bar, you don't see White Falcons that often, and also the reduction Centenary Medal is nice. I doubt that this one is ID'able, not enough orders. What color is the backing cloth? Hi is that reduced size centenary a 30mm prinzen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 On 03/09/2019 at 21:51, Alex K said: is that reduced size centenary a 30mm prinzen? Certainly seems so, from the proportions. It's just slightly bigger than the SLD2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Read the thread, I stated that at the beginning..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 No sure if you're adressing me, or Alex K, or both of us, but I just wanted to bump this thread up again. Maybe someone could solve the "riddle" now, with improved information, or by sheer coincidence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 A better photo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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