Mecklenburg-Schwerin non combatant bar

[Signalcorps45]

Hello to everyone,

I picked this up at at the last MAX show.  Simple, short and sweet.  The non-combatant merit cross is what drew me to this.

 

Dean

 

[Paul R]

The noncombattant medal has a most beautiful ribbon.  Any ideas on the number of these awarded?

[Signalcorps45]

Paul,

I have no idea on how many where issued, this is the first one I have seen.

 

Dean

[Chris Boonzaier]

hmmmmm.... veeeeery.... YELLOW! It almost hurts my eyes ;-)

[ixhs]

looks new. could you please show the back.

[Signalcorps45]

looks new. could you please show the back.

​ixhs,

I will post back pictures as soon as I can.  It does look very new.

 

Dean

[eurorders]

a short Mecklenburg Schwerin medal bar of a different kind..

[saschaw]

On 29/04/2015 at 03:07, Paul R said:

Any ideas on the number of these awarded?

From what I can find, the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Militär-Verdienstkreuz am roten Bande was awarded only about 1640 times, which is around only 2% of the total WW1 era awards of this cross... and that's why we don't see them too often.

 

Source: Henning Volle: Stiftungen und Erneuerungen von deutschen Orden und Ehrenzeichen im Ersten Weltkrieg. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde e. V. (DGO), Konstanz am Bodensee 2014. See p. 59/60.

 

On 29/04/2015 at 18:56, ixhs said:

looks new. could you please show the back.

Despite the pristine look, I don't think anything's wrong. Old ribbons, just well stored.

 

Edited August 12, 2022 by saschaw