NEW MEDAL BAR

[Jason]

Just arrived tonight from Bob in California, a lovely little 3 place Hessian bar. The General Decoration is the "Fur Kriegsverdienst" version.

Another bar without an EK2 - I love 'em!!

cheers

Jason

[Jason]

Reverse

Cheers!

[Stogieman]

Nice bar! We see the Kriegshilfdienst medal on hessian ribbon bars often..... quite a bit harder to actually find one hanging off the medal bar!! Excellent choice!

[Bob Hunter]

I agree with Stogie.

[Guest Rick Research]

Although one might suppose that the "war merit" reverse General Decoration medals are quite common, from Official Price Guides...

I don't think I'd run out of fingers and toes counting how many I've ever seen, as opposed to the "F?r Tapferkeit" reverse type.

[Stogieman]

I don't think folks realize the rarity of the variations on this medal.... I have this one now, reverse "F?r Treue Dienst"

[Jason]

I saw that medal bar in your sale Rick, i was sorely tempted, but my binding 50% rule (and a clip over the ear from my girlfriend) came into force and stopped me unfortunately! Still, a beautiful bar!

cheers

Jason

[Stogieman]

What the heck is a 50% rule?? The clip in the head I understand completely!

[Jason]

The 50% rule I have for medal bars means if a group has 50% (or more) medals I don't have already mounted then its a serious proposition! I'm pretty flexible when it comes to Hindenburg Crosses though. It may seem a little weird, and I've probably missed a lot of nice groups, but half the fun for me is the search for something different, like this group!

cheers

Jason