Claudio Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Dear forumites, My brother has acquired a ribbon bar... (see below picture). Any comments or help in order to identify this bar? EK 2 Kl. 1914HHOXRAO4Pr DA25 f. OffzCentenarmedailleHessen, Tapferkeitsmedaille (?)Hamburg, HansakreuzBremen, HansakreuzKuK Österreich-Ungarn, Militärverdienstkreuz 3. Kl. mit KriegsdekorationThank you all in advance! ciao, Claudio The reverse of the ribbon bar... I guess no clue here if it's Kriegsmarine or not... or maybe it's a confirmation that this officer must have been army... Edited September 21, 2015 by Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Very nice. I don't think it can be Identified as the first five ribbons are common to officers and the award rolls for the last four do not exist. What is the color of the backing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Hi Paul, I just edited my thread with a picture of the backing... For me it was Army... first I thought Navy... but I'm more inclined on Army now. Too bad that the Bremen-rolls are not available... According to Nimmergut, the company A. J. Richter Hamburg manufactured 306 crosses and the company Koch & Bergfeld Bremen about 20'500. Always accordingly Nimmergut about 20'018 crosses were awarded. C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Hi Claudio, if I remember right the big brother of this ribbon bar was showing up at a german shop maybe 10 years ago... but I think without name tooMy guess is army too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Krause Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Hi Claudio, my best guess would be Joachim von Zitzewitz, 1869-1929, Major in 1914, mostly General Staffer, finished as full Colonel. I have him with exactly this combo in my database. Lots of greetings Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Thanks a lot dear Daniel! Great work in identifying the potential wearer of this bar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Superb bar and Daniel Krause amazes me with his knowledge and database. i love staff officer ribbon bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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