A Very interesting W?rttemberg Medal Bar

[Stogieman]

When I first received the photos of this bar from a contact in Germany I could not for the life of me figure out why they mounted the Baden Merit Medal like this..... when it showed up, neatly behind the Silver Bravery Medal is a pair of stitches to keep the Baden Medal from sliding around. Of additional interest is the W?rttemberg Fire Service Medal for 25 Years Long Service awarded 1919-20 ONLY!!!!! Just one of the spiifiest frack bars I've ever found!

[Stogieman]

Reverse. Note the unusual pair of hooks for mounting to the jacket.

[CHRIS W]

Nice bar!! That is a odd size ribbon they used.

Chris

[Guest Rick Research]

The Baden connection would seem to indicate an Infantry Regiment 126 veteran.

The black wartime+ issue IX Years Medal shows this was probably a man who enlisted in 1915, getting this on discharge as a double time regular.

And the Weimar-into-Third-Reich W?rttemberg 25 Years Fire Service Medal (very very nice BTW) was probably given just before the Hindenburg Cross came out-- so this guy had been a volunteer fireman even before signing on for the army during the war.

Such a nice bar (weird suspebsion) but no Hindeburg Cross.... ??? DIED/KILLED circa 1934? We'll never know, now.

[Bob Hunter]

Great bar with a nifty hook and eye setup.

[joe campbell]

lovely!

lovely!

lovely!

i should find a spot for it

on my wall....

joe

[joe campbell]

and, in fact, i WILL find a place for it...

while the ambiance and panache of stogie's

astroturf is hard to beat, i am compelled to

do my own dark thing....

the stabilizer stitch for the baden medal

underneath the wurtt is SLICK.

a gem of a bar. thanks, ricardo!

joe

[joe campbell]

just at the right end of the baden suspensory wire....

gotta' squint.... but very nicely done!

joe

[Stogieman]

Now..... compare this with the bar Ed Haynes bought:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=4...indpost&p=66228

Same medal, 2 very different mounting styles and both seem to have worked quite well!