My great great grandpa's 1870/71 single medal with bars

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Hello all, 

 

Here my great great grandpa's single 1870/71 medal with bars. 

I don't know why his medal is silver colored but it is indeed the combatant medal. Even with the rim engraving

[BalkanCollector]

So nice to see such an old medal being preserved by the family for so many years! 

[IrishGunner]

Very nice.  I always enjoy seeing this medal mounted...and with bars.

[VtwinVince]

That is a nice variant, must have been silvered by your ancestor.

[webr55]

Very nice!

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Thank you very much guys. 

 

Yeah looks like but I wonder why he choose silver instead of gold for the medal. We will never known 

[Stuka f]

Very nice and thanks for sharing.

[BalkanCollector]

17 hours ago, Uffz. Rohleder said:

Thank you very much guys. 

 

Yeah looks like but I wonder why he choose silver instead of gold for the medal. We will never known 

Personally, I prefer silver medals, they look way better in my opinion. Maybe your grandpa shared the same view.

Also, who knows the price of gold back then? Maybe it was way more expensive than silver.

[chuck]

very nice!! do you know what unit he served with during the war??

 

chuck