scottplen Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hello Looking at this bar ! does it seem good ? I believe the sword clasp on merit medal may have pulled off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRBeery Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I’ve looked at that bar a couple of times. The Saxon medal could be issued without the swords. The long service medal or lack of a higher one bothers me. The price is too steep for me also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1812 Overture Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I feel great, but the price I think will be very expensive, I estimate around 1500 euros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Nice looking Schnalle to a retread highly decorated junior officer from WW1. Always nice to see the White Falcon on a bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Could it be Ided Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) I just negotiated this bar down a bit and pulled the trigger on it ! Seems imperial german bars Keep pulling me in ! I know it’s price it steep but I think is a pretty unique bar ! The last white falcon bar I had I sold for abit less than what I payed for this ! So probably paid a bit more than I should have but I’m pretty happy I just don’t see white falcon bars much ! I in my mind date this bar to late 1939 ? Edited February 21, 2019 by scottplen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRBeery Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) Remember one thing, I’m cheap! Nice bar! Edited February 22, 2019 by CRBeery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I can see why you grabbed it, pretty neat combo, but probably not identifiable. I'm still looking for a straight EK\White Falcon schnalle to complete a group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 Thanks Vince ! I kept going back and forth on this bar for months and negotiating finally seller came down a bit ! Also for me an added plus is the Saxon connection ! So was he a Saxon ? Guess he could have been ? Will post better pics when bar lands ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I would guess a junior officer from Weimar, as this principality did not give out the White Falcon often to 'foreigners'. I would speculate that your guy probably also got a Wilhelm-Ernst Kriegskreuz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Anything with a White Falcon is special, IMO. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Bar arrived today ! What a super bar ! I love this little white bird ! Enamel is perfect on both orders only thing EK2 a bit loose ! No sign of any sword device on Honor medal and its marked 990 on rim ! So was he a NCO from IR 94 before being commissioned ? I want to get a name on this one !!! LS award is magnetic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Great looking bar Scott, I really like these Duchies\Kingdom combos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedehansen Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Hi Scott, rather Fahnenjunker. Kind regards Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) Stop at the craft store and home with a new perch for the White Falcon ! Used bent pins to hold bar down ! What do you think too plain ? I was thinking of putting maybe iron cross ribbon in two corners ? sorry for reflection of the old man ! Edited March 13, 2019 by scottplen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixhs Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Nice piece. The frame and the inlet are looking old (or "old styled") - very nice (i don´t like old things hanging in modern frames) What do we know? -WW1: Lt. or Olt. or may be Hauptmann After 1918; Probably a Reichwehr guy. In around 1936: He served as a reactivated veteran in the Luftwaffe. In 1938: March over the border to Sudetenland (occupation tchechoslovakia) In 1939 or later: Not serving on the front, again (i guess) - only home front may be in a staff - no clasp to the IC2 1914, Ostmedaille.... - the KVK2X was also given to persons who served on the homefront (may be he got the swords for merit in cause of a bombing attack or something in that way) The bar was made in this time. i think in this time he served as a Hauptmann or Major or Oberstleutnant. (Stabsoffizier) Edited March 14, 2019 by ixhs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 14 hours ago, scottplen said: Stop at the craft store and home with a new perch for the White Falcon ! Used bent pins to hold bar down ! What do you think too plain ? I was thinking of putting maybe iron cross ribbon in two corners ? sorry for reflection of the old man ! scottplen, I would suggest a lighter colour for the back ground. The medals seem to "fade" into the black and using a lighter colour would help to high light this nice bar. Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentius Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Dear Scottplen, I fully agree with Gordon, I framed some of my medalbars too last autumn and I used a bordeaux-red background, just on old sweater I had lying around. I'm a big lad, so there was more than enough to fill up several frames. It really brings out the colour in these medalbars, lovely effect. Kind regards, Laurentius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 I see what you mean I will change background! Thanks Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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