Gold FAM?

[Jason]

Gents

I stopped into a dealer's shop on the way to the railway station this afternoon, he has a 3 place bar with a gold Saxon FAM. Am I correct in assuming these were private purchase versions of bronze medals?

cheers

Jason

[David Gregory]

Jason,

I think you are right in assuming it was a private purchase item or a privately "enhanced" bronze medal. I have one mounted in first place next to an EK2 on a two-place bar.

Three-place EK2 + "other state's approximate equivalent" + Hindenburg cross bars are good examples of typical awards to the men that survived the war.

Unfortunately, I am not particularly disciplined and have examples of both two place bars (EK2 + "other state's approximate equivalent") and three-place bars as described above for most of the entities of the German empire from 1914-18. I mainly collect award and service documents and only acquire medal bars if they come with the paperwork or as representative examples to match the documents I have.

David

[HeikoGrusdat]

there was no FAM in gold, only bronze and silver, but some people wanted to make the medal bar a bit more shiny and gilded the bronze ones.... looks good

[Jason]

Thanks David, the only problem for me with the group is its condition....pretty much worn out! Still it would be a nice one to pick up for the "variation" appeal.

cheers

Jason

Edited April 27, 2006 by Jason