My first white-black EK ribbon bar

[webr55]

EK2 on white-black ribbon, General Honor Decoration (or RAO4?), Hamburg Hanseatenkreuz (colors blurred), Centenary, Weimar Ehrenlegion.

What do you think?

An NCO-level Beamter with the General Honor Decoration? Or rather a senior one with RAO4? Either way, no long service.

Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55

[webr55]

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Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55

[Stogieman]

Very interesting "old style" bar. Must have done his one year 1897 and then back for WW1. With the second ribbon, either option, I'll bet he had a schnalle long service. I'm thinking "other ranks". Both the General Decoration and RAO4 would have had a "time served" requirement I believe?

[Guest Rick Research]

I agree about a short timer circa 1897, and hence no long service.

The rest could be civilian, rather than military-- maybe railways, gendarmerie or some similar war effort duty. A military offical would have gotten a long service award after the war with continuous pre-1897 service on.

[webr55]

If he had had a Schnalle prewar, I think he would most probably have exchanged it at least postwar. That's why I think he really didn't have a LS.

I agree with the civilian theory, no military official. So probably NCO level, with Gen. Hon. Dec.

[webr55]

BTW, I have a dumb question: Were the Hanseatic Crosses given to soldiers and civilians alike?

[Guest Rick Research]

Yup. That's why I think the whole bar is for a civilian/civil servant in the war effort, rather than military-- because of no long service and dating from the 1920s.