Small Prussian/Baden bar

[scottplen]

Nothing fancy but I love the early Baden civil merit medal . 
I assume Prussian in a Baden regiment?

[BlackcowboyBS]

Why do you assume Prussian? Every active soldier in 1897 and veterans and many more were the recipients of the centenard medal. So my guess would be someone from Baden not Prussia. 

[VtwinVince]

I agree Scott, definitely a Badener. I also love the look of this medal. Here is a similar bar.

[chuck]

Would the bar with two Hindberg Crosses be for a son?

 

Regards, 

Chuck 

5 hours ago, VtwinVince said:

I agree Scott, definitely a Badener. I also love the look of this medal. Here is a similar bar.

 

[VtwinVince]

Hi Chuck,

 

It was against statutes to mount two Hindys on the same bar. This could have been either a parent who lost a son or a surviving brother.

[1812 Overture]

9 hours ago, VtwinVince said:

Hi Chuck,

 

It was against statutes to mount two Hindys on the same bar. This could have been either a parent who lost a son or a surviving brother.

I really like the various bars you displayed

[VtwinVince]

Thanks, I like the one with Zaehringer Lion Merit Cross.

[saschaw]

On 03/10/2022 at 23:33, scottplen said:

I assume Prussian in a Baden regiment?

I almost agree with Scott: his two-place bar, certainly to a career EM or NCO, could, from the precedence, well be to a Prussian! A Baden native within a Baden unit of the XIV. Armee-Korps would rather wear the Baden merit medal in front of the Centenary medal than vice versa. Also, this medal bar probably would have been worn with an additional pre-1913 long service award below it - Prussian or Baden type depending on the man's unit.

 

 

On 05/10/2022 at 04:26, VtwinVince said:

This could have been either a parent who lost a son or a surviving brother.

Besides the mentioned fact no one could apply for two crosses even if they technically qualified twice, brothers were not eligible for the next of kin crosses! Those were meant for parents and widows only, as is reflected by their official full name Ehrenkreuz für die Witwen und Eltern gefallener, an den Folgen von Verwundung oder in Gefangenschaft verstorbener oder verschollener Kriegsteilnehmer. Never awarded to orphans either, by the way!