Saxon Bar!

[Stogieman]

Thanks to a fellow Member this little gem is now in my care. Pretty scarce award.

[VtwinVince]

Glad you like it Rick. After you've seen your bank manager, get back to me about some high-value Saxon material.....

[Stogieman]

3192 awarded like this, that’s pretty scarce. As long as I’ve floated in and out of collecting I can count on one hand the number I’ve seen, silver or bronze!

[Mike Huxley]

Lovely pair you have there Rick, well done.

[Farkas]

4 hours ago, Stogieman said:

3192 awarded like this, that’s pretty scarce. As long as I’ve floated in and out of collecting I can count on one hand the number I’ve seen, silver or bronze!

Hello Gents,

may I ask what the reasons were that makes it so scarce? Was it a small pool of potential Saxon recipients or a stringent criteria for its award amongst them?

 

tony🍻

 

 

[Graf]

9 hours ago, Farkas said:

Hello Gents,

may I ask what the reasons were that makes it so scarce? Was it a small pool of potential Saxon recipients or a stringent criteria for its award amongst them?

 

tony🍻

 

 

I agree can we have more information what makes it "rare bird"  Thanks

 

 

[Stogieman]

Good Morning!

195k and change awarded in bronze on the bravery ribbon and only 3,192 on the Friedensband . I m not sure how that word translates and I don’t know the criteria for award on this ribbon. But by sheer numbers a pretty rare medal 

[David M]

What is it?

[Stogieman]

Honor Cross

Saxon Friedrich August Medal in Bronze with the Weltkrieg Spange

[chuck]

Hi Stogieman,

 

   Is the medal in Bronze (240,750 official minted), or Bronzed-Iron (11,500 official minted)?

 

Friedrich August Medal in Bronze 1905 (ehrenzeichen-orden.de)

 

Regards

chuck 

[Giannis S.]

A scarce find; nice one!

[Stogieman]

Good Morning, it looks like bronze to me

[91-old-inf-reg]

Just saw this up on eBay and wanted to see what your thoughts on it where on it:

[Stogieman]

Is it me, or are they coming out of the woodwork?

[Mike Huxley]

I'll reserve judgement on this. However, to me, that's either a very highly cleaned and polished FAM and a very clean and polished bar, or it's freshly made.

[CRBeery]

Most of these are locked up in collections. I don’t see very many come to the open market but they do appear.

Edited November 15, 2023 by CRBeery

[VtwinVince]

There's something funny about the finish and the background on that bar up for opinions. And I do like that example on the bow, I have a Carola Medal with that bar on it.

[91-old-inf-reg]

very nice collection! Single bars are always great pieces! 
 

It seems to me that the medal the bar where removed, polished and cleaned and then returned to the ribbon, look at the holes above the bar and the threads above the medal eyelet,

but this is just a hunch

 

 

[Mike Huxley]

6 hours ago, 91-old-inf-reg said:

 

It seems to me that the medal the bar where removed, polished and cleaned and then returned to the ribbon, look at the holes above the bar and the threads above the medal eyelet,

but this is just a hunch

 

 

I agree with Vince. Also, why remove the bar and clean it, I for one would never clean a medal and remove the patina of100 years of handling and use. It always rings alarm bells for me when I see a medal without any sign of age or ware on it.

You say look at the holes above the bar! Well again that rings alarm bells, why take it off in the first place? My thoughts on the holes are that in fact the bar was added in order to get a higher price.

 

Just be careful iff your thinking of going for it.

Edited November 15, 2023 by Mike Huxley

[Mike Huxley]

More Saxon bars on eBay.de.

 

[VtwinVince]

I like the second one, but the price is stupid.

[CRBeery]

I think the top one was sold by a dealer for 1,000 euro.

[Mike Huxley]

1 hour ago, CRBeery said:

I think the top one was sold by a dealer for 1,000 euro.

Your probably right and this guy has added another 400 euro as his mark up. All the prices are going absolutely crazy at the moment. I think I'll stick with my British WWI collecting for the time being, at least they're named and easily researchable.

[Stogieman]

Actually, in thinking about where things are selling, the price of that double Albert bar isn’t really that bad.

[VtwinVince]

Rick is right, a nice SAO1mS from one of the better manufacturers now goes for 700 euros in Europe.