eBay been bery, bery good to me.......

[Stogieman]

If you know what you're doing........... miracles can (and do) happen!

[Stogieman]

Yes Virginia....... there is a Santa Claus.

[Ed_Haynes]

Loverly . . . quite . . .

[Stogieman]

Why?? Why the excitement?

Well, The Merit Order, Merit Cross with Swords had a total of only 376 awards (one piece, with swords) between 1911-1918.

The Albert Cross with Swords of the Albert Order had a total of only 1,392 awards (one piece with swords) between 1909-1918.

The number of men who actually received BOTH of these very scarce awards is less than ~250 possible recipients.

In addition, that's a Type II Long Service medal, which he received prior to 1913!

Now that's what I call a rarity!

[Ed_Haynes]

And we thought you had sworn off sax . . on . . . medals?!

[Guest Rick Research]

Don't fret gang! Assuming Evil Ricky doesn't sell it down the river first, GOOD scans will follow soon!

[Daniel Murphy]

Rick,

I can understand why you are excited. When I saw not only the Albert Cross, but the Merit Cross and both with swords, I muttered under my breath....OMFG. That is indeed a prize.

Dan Murphy

[Bob Hunter]

That be a nifty Saxon piece. Well done, Rickeee!

[Les]

I saw the bar, however, the quality of the photos the seller posted wasn't all that great and I wasn't certain it was real or not. Let's hope that it's real and not a heaping helping of fake stuff....

Les

[Bob Hunter]

Have a little faith in StogieO.

[Stogieman]

Hi Les, it's real. No 2 ways about it.

[Gerd Becker]

Awesome bar, Rick