A Rick Research Medal Bar Set

[Stogieman]

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen! Long ago and far away, Rick and I were pretty close. I used to visit him a couple times a week. He used to make fun of me and my shopping habits. I would peruse every dealer and site I could find. My theory was that even a bad dealer could have something good despite themselves. He especially made sport of me shopping the old Manion’s site, which was especially full of absolute junk! But, hey, everybody makes mistakes!

 The ribbon bar here was a Manion’s purchase. I paid $100 for it. I always brought everything I bought over to Rick’s for his help and opinion. He always had first option on what I had.

so, I show up with the ribbon bar and he absolutely flips out! “Where did you get this?” He then proceeded to go to his vault and pull out the matching medal bar! He was going crazy over the situation. Rick told me long ago he had bought the medal bar. That someone else bought all the documents. I don’t remember the name he had.

well, you know how I feel about reuniting groups and we did some trading.

After he passed, the set came to me. It means a lot to me not only because it was his, but it was the first real trade we ever did together.

[dond]

Very nice. That one would be a keeper.

[VtwinVince]

Super cool, our Bavarian friends should be quite interested in that combo.