Saxon Medal Bar ?

[CHRIS W]

I saw this bar on Wietze's site. I have a question about it. With a combatants EK2 and a Honor Cross with Swords shouldn't the Albert Order have swords also? Without any indication of prewar service on the bar it shouldn't be a peace time award should it?

Chris

[Stogieman]

Nope, if it was, it would have been behind the Honor Cross.

[CHRIS W]

Thanks Stogie Why would a combatants bar have a Albert Order without swords?

Chris

Edited July 28, 2006 by CHRIS W

[Guest Rick Research]

It's possible a pre-war SA3b winner only got an EK2 during the war BUT

the Albert is mounted reverse UP here-- very likely because looking at the lower front arm turned to the BACK, you can see what looks like a great big full length chip down the left side of the visible arm.

I'd say somebody has simply swapped out a normal SA3bX and stuck this in, wrong way up. I hate to think somebody would have snipped swords off a wartime military piece.