help needed. medal bars

[wh014d4394]

hello. i hope i got the right place here.i dont collect medals. i was told to skip these. but i took them home instead. i beleave these to be 100pc genuine. there not mint and could do with a good wash. theres around 100 medal ribins and bars mixed up. is there any value here? are do thay go back to the skip thanks for your help

[wh014d4394]

these are just some ov them. theres lots more. there was a box full of them

[Adam H]

Nothing of great value per se but all appear to be original ribbon bars, mostly WWI and WWII from the look of it. Tough to sell but you'd probably do ok if you sold them off in small lots for a couple quid each.

I wouldn't wash them, although they are quite dirty. If you decide to, some lukewarm water and gentle soap would be the way to go.

The mounting bars come in handy for people that wish to mount or remount a group and don't want to "court mount".

Definitely not for the skip, but you won't get rich selling them off either!

Hope that's somewhat helpful.

Cheers,

Adam

[paulbear]

THERE are plenty of collectors out there who need honest and genuine ribbon bars to complete their battle dress tunics so no waste here.

PAUL

[wh014d4394]

and heres the rest of them. there no good to me

[wh014d4394]

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[wh014d4394]

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[yellow]

What you are looking for are leaves If they look like fern leaves or oak leaves, then you are in the money......... but they wont make you millionaire. These are mentioned in despatches emblems and are highly desirable to British medal collectors who will pay 10 pounds each for them. Put those on ebay.

You know the one things that amazes me about Brit ribbon bars is the fact that when compared to their German WW2 counterparts they hold little or no value. Collecting trends are a funny thing. I wonder if British ribbon bar collecting will ever catch on?

[BILL]

You have one that is more rare. Look for the ribbon bar with the silver rossette on the first (rainbow colored) ribbon. This represents the 1914 Star with the "5th August-22nd November" bar. He was also awarded the Meritorious Service Medal which is the last one ( crimson with two white borders). This is a more unique ribbon bar worth keeping.