3 medal bar with clasps

[Christian L]

hello collectors,
i hope someone of you can help me.
my question is about a medal bar with the the prussian military merit medal in silver (Krieger Verdienst), the friedrich auguste medal in bronze on the peace-ribbon!!!!! and the south-west-africa medal with the clasps HERERO-LAND, ONGANJIRA and GROSS-NAMALAND.
is there a possibility for finding out the owner or the unit or anythink about it. i know it's not a long medalbar on which you can say clearly how the owner is.
i'm happy over any informations.

and my other question is, know someone of you a book or books in which i can read something about the fights in colonial terretory where clasps issued for and perhaps a guide to them.

best regards christian

[Rick Research]

That sounds like a VERY nice medal bar!

The first one would be the Prussian Militärehrenzeichen, I think, not the Kriegerverdienstmedaille. The MEZ would be considerably larger than the Saxon medal.

Hereroland was a general "area" bar for operations 1904-05, "Gross-Namaland" the same for 1905-06.

The action at Onganjira took place 8 May 1904, with 800 German and 160 Askari members of the Schutztruppen-- of whom 14 Germans were killed and 12 were wounded. I have no other data.

Enlisted men can almost never be traced.

[Christian L]

you're right rick with the militärehrenzeichen, sorry my mistake
yes, it's nice
thanks for the informations - so i know more than before.

but where do you get the informations about the clasps where issued for?
i would be pleasened over any literature informations, too.
thanks christian

[Rick Research]

I have a couple of pages xeroxed from the Official History of the 1904-1906 War with the dates and areas of actions.

I have many Strange And Obscure reference sources, including the casualty rolls for the 1900-1901 Boxer Uprising in China. I am a "packrat" for information!

[Daniel Krause]

Hi Christian,

try to get the 2 old OMM magazines about the China war and the Südwestafrika war. Both are full of information.

Best regards

Daniel

[Christian L]

thanks for your help,
but where i can get these omm magazines?
best regards christian

[Daniel Krause]

Ask some dealers, if they still have some in stock.
If You can´t find I can make You copies. Lesser quality but better than nothing.

Beste Grüße
Daniel