IC2 Non-Combatant Medal Bar

[Biro]

Well loved Godet frack...

[Biro]

Rear..

[Marc Garlasco]

HOLY FRACK!!!!

[Don D.]

Now that is a beautiful bar!!!! One day it will be mine, oh yes, it will.....

[pzrwest]

Why is the order backwards on this last medal bar? At first I thought it was a "mirrored" image but it isn't.

[pzrwest]

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[Brian R]

HOLY FRACK!!!!

"Holy Frack" is right. I remember when this bar was on ebay about 5+ years ago. I was outbid

[McCulloh]

George - Check out this old thread.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=manstein

These combos are interesting although we'll never know what the real story is without the paperwork. I used to have two of these bars - one of them went to go live with Ralph A a few years back.

This was discussed over at another forum last year or so. There is a lot of evidence now that the noncom EKs on black/white ribbons were for merit in the homeland-or at least not in a war zone.
I think Chris B's magnificent web site may have more information on this topic.

As I recall only 3,000 of the 13,000 white/black ribboned EKs went to people in the military. I can't remember the source, but I recall that Rick L. mentioned it. Certainly there are a LOT of pictures and paperwork out there to Mayors, navy port engineers, Mayors, forestry officials, civil and military Beamten etc. etc.. Many seem to have been awarded well into 1919/1920.

[saschaw]

I'm sorry necker, but yours isn't good to me - neither the cross nor the bar. You bought it via eBay.de, from a "cetra2003" or a "raritaetensammlerclub" - am I right?

Is "necker" still around on WAF, would better pictures be possible? The cross itself would really really be of interest for the Iron Cross collectors, methinks...