The last medal-bar I got from Ebay. 6-piece bavarian style:
Military Merit Cross 3. class w/X
EK 2 1914 with makers mark "G" for Godet & Sohn, Berlin
Hindenburg Cross with maker "39 R. V. Pforzheim"
Golden Wedding Commemorative Medal 1918
Hungary: WWI Commemorative Medal for combatants
Bavarian Military Long-Service Decoration for 9 years
The rare Golden Wedding Commemorative Medal (about 14000 awards) was instituted in 1918 by King Ludwig III. to commemorate his golden wedding in February 1918. It should be awarded to all members of his regiments on christmas 1918. This medal was made from blackened iron and was NOT for wear. But with the end of the war and the following chaos these medals were forgotton on the loft of the Bavarian Mint in Munich. In 1921 crown prince Rupprecht remebered these medals and awarded them to the participants of the funeral of his father and later some were awarded to bavarian people who distinguished themselves for patriotism and deeds for bavaria. These medals were still not for wear but in 1922 Rupprecht followed the requests from some holders of the medal to allow the wear of this medal. The owners could, at their own expense, attach a loop on the medal and it could be worn on the jubilee-ribbon used for the Luitpold medals too. Some of these (ugly in blackened iron) medals were later privately gilded. This medal here is one of these gilded iron medals.
Military Merit Cross 3. class w/X
EK 2 1914 with makers mark "G" for Godet & Sohn, Berlin
Hindenburg Cross with maker "39 R. V. Pforzheim"
Golden Wedding Commemorative Medal 1918
Hungary: WWI Commemorative Medal for combatants
Bavarian Military Long-Service Decoration for 9 years
The rare Golden Wedding Commemorative Medal (about 14000 awards) was instituted in 1918 by King Ludwig III. to commemorate his golden wedding in February 1918. It should be awarded to all members of his regiments on christmas 1918. This medal was made from blackened iron and was NOT for wear. But with the end of the war and the following chaos these medals were forgotton on the loft of the Bavarian Mint in Munich. In 1921 crown prince Rupprecht remebered these medals and awarded them to the participants of the funeral of his father and later some were awarded to bavarian people who distinguished themselves for patriotism and deeds for bavaria. These medals were still not for wear but in 1922 Rupprecht followed the requests from some holders of the medal to allow the wear of this medal. The owners could, at their own expense, attach a loop on the medal and it could be worn on the jubilee-ribbon used for the Luitpold medals too. Some of these (ugly in blackened iron) medals were later privately gilded. This medal here is one of these gilded iron medals.
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