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    WWI German Medal Bars from Vet

    I just acquired a lot of items from the estate of a WWII veteran who served in the 90th Infantry Division. I am primarily a collector of WWII items, so I know little about Imperial awards. I am posting photos of the four ribbon bars I acquired. I would greatly appreciate it if you "Imperial wizards" could identify the medals and what I could realistically expect to get for each of them.

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    Ribbon Bar #1
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      Ribbon Bar #1, Reverse
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        Ribbon Bar #2
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          Ribbon Bar #2, Reverse
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            Ribbon Bar #3
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              Ribbon Bar #3, Reverse
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                Ribbon Bar #4
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                  Ribbon Bar #4, Reverse
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                    #10
                    Nice bars. Bar #2 the middle 2 awards have been switched around. Swap places and they are ok. Nice 1870-90s bars for the most part except for the WW1 bar with the EK2.
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                      #11
                      I am not very good at reading medal bars but they all seem to be pretty
                      common medals. The first bar looks to be from a vet from the war of 1870.
                      1) long servive medal
                      2) 1870/71 war sevice medal with campain bars
                      3) 1866 campain medal
                      4) 1897 century medal

                      Don is right on with his assessments and the fact that the medals are switched
                      in bar #2
                      Last edited by gregM; 02-05-2007, 09:19 PM.

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                        #12
                        Thanks so far guys! Don, I have already done the switch-a-roo on ribbon bar #2. Thanks for pointing this out!

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                          #13
                          The combination of bars on #1 is most likely VIII Corps.

                          As for #3, the medals are 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, Hesse General Honor Decoration, Honor Cross for Combatants, and Centenary Medal. The presence of the Centenary Medal, issued in 1897, but lack of a long-service decoration, means that this most likely belonged to a soldier who did his initial military service around 1897, and was recalled in World War I in the Landwehr or Landsturm.

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                            #14
                            I love the 1870-1901 bars. I especially like the homemade non-combatant bar at the bottom.

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                              #15
                              wow! Nice score! The multi bar medal bar is fantastic.

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