Look What's In The Box!

[Rick Research]

Seller's scans, just came from today's Stogie-Rick visit to live at my house:

[Rick Research]

How could I possibly resist a tiny little box... for a ribbon bar?!

[Rick Research]

Probably a Reserve or Landwehr doctor. Steel Godet tag, with their typical light gray backing. Note heavy STRUCK brass catch and hinge of pin, their usual construction for, I would guess, actual wartime work, maybe early 1920s.

[Teuton]

Nice! What are those 2nd and 3rd ones?

-Cole

[Vadim K]

hi Cole,
those two are Prussian Red Cross medals.

[Dez H]

I have never seen ribbon bars in these little boxes before, are they extremely rare?

[Teuton]

Originally posted by budulai
hi Cole,
those two are Prussian Red Cross medals.

Ah, thank you!

Question similar to Mr. Dez Hs which is is that an original box that the bar came in?

[Rick Research]

I sure hope so!!!!




It is a perfect fit and presumably what a "high class" place like Godet's would put one in, rather than a little paper bag for the customer to carry it away in... or be mailed to him. I'm old enough to remember when hats (men's and women's) came in cardboard boxes and not off hooks in a store, so the packaging would not be excessive for the period.

I've certainly never seen another box for a ribbon bar before and don't expect to ever again, which is why it is now residing at the North American Headquarters of Hopeless Ribbon Bars Addicts, Inc.

[Brian S]

Very nice pice of history especially in the box!

[Daniel Krause]

Nice thing!

These boxes are really rare!
(and the bar is also nice)

Best regards

Daniel

[Rick Research]

Here are a couple more of the box itself. I suppose it could belong to something else... but the fit is perfect, and the minty box has kept the ribbon bar minty fresh too

[Rick Research]

If only it had said "Godet" inside the lid, the way cardboard boxes for medal bars are often found with maker info!