The non-fightingman

[römischIX]

i know a few with steel on combattant ribbon.

steel on non comb = service at home
steel on comb = service in occupied countries but behind the front
bronce on comb = the same but service at the frontline.

steel on comb = often postmans, policemen, telegraphs and other "officials".

[saschaw]

There were several additions to who gets which medal, and it's my assumption duos are the result of this process. A man who got the one, and then another after the regulations were changed.

I had a small butoniere recently which had two ribbons as well, see here:

http://woeschler-orden.de/verkauft-p...azu-miniaturen

Along this line, I would like to ask if anyone has seen any other bars with the steel medal on the combat ribbon?

I have some and have seen many, which doesn't makle me wonder. According to Nimmergut, opus magnum (vol. V), there were awarded:

- 1.107.756 in "Bronze am Band für Kämpfer"
- 341.949 in "Stahl am Band für Kämpfer"
- 57.094 in "Stahl am Band für Nichtkämpfer".

We see, the "full noncombattant" medals are much scarcer than the steel medals on combattant ribbon.

PS: römischIX, that's not correct. It's somewhat more difficult, unfortunately. And I still don't know it by heart... =(

[luftkrieg]

A simple 1-place medal bar.

Pierce

[Don D.]

Its been a while so......

[Don D.]

And another......

[Scott Powell]

Pierce and Don, i'm LOVING your bars

[römischIX]

uh with lippe - nice.

the recip. of the 2nd shown bar was an e.l. or nco. --> austrian medal.

[CRBeery]

One from me.

[CRBeery]

A very rare one!

[Wild Card]

Chet!

Beautiful.

Did you get this one at OMSA?

Great to see you again.

[Don D.]

Very nice and rare bars.

[gen_key]

Hi

here are some single non-fighting awards (hope I am allowed to show these aswell) the hessen single bar is with the "kriegsverdienst" medal for non-fighting persons.



<a href="http://www.bilder-speicher.de/12082114633943/foto/2012-08-21-140333-1024x768.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://bilder.toplist100.org/show-image_org-12082114633943.jpg" border="0" alt="eigenes Fotoalbum" /></a>

[gen_key]

sorry here the reverse.

[CRBeery]

Lots of nice bars here!
It was good to see you too Wild Card! I had a great time as always. This is the only bar that followed me home this year and it fits this thread so...

[gregM]

Great stuff, Guys