1870 Combatant Medal Bar

[Don D.]

Here is my early Christmas present to myself.

[Don D.]

The reverse. The ribbon on the end is for the long service award.

[regular122]

Wow Don! Somebody loves you for sure. What is the Brunswick colored ribbon - long service? Steve

[Scott Powell]

love that bar Don!

[Biro]

Looks like it'll be a very Merry Xmas Don!

Nice.

Marshall

[Marc Garlasco]

Awesome Don - you just don't see a lot of 1870 bars!
Marc

[PaulChep]

Don, a really nice bar. I am very surprised to see a blue back rather then red. Blue is usually Navy but the bar does not look like a Navy bar. The last ribbon is either a Brunswick 1914 KVK or a Brunswick NCO 10 year long service award. I would say, due to it's placement, a NCO 10 year long service award.

[gregM]

Don,
can you please show a good close up of the Ek2 ?
thanks.

[Don D.]

As requested. Not a very pretty cross.

[George Stimson]

Are you going to replace the missing medal?

[Don D.]

According to Rick this is the way long service medals were worn during the period this bar was made, i.e. just the ribbon.

[George Stimson]

"According to Rick this is the way long service medals were worn during the period this bar was made, i.e. just the ribbon."

It would be interesting to see a photgraph of that in practice!

[Tiger 1]

Don,

Nice bar.

I'm curious as to the dimensions of the 1870 EKII. If not a burden could you measure the EKII?

Thanks.

Tony

[George Stimson]

Maybe it's my eyes, but the cross looks kind of TR-shaped to me.

[Don D.]

42mm by 42mm.