Medal bar EK2 Hesse Bravery Hindenburg Cross

[evilmike]

Picked up this last week, i'm led to believe the Hesse bravery medal is not too easy to find? and possibly silver?

[evilmike]

close ups

[evilmike]

Ek2

[VtwinVince]

Pretty stunning little EM's group, Mike. I wouldn't call the Hessen TKM rare, but they look nice

[MauserKar98k]

VtwinVince is correct, the Hessen Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen für Tapferkeit 1894 is not particularly rare, they are worth ~$34-$50 by themselves. These were made of low-quality silver and they eventually switched to making them out of silver-plated Kriegsmetall- I think around 1918.

Does this example have "FÜR TAPFERKEIT" on the back?

Nice medal brace and bar.

[LeeJ]

Nice set Im only partial to Hessen because I live there unfortunately Im still missing this bar from my collection I'll get around to it someday though

[römischIX]

nice one but in germany not rare.

it`s rarer when you get the medal with "für kriegsverdienst" on it.

[saschaw]

Or any other reverse inscription.

I don't think (or: am not aware) of zink silvered Hassian bravery medals. I think they stateyd at their "silver" (250/00!) until war's end, as e.g. Württemberg did, while Baden changed to silvered zink at circa end-1916.

Speaking only about the standard silver war merit/bnravery medals, of course.

[evilmike]

Does this example have "FÜR TAPFERKEIT" on the back?

Nice medal brace and bar.

thats the one

[gregM]

Here's a mini to go with your nice medal bar