Opinions please on non-combatant ribbon...

[Robert P.]

I'm not very optimistic regarding the originality of this ribbon, but I thought I'd ask you all for your opinions anyway. In the past I have read that there were Imperial ribbons which had 'whip-stitched' edges on either one side of the ribbon, or both. Could this be one of these, or do we throw this one in the vertical file?

Robert

[Robert P.]

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[VonPeter]

It is a bad one, sorry.

/peter

[Robert P.]

It is a bad one, sorry.

/peter

No problem. It came on a nice 1914 Type A14 EKII I bought off of eBay. It would have been nice to have had an original non-combatant ribbon on it, but...

Thanks for your opinion, Peter

Robert

[VonPeter]

I have seen worses looking ribbon so you can always use it with the cross for display purposes but imo a original black ribbon will look better on the cross. And after all, if the cross was ever awarded it was at 99,9% a combatant ribbon on it in the first place.

/peter

[Robert P.]

I have seen worses looking ribbon so you can always use it with the cross for display purposes but imo a original black ribbon will look better on the cross. And after all, if the cross was ever awarded it was at 99,9% a combatant ribbon on it in the first place.

/peter

I also felt that way Peter,

These ribbons used to be fairly easy to locate (I'm speaking twenty years ago), but not anymore. I feel pretty lucky having just one good one on an Imperial EK.
I guess the best place to find one would be at the SOS where one could inspect it in hand first before pulling for the wallet.

Robert