medal bar with 1870-1914 repetition clasp

[herkules]

Hi Guys,

would/could you be so kind and give me a rough estimate of the

present value of this unique medal bar ?

It had been checked and evaluated by 'forum experts' !!

The repetition clasp (Godet) is like the bar itself genuine and very rare !

Thank you !

Wolf

[herkules]

medal bar

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[römischIX]

Grüß dich Wolf!

It seems that the "clasp" to the IC 1870 is a (in my opinion) private purchased version with splinte (not the version of the GOK with schlaufe). The bar is a nice and original piece. I am not an expert of clasps, but i think it is OK, too.

In my opinion the bar has the value of 1200 - 1400 EUR. In oversea may be more.

[streptile]

It seems that the "clasp" to the IC 1870 is a (in my opinion) private purchased version with splinte (not the version of the GOK with schlaufe).

Hi römisch,

Why do you think the GOK versions had loopbacks (schlaufe)? In my opinion that's not true. Only private-purchased WHS had the loopback (and the piece shown in Sauerwald's famous article is not an award-type).

The WHS Wolf shows in not by Godet but by Wagner, is unmarked, and is an award-type in my opinion. I have handled this bar.

Here is the award-type, same type as Wolfe's.

[römischIX]

The from the GOK given pieces had a schlaufe not those little hooks.

But they had the problem, that the GOK pieces couldn`t add to a medal bar, so
the veterans bought pieces with hooks in the Ordenshandel (private purchased ones)

Till Nov. 1918 nearly 900 clasps were awarded.

(Schubersky/Thamm OMM 5 Febr. 2000)

Bevor 1915 some wore both IC in the buttonhole.