Austrian 8 piece medal bar

[collector rich]

Hello:

I am in the process of taking new pictures and thought yoy guys might

like to see a nice medal bar.. Thanks

Rich

[germanmedals]

From the first sight to me it seems like new constructed bar from original medals. Closeups from medals can determinate if there are any fakes among them.

[Don D.]

Can we see the reverse too.

[Elmar Lang]

Actually, it isn't an Austrian medal bar, but a German one (1938-'45) belonged to a former Austrian subject, who took part to the Anschluß of 1938, participated to WW2, where he earned an EK-II.

It is curious that there are the Hungarian and Bulgarian war commemorative medals and not the Austrian one (that should evidently be present).

More, the Karl-Truppenkreuz comes after the Kriegsmedaille 1873.

The bar looks like being very well mounted, and with original ribbons, but there are too many mistakes.

Best wishes,

E.L.

[germanmedals]

IMO this bar didnt belong to no "subject",...it is put together after WW2.

[collector rich]

Interesting Observations

Let me post a photo of the Reverse. Please continue. I am learning.

Rich

[collector rich]

Reverse and Notes from Purchase in 2007

Reverse and Notes from Purchase in 2007

I would like to get this bar figured out. I thank all of you

Rich

[Don D.]

Do some pictures in natural light.

[peterm]

It is curious that there are the Hungarian and Bulgarian war commemorative medals and not the Austrian one (that should evidently be present).
Best wishes,

E.L.

Hi Enzo!

Sorry, but I have to disagree in this case. Many Austrians wore commemorative medals like these WITHOUT the Austrian one for different reasons.

Concerning the bar itself: from what I see here I don't believe that it existed before 1945...

Kind regards, Peter

[McCulloh]

Hmmmmmmmm........I vote aye, with serious reservations. The construction looks similar to tje Bavarian guy who supplied Kelly's @ 10 years ago and the Crusade medal is a warning sign to me. Often fakers like to throw on a foreign medal as a "attractor". BUT, There were hundreds of thousands of Austrians who only got the KK in 1917-19 and the war medal was handed out by local Austrian vets groups from 1920-1938. Seems like the right sort of medal bar for a recalled late 30s aged NCO. .....maybe sporting a wound badge. The lack of an Austrian war medal isnt as big a bother to me because some Austrian Nazis deliberately rejected the Republican medal as a representation of an illegitimate regime outside of Greater Germany. The HKx is often missing from legitimate Austrian groups because of the short application period.

[Brian R]

I owned this bar a long time ago and sold it in good faith after it was vetted by Rick L. (I sold a BUNCH of stuff at the time as I was in the midst of buying a house). I may have even sold it to Rich but I don't remember. I do seem to remember, however, it was flawlessly constructed and everything was tightly tied down. The information Rich included above is originally from Rick.

Here are a couple brighter pictures...