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I thought I would post this bar and how the identification was done so that it would be saved here before I move the bar to the stand.
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This six place bar was acquired by me at the show in Kassel, Germany in November, 2008. On the bar is:
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1914 Iron Cross 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Class (EK2)
Bayern Militar-Verdienst Order 4<SUP>th</SUP> Class with Swords and Crown (BMV4XKr)
Mecklenburg Milirar-Verdienst Cross 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Class (MMV2)
Hindenburg Cross with Swords
Third Reich 25 year Long Service Cross (DA25)
Third Reich 12 year Long Service Cross (DA12)
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To make an attribution we must first know to which German Army the officer served. The holder of this bar was an officer was in the Bavarian Army because of the BMV4XKr and nothing else from Prussia. Now that we know to look in the Bavarian Military Handbook we can try to narrow it down to which regiment to look in. The MMV2 does that because the Duke of Mecklenburg was the honorary Commander of Bavarian Infantry Regiment 21 and he awarded decoration from Mecklenburg to officers in the regiment.
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Decorations that are not on a bar are just as important as what decorations are on the bar. There are no Bavarian Jubilee medals on the bar and they were last given in 1912. The DA25 was not awarded after September 1, 1939 so this officer had to have been in the army beginning at least August, 1914. So we are looking for an officer in Bavarian IR21 who entered service after 1912 and before August, 1914 and stayed in between the wars. That narrows the list down greatly. So we are now looking for an officer who was awarded the BMV4XKr during WWI. The only officers who fits the entire criteria is GL August Schmidt who was the commander of 10<SUP>th</SUP> Infantry Division and holder of the Knights Cross (awarded October 28, 1939) and Oak leaves (awarded January 1, 1944)
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I thought I would post this bar and how the identification was done so that it would be saved here before I move the bar to the stand.
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</OThis six place bar was acquired by me at the show in Kassel, Germany in November, 2008. On the bar is:
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</O1914 Iron Cross 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Class (EK2)
Bayern Militar-Verdienst Order 4<SUP>th</SUP> Class with Swords and Crown (BMV4XKr)
Mecklenburg Milirar-Verdienst Cross 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Class (MMV2)
Hindenburg Cross with Swords
Third Reich 25 year Long Service Cross (DA25)
Third Reich 12 year Long Service Cross (DA12)
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</OTo make an attribution we must first know to which German Army the officer served. The holder of this bar was an officer was in the Bavarian Army because of the BMV4XKr and nothing else from Prussia. Now that we know to look in the Bavarian Military Handbook we can try to narrow it down to which regiment to look in. The MMV2 does that because the Duke of Mecklenburg was the honorary Commander of Bavarian Infantry Regiment 21 and he awarded decoration from Mecklenburg to officers in the regiment.
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</ODecorations that are not on a bar are just as important as what decorations are on the bar. There are no Bavarian Jubilee medals on the bar and they were last given in 1912. The DA25 was not awarded after September 1, 1939 so this officer had to have been in the army beginning at least August, 1914. So we are looking for an officer in Bavarian IR21 who entered service after 1912 and before August, 1914 and stayed in between the wars. That narrows the list down greatly. So we are now looking for an officer who was awarded the BMV4XKr during WWI. The only officers who fits the entire criteria is GL August Schmidt who was the commander of 10<SUP>th</SUP> Infantry Division and holder of the Knights Cross (awarded October 28, 1939) and Oak leaves (awarded January 1, 1944)
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