Crap Ribbon Bars: The Next Generation

[Rick Research]

All three currently from this seller are fake. Note the brass wire pins with GROTESQUE hugely overlong projecting lower bend sticking out of the backing, and the wide steel (?) hand snipped catches.

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This Old Style would almost have passed muster from the front, except for its dazzlingly too-new appearance, which draws one in to the then virtually impossible double solid blue Prussian long services. The other two ribbon bars are simply idiotic combinations (I especially like the 1939 EK, Prussian officer pre-WW1 Crown4X, WW1 enlisted only-Württemberg silver MMM but BAVARIAN Jubilee and Long Service one. )

[webr55]

Not to mention his involvement with the Luftschutz in Africa...

[Bob Hunter*]

...but it is colorful!

[Gerd Becker]

And here is the third beauty, he has for sale:

The one posted by Chris is so grotesk, its actually funny

[Gerd Becker]

All three of them with this wonderful handsnipped? catch:

[Bob Hunter*]

The reverse says it all...Thanks for the heads-up Rick.