Giorgos,
Thank you for that, much appreciated!
Tim
Thank you for that, much appreciated!
Tim
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re: Greek Medal Bar
Guys,
What are the thoughts here on the differences between the ribbon bars and the medal bar?
If I am looking at these correctly, the ribbon bars both show the officer grades (4th class) for the Order of George and Order of Phoenix and both have swords under the rosettes, which to me would denote awards for combat service.
However, the Order of the Phoenix on the medal bar is without swords and is normally associated with a civil or non-combat related award. Was there ever a change to the award requirements or could it be a case where he was later "upgraded" to swords on this and never bothered to upgrade the medal?
Not sure if the swords version came out later and possibly after this medal bar was worn by the recipient or ..? If I was to think of case examples here, the Austrian ODM's come to mind in that swords were not instituted until 1916, but I really don't know if that's even a valid comparison.
Thanks again!
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