Austrian "mix" medalbar

[peterm]

Hi guys!

Nigel and Mike - You wanted it this way...

I also have most of the documents for this medalbar. This man the leader of a local veterans organisation.

Hope it will find Your interest, although it is mixed WWI, WWII and post WWII.

Kind regards, Peter

[Arthur Spooner]

Impressive medal bar!
Would be interesting to see more detailed pictures of it.

[Nigel N]

Hi Peter!!
What a great bar, covering a long period of many years!! WW1/WW2 and postwar!!
Quite a few interesting things here, on both the medals themselves and the order!!
A Great selection of OKB medals, what i find unusual (for me anyway!) is that the 39-45 Commemorative Cross is in last place, after the OKB medals, on all the bars i've got and i think seen, the 39-45 cross is before?? On the cross itself, i see a makers name, i'm guessing thats Schwertner???
I see the vet used his wartime zinc KVK2 flipped over instead of buying a replacemet 57er, quite a few did that from what i've seen!!!
thanks for showing Peter, a great piece of Austrian military history!!!!!
-Nigel

[peterm]

Impressive medal bar!
Would be interesting to see more detailed pictures of it.

Thanks for Your kind comment! I make my pics with a scanner and therefore it's nearly impossible to show more details of this bar. Sorry.

Kind regards, Peter

[peterm]

A Great selection of OKB medals, what i find unusual (for me anyway!) is that the 39-45 Commemorative Cross is in last place, after the OKB medals, on all the bars i've got and i think seen, the 39-45 cross is before?? On the cross itself, i see a makers name, i'm guessing thats Schwertner???
I see the vet used his wartime zinc KVK2 flipped over instead of buying a replacemet 57er, quite a few did that from what i've seen!!!
thanks for showing Peter, a great piece of Austrian military history!!!!!
-Nigel

Hi Nigel!

Thanks for Your interest!
Your are right, it is unusual to wear the "WWII commemorative Austrian cross" in the last place, unfortunately I don't know why this man did that. He got the cross in 1957, many of his medals were awarded later; and yes, the maker-mark is "Schwertner".
It's not unusual to wear the 3rd-Reich-awards by the way of changing the backside to the front, I will show some in the future.

Glad, You like the bar!

Kind regards, Peter

[Mike Yokum]

WOW, Peter! That's a heck of a bar! The man was one busy guy! Thanks for sharing!

[peterm]

Thank You Mike!!!

Kind regards, Peter

[luftkrieg]

Incredible!! Well done Peter.

Best regards
Pierce

[peterm]

Thank You, Pierce!

Kind regards, Peter

[xmember]

Very nice medal bar Peter. Looking forward to seeing some more.

Regards,
Rudy