very strange ribbon bar

[pattex]

Hello,
I got a picture with a very strange ribbon bar on it, please take look .

I would say:

- oberserver badge
- EK2
- ground assault badge
- wound badge in black

- tank destruction badge
- EK1
- close combat clasp in bronze

Does anybody have a logical explanation for the sequence of the awards?

If I would see it on ebay, I would say pure fantasy .

best regards
Pattex

[Ghocking]

Could it be HG Division ? 😳

[xmember]

Does the one in between the black wound badge and EK2 look like a DKiG? on the top row???

Regards,
Rudy

[pattex]

I think, that there is no DK.

The sequence of the awards is more then strange.

best regards
Pattex

PS: No better pictures possible .

[Nigel N]

It is very strange!!
It could be assembled by the vet himself, but he would surely know, if not the exact order, then at least a more accurate version than that??
Never seen a vet wearing such an "out of order" bar!!
-Nigel

[Tom B]

IMO just a plain fake Tom

[pattex]

IMO just a plain fake Tom

- a fake ribbon bar?
- a fake photo?

Cui bono?

[Brig]

Maybe the bars should be flip flopped? Would make more sense, but still be rather strange

[Tom B]

- a fake ribbon bar?
- a fake photo?

Cui bono?

A photo of a guy wearing a fake ribbon bar.

[pattex]

Another collector told me, that perhaps this is the sequence of the dates of bestowals.

That is surely not rule-consistent but sounds not impossible.

best regards
Pattex

[Brig]

That was a common practice with American troops...regs were much more loosely enforced during WWII, and ribbons were often just put on in the order of receipt...but I have not seen it so much in German ribbons, or post-war stacks. Things were hectic during the war, but I imagine by 1957 regulations were being enforced pretty hard again

[PaulR]

That was a common practice with American troops...regs were much more loosely enforced during WWII, and ribbons were often just put on in the order of receipt...but I have not seen it so much in German ribbons, or post-war stacks. Things were hectic during the war, but I imagine by 1957 regulations were being enforced pretty hard again

Enforced onto a non-serving veteran or retiree? I'd have no problems with the bar if accompanied by the photo or received by the vet himself(or his direct family).