Medalbar 57/Imperial

[Nigel N]

Here's another medal bar with an interesting mix of 57 and Imperial styles!!
Its a 5 place bar, with Imperial EK2, Hungarian WW1 Commemorative medal, a pair of Friedrich August medals, and a KVK2 with swords.
The bar itself is post WW2 assembled, and has a strange order of precedence, which I can only guess has been done to enhance the "look" of the bar, a cross at each end and the 3 circular medals in the middle do have a neat symmetry, even if it does have perfectionists pulling their hair out!!
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Onto the individual medals..........
EK2, a nice looking cross, with a blackened patina to the frame, in fact the frame is virtually the same colour as the core!!
I don't know the maker, but there is a hump on the frame where the ring is soldered, and I notice that the details on the obverse appear flatter than those on the reverse which stand out more.....
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Few more with flash, as this brings out some more of the detail......
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The pair of Friedrich August medals.....
These are quite interesting, as far as I know, the medals were only awarded in Bronze and Silver, but in the inter-war years, a gilt version was available as a private purchase piece, and that's what we have here, a gilt, and a silver....
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Gilt............
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[Alex W.]

Hi Nigel,

nice medalbar but in fact it's the Hungarian WWI Commemorative medal with swords that's on this medalbar.
The 4 WWI era medals look period to me. Would you agree ?
I do have all 4 of these medals made in the 57er period - they have that typical post war finish on them.

Regards,
Alex

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Silver.....
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Hungarain WW1 Commemorative medal, for combattants with swords......
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And finally, the KVK2 with swords......
A 57er by S&L, looking at the flaws, I would guess a late 60's piece, which is probably the same age as the bar.......
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