Value of Schinkel EK Medal Bar/Ribbon Bar

[jvanzo]

All this talk of Schinkel Iron Crosses has prompted me to inquire about one of my medal bars. What is your guess regarding the value of a three-medal medal bar with EKII (Schinkel form) with orangey ribbon, Army Long Service w/ eagle, and Czech Occupation w/ Prague Bar. It's in virtually perfect shape including the finely-stitched gray felt backing. It comes with the accompanying small sized ribbon bar. Bought it at the Max Show about ten years ago for $200.

p.s. Why is the EK ribbon orange/red colored? Dye fading? It isn't sun-bleached, I'm sure of that because its the same color under the folds. But the ribbon bar EK ribbon is the normal deep red.

[Macmedal]

The orange coloured EK ribbon seems to be just a manufacturers variant on the colour. It may be that the dye used is prone to a colour change over time or it was manufactured with that slight colour difference. I have a few examples of this ribbon,

The medal bar you describe is probably worth at leastdouble what you paid for it. I bought one about a year ago from Detlev and it was just under $400.

Nick