Question about 25 mm (width) EK2 ribbon

[Euronymous]

Hello

Here comes a ribbon I own in my collection. The lenght is approximately 25 mm. Were 25 mm ribbons used on tunic buttonhole ?

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[fabri-online]

no, the correct ribbon is the 30 mm wide

[Euronymous]

Then 25 mm ribbons were used for ??

[sanya13]

Hí
I think was more sizes and colors the war under ribbons different of by maker

[Euronymous]

Sanya, are you sure the lenght varies according to the maker ?

I believed 30 mm ribbons were used on the cross itself, and 25 mm for buttonhole and ribbons bar.

[Douglas 5]

Things a bit mixed up , guys . 25mm or 2.5 cm is the width .
25mm for button hole /ribbon bar ..

Douglas

[streptile]

30mm is used for crosses. There is no other correct width for an EK2 (after 1870).

25mm is used for wrapping medalbars or court-mounting. Sometimes you see 30mm used for single mounts also.

30mm or 25mm may be used in the buttonhole, in my opinion.

[schönbeck]

I'm with Streptile here.

BUT I can't ignore the fact that many crosses arrived with a 25 mm ribbon. I must have had many many thousands of crosses and 99% are from private sources.
I see quite many 25 mm ribbons on crosses with a 45 degree cut, length approx 150 mm. That indicates for me that the other half was used for the buttonhole.

So the question is, did they automatically get a piece of 25 mm ribbon with their cross?
I never received a set with bag and two types of ribbon.

[boch_62]

30mm is used for crosses. There is no other correct width for an EK2 (after 1870).

25mm is used for wrapping medalbars or court-mounting. Sometimes you see 30mm used for single mounts also.

30mm or 25mm may be used in the buttonhole, in my opinion.

I agree with those principles for regulations PKZ

Regards
Jarek