Ribbon Bar

[dennisb]

Hi,

I've got a photo from a soldier with ribbon bar.

The left one is an Ost-Medal (I've got the Medal too. I bought it once. Picture + medal) But on the right is also an bar and it is like this one:

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6365/rbrt9.png

The outsides are also white. and this /\ looks like this: || || if you keep it straight but it isn't straight.

I can post the picture but you won't know more then.

I know this is very difficult but hopeful you ppl know enough.

Thanks in Advance. :-)

[dennisb]

Here the picture:




BTW: It is the Ribbon-Bar to the right. The left one is an East-Medal Bar.


Again Thanks in Advance!

[Jim Woods]

Looks like the West Wakk medal to me.
Jim

[dennisb]

Looks like the West Wakk medal to me.
Jim

OK thanks!

But a soldier with a westwall medal, when they earned a westwall medal?

[J C Gray]

Hi Dennis,
The "|/\|" that you refer to, is the light reflecting off the moiré silk ribbon...also known as "watered silk".

[dennisb]

Hi Dennis,
The "|/\|" that you refer to, is the light reflecting off the moiré silk ribbon...also known as "watered silk".

Aah, Thanks!

But, didn't they earn a Westwall medal for werk at the Westwall?

so how he got it, since it was a soldier?

[Gary B]

Hi,

Soldiers were assigned to the West wall for a variety of reasons as well as laborers.

As has been mentioned the wavy effect of the ribbon (silk moire) is created when the ribbon is compressed by a roller with an engraved pattern which is imparted to the ribbon.

Gary B

[McCulloh]

By the widths-definetly a west wall medal. These were handed out to many troops in the wall area @ 1939-40 who worked on the defenses. i have two separate paper lots where these were awarded to a Wehrmacht Hptmn dR and an NCO ( medical/signals) who were in the wall area in 1939/40. Also, these were awarded to entie RAD untis that worked on the wall.