Prussian Officer's Medal Bar

[Tom Yanacek]

Hi guys,

This was my prize purchase this weekend at the OVMS Show. Of interest is the placement of the Austrian Military Merit Cross. Rather than being placed at the very end of the bar as a foreign decoration it is placed immediately following the Hohenzollern House Order and before the Hindenburg Cross. This is a clear indication that the bar was assembled or re-mounted post-Anschluß. Austria was no longer a foreign country but was now a part of the Greater German Reich and so the precedence of the Austrian decorations was elevated. Of course, the presence of the Czech Annexation Medal and Prague Castle Bar also confirm a post-Anschluß assembly/re-mount.

This bar was probably assembled in mid-1939 and the owner was most likely an Oberst. He was obviously on active duty in the Luftwaffe.

Best regards,
Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

Notice that each of the Luftwaffe eagle devices is different. The eagle on the left is slightly larger and silvered tombak. The eagle on the right is silvered iron. Both the long service cross and the long service medal are iron.

[Tom Yanacek]

The pin catch on the bar is kind of interesting too:

[Iam Al Bandy]

Nice medal bar....!! Beautiful!! Congratulations!
Jose

[luftkrieg]

Dear Tom,

What a spectacular medal bar! Congratulations on this new acquisition!

Best regards
Pierce

[VonPeter]

Stunning bar.
And it is really well made with a nice catch, I have´t seen that before so thanks for showing.

/peter

[Gary B]

Tom,

Congratulations on the acquisition of another nice nice medal bar for your collection. It appears to be a very "tight" bar with tie downs for the medals and the catch just adds another element of quality to this bar.

Gary B

[germanmedals]

Beautiful

[Klaus O.]

Text book senior LW officer bar... ;-) congrats Tom!

I guess the combination of the medals are not sufficient to find the wearer of this bar, but you never know... you can come across a picture of that bar with the original owner wearing it.

Is it the HHOX marked?

ciao,

Claudio

[Volksgrenadier 44]

Tom,,What an absolute belter Super bar and once again a very interesting and imformative description

Thanks for the show and tell,

Ross

[Tom Yanacek]

Thank you!

Thank you to all for the comments.

Best regards,
Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

Is it the HHOX marked?

Hi Claudio,

Yes, indeed! It is a Godet.

Here is a picture of the markings 'J G u S 938'

Best regards,
Tom

[Antonio Scapini]

A very very nice madal bar Tom! It is the first time I see a catch like this on a bar.
Thanks for showing us.

[Klaus O.]

You can easily tell that the HHOX is a Godet by the fact that had riveted swords on the back of the laurels and oak leaves wreath... ;-)

Nice one!

[Tom Yanacek]

Thank you for the additional comments, Antonio and Claudio.

Best regards,
Tom