7 place medal bar

[Jean-Claude]

For reference, here is another medal bar assembly by Werner Sedlatzek. Construction-wise it looks very much the same as your bar.

Hi Tom

Nice birds in that box too! I'm familiar with the top left 1st class and the 2nd class on the bar (I have both of these SEs) but not the 1st class marked enamelled one...Do you have closer head on pict of that one if its not too much trouble?

Thanks

JC

[Tom Yanacek]

Hi Tom

Nice birds in that box too! I'm familiar with the top left 1st class and the 2nd class on the bar (I have both of these SEs) but not the 1st class marked enamelled one...Do you have closer head on pict of that one if its not too much trouble?

Thanks

JC

Hi JC,

Here are some old pictures of the enameled Silesian Eagle. It is maker-marked, "Max Reich, Breslau".

Best regards,
Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

maker marking and repaired catch & hinge:

[Tom Yanacek]

Here is the rest of the grouping that goes with the medal bar and Silesian Eagles. He was a Flieger-Stabsingenieur by the name of Johannes Heinzel.

[Tom Yanacek]

His document for the First and Second Class Silesian Eagles:

[Yubari]

I have even one ground dug example! It is very interesting ground dug found as it was found on 1945 escape route here in Czech Republic. Very rare find in that area and year.

[Jean-Claude]

Hi JC,

Here are some old pictures of the enameled Silesian Eagle. It is maker-marked, "Max Reich, Breslau".

Best regards,
Tom

Thank you for the additonal pictures Tom: much appreciated!

New and unusual enamelled variant for me that I will add to my archives. So far all the enamelled SEs I have encountered have a cloisonné "pupil eye" (as per attached pict of mine) but on this one its solid silver like the rest of the detail. The certificate is also very nice and "à propos" with its yellow border that matches the ribbon

Thanks again

JC

[VtwinVince]

Bar looks good to me, and many WW1 vets had only the 4 year LS, including my uncle.

[TooDeep]

how rare are single mounted Silesian medals?

[Jean-Claude]

how rare are single mounted Silesian medals?

Not as common as loose ones but not that rare actually. I missed a number of them before I got lucky a few times. Like pretty much everything else you find them as singles because in addition to custom bars, medal and tailor shops kept single mounts on display to promote & sell their wares, as did manufacturers (e.g.: catalogs etc.)

You also find these as single mounts because they were removed & replaced on medal bars by the owners either because they had banned devices (swords and or wreaths after '35), or upgraded to later fancier versions (brass, enamelled versions etc). You also find singles because someone ripped a long bar apart to get at special items they needed and the more common stuff winded up as "collateral damage"...

Here is another one

JC

[Yubari]

Bar looks good to me, and many WW1 vets had only the 4 year LS, including my uncle.

[Yubari]

my Silesian eagle medal bar!


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[Ian Hulley]

My 1st Class ..








and with the second class and ribbon bars






Cheers, Ian.

[TooDeep]

Not as common as loose ones but not that rare actually. I missed a number of them before I got lucky a few times. Like pretty much everything else you find them as singles because in addition to custom bars, medal and tailor shops kept single mounts on display to promote & sell their wares, as did manufacturers (e.g.: catalogs etc.)

You also find these as single mounts because they were removed & replaced on medal bars by the owners either because they had banned devices (swords and or wreaths after '35), or upgraded to later fancier versions (brass, enamelled versions etc). You also find singles because someone ripped a long bar apart to get at special items they needed and the more common stuff winded up as "collateral damage"...

Here is another one

JC

Like always, thank you for taking the time to answer my newbie questions J-C and expanding my knowledge!

PS - my copy of Parade Medal Bars of the Third Reich arrived today in the post!

[Jean-Claude]

Like always, thank you for taking the time to answer my newbie questions J-C and expanding my knowledge!

PS - my copy of Parade Medal Bars of the Third Reich arrived today in the post!

No problem as long as you dont take "anything to the bank" (too seriously) and try to reach your own conclusions because a lot of it is guess work/assumptions
based on what you see and I'm sure you know what people say about assumptions right?

Hope the book is what you were looking for but wether singles or long bars there are a lot of similar traits to both types

cheers

JC