4 place medal bar

[Yubari]

Thank you for your opinion!

[PaulR]

Uggh... I cannot see images... :-(

[Yubari]

hmm strange

[sniper11]

Not my favorite style of mount however its a good original.
Troy

[Yubari]

Not my favorite style of mount however its a good original.
Troy

why not?

[Sevrin]

why not?

Probably just preference. I'm with Troy here, but it's purely construction/looks for me. Just find the 'Prussian' style with it's particular fold technique and cloth backing more attractive. (Also much easier to tinker with that style where you can just unhook the medals.)

James

[Yubari]

Yes, I alsonfind this style least interesting but still legit.
Do we know exact names for each folding styles, please?

[VtwinVince]

In Imperial times that was known as the 'south German style' of mounting. I think the Schnalle is a good one as well.

[HPL2008]

Yes, I alsonfind this style least interesting but still legit.
Do we know exact names for each folding styles, please?

From left to right:

- Old Prussian style (trapezoidal mount), often referred to in period catalogs as "glatte Dekoration" [smooth/straight mounting]; another type of "glatte Dekoration" was the single-length "ribbon bar-like" style of mounting.

- Prussian parade mount-/Third Reich-era style (arched ribbon mount), often referred to in period catalogs as "krause Dekoration" [frilled mounting].

- Saxon style (pentagonal mount).

- Bavarian style (folded/bloused mount), described by Doehle as "gebauschtes Band" [puffed-out ribbon]*.

- Austro-Hungarian style (triangular mount), usually referred to in German as "Dreiecksband" [triangle ribbon], described by Doehle as "dreieckig gelegtes Band" [ribbon mounted in a triangular shape"]*.

Generally, any full-sized medal bar (irrespective of the mounting style) was known as "große Ordensschnalle" [large medal bar] or, in catalogs, as "große Dekoration" ["large mounting"].


*) "Die frühere bayerische oder österreichische Trageweise des gebauschten bzw. dreieckig gelegten Bandes ist nach den Anzugsordnungen der Wehrmacht nicht mehr gestattet." ["The former Bavarian or Austrian manner of wearing with a puffed-out ribbon or, respectively, a ribbon mounted in a triangular shape is no longer permitted by the armed forces' uniform regulations." However, these regulations were not always obeyed.]

[Yubari]

thank you very much!!!!

[Jean-Claude]

Probably just preference. I'm with Troy here, but it's purely construction/looks for me. Just find the 'Prussian' style with it's particular fold technique and cloth backing more attractive. (Also much easier to tinker with that style where you can just unhook the medals.)

James

Wow! Beautiful family picture of different style EK II single mounts James

Take care

JC

[Sevrin]

Wow! Beautiful family picture of different style EK II single mounts James

Take care

JC

Thanks JC, but those are not mine. It's just the perfect photo to use when this topic of mount styles frequently comes up.

Credits to original poster and thread can be found here:

https://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/for...16&postcount=1

Best,

James

[Jean-Claude]

Thanks for the mounting style descriptions HLP2008. Together with Sevrin's picture they make a handy reference!

Regards

JC

[HPL2008]

Thanks. Allow me to add another illustration for the various mounting styles with some of my 1914/18 Honor Crosses:

[Yubari]

thank you for sharing - truth bottom left and bottom right - also quite common to medal bars folding. Do these have some name, please?