Officers Bar

[WWIIBUFF]

Hello, this bar looks good to me but I would like more opinions on it
Thanks
John

[TabsTabs1964]

Hi John.

Good for me.

Regards
Santi

[VtwinVince]

I agree, looks good. What inscription is on the Hessen AEZ?

[WWIIBUFF]

Ernst Ludwig Gross Herzog von Hessen
Thanks
John

[VtwinVince]

What is on the reverse? I'm guessing 'Dem Verdienste'.

[NSDAP Sammler]

What is on the reverse? I'm guessing 'Dem Verdienste'.

'Fuer Tapferkeit'.

[NSDAP Sammler]

Isn't it a bit weird, that there is the prussian Long Service Award and the hessian 'Tapferkeitsmedaille' together? I mean, Kingdom of Prussia and Grand Duchy of Hessia has been two different german states with its own Armies.

[VtwinVince]

The combo is plausible, what I find weird is that the Hessen AEZ is a wartime award, so it should be before the Prussian War Aid Cross. Of course this guy could have put it at the end, as a 'foreign' decoration.

[NSDAP Sammler]

The combo is plausible, what I find weird is that the Hessen AEZ is a wartime award, so it should be before the Prussian War Aid Cross. Of course this guy could have put it at the end, as a 'foreign' decoration.

That sounds plausible indeed.