My Kaiserreich ribbon bar collection

[Anderson]

That's quite a collection Mr T. Very nicely displayed and photographed.

[Gimmie]

Looks like it will be a nice display Mr Tabstabs. You're English will be better than our Spanish.

Chorizo! I prove my point ha

Is every bar a different combination of spange?

Tequila! Cerveza!

Nice ribbons and very neatly displayed, tabs!

[TabsTabs1964]

Well gentlemen, I suppose not everything in life can be order and discipline. Sometimes it takes a bit of chaos.

[TabsTabs1964]

Above are two images of the ribbon bars from the former Kingdom of Bavaria.
Bavaria was a German kingdom (Königsreich Bayern) located in southeastern Germany. One of the four Kingdoms that integrated the German Empire
From left to right and top to bottom:
01. EK2.1914 + Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class
02 Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class, with Swords + EK2.1914
(Sorry. It´s upside down)
03. EK2.1914 + Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class + EFK.
04. EK2.1914 + Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class, with Swords + EFK.
05. EK2.1914 + Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class + EFK + Bavarian Military Service Medal (Probably for 12 years of service)
See you soon gentlemen.

[TabsTabs1964]

Above there are two images of the ribbon bars from the former Duchy of Brunswick.
Brunswick was a German Duchy (Herzogtum Braunschweig) located in central Germany and dominated by the mountain range of Harz.
From top to bottom:
01. EK2.1914 + War Merit Cross 1914. II Class (Ernst August Cross)
02. EK2.1914 + War Merit Cross 1914. II Class “Knopfloch” (Button hole miniature for civil suit)
03. EK2.1914 + War Merit Cross 1914. II Class + EFK.

See you soon gentlemen.

[CBH]

Very nice collection, well researched and photographed. Welcome to the forum.

[danhashman]

Muy impresionante.. i have never seen such a collection before.. Quite refreshing to the eye.. maybe i should get some ribbonbars myself. I could wear the largest one on the bus to work and demand some respect from the fellow working class heroes on board.. Muchas gracias for letting us see your fabulous collection.

[Chopperman]

It will be nice to have a member here that knows how to read ribbon bars.
Every once in a while I come across someone who needs to research a bar
and as much as I would like to be able to, I'm just not very good at it.

[TabsTabs1964]

First of all a clarification of terminology:
To name the 2nd Class Iron Cross of 1914, (Eisernes Kreuz, II Klasse, 1914) I will write: EK2.1914.
To name the Cross of Honor for combatants, (Ehren Kreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914-1918, also called Hindenburg Kreuz) I will write: EFK
Above there are two images with some of the ribbon bars from my collection with three ribbons.
From left to right and top to bottom.
01. EK2.1914 + Cross of Frederick of the Grand Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau + EFK
02. EK2.1914 + Silver Medal for Merit of the Grand Duchy of Baden + EFK
03. EK2.1914 + Bavarian Cross of Military Merit, III Class + EFK
04. EK2 1914 + Cross for Merit of War of II Class, Duchy of Brunswick - Cross of Ernst August + EFK
05. EK2.1914 + Hanseatic Cross of the City of Bremen + EFK
06. EK2.1914 + Hanseatic Cross of the City of Hamburg + EFK
07. EK2.1914 + General Decoration to the Valour of Hessen. Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig + EFK
08. EK2.1914 + Cross to the merit of war of the principality of Lippe-Detmold+ EFK
09. EK2.1914 + Hanseatic Cross of the City of Lübeck + EFK
10. EK2.1914 + Cross of Military Merit, Second Class, for Combatants, 1914. Great Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin + EFK
11. EK2.1914 + Cross of Frederick August 1914, of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg + EFK
12. EK2.1914 + Knight's Cross with Swords of the Albert´s Order. Kingdom of Saxony + EFK
13. EK2.1914 + Saxony Coburg Gotha. Medal of Merit of the Ernestine Order (SEHO) + EFK
14. EK2.1914 + Silver medal for the merit of the Principality of Reuss + EFK
15. EK2.1914 + General Decoration to the Valour of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach 1914. Great Duke Wilhelm Ernst + EFK
16. EK2.1914 + Silver Medal for Military Merit 1905 – 1914 of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe + EFK
17. EK2.1914 + Silver Medal to the Merit of Waldeck Principality + EFK
18. EK2.1914 + Medal of Merit of War 1914. Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt + EFK
19. EK2.1914 + Medal of Frederick August III, Kingdom of Saxony in Silver/Bronze + EFK
20. EK2.1914 + Medal of Frederick August III, Kingdom of Saxony in Silver/Bronze + EFK (Probably)
21. EK2.1914 + Medal to Valour 1914 of the Kingdom of Württemberg + EFK
22. EK2 1914 + Sachsen-Meiningen - Bronze War Merit Medal + EFK
23. EK2 1914 + Cross for Merit (in Gold or Silver) from 1910 of the House Hohenzollern + EFK
24. EK2.1914 + Prussia Medal or Cross for Long Service + EFK
25. EK2.1914 + German Empire Kaiser's Centennial Wilhelm I Medal + EFK
26. EK2.1914 + Freikorps Silesian Adler Medal, II Class + EFK
27. EK2.1914 + Freikorps Baltic Cross (Balten Kreuz) + EFK
28. EK2.1914 + Bavarian Cross of Military Merit with Swords, III Class + EFK
29. EK2.1914 + Austro-Hungarian Empire Bronze Value Medal + EFK
30. EK2.1914 + Hungarian Commemorative Medal of the WWI. “PRO DEO ET PATRIA” + EFK

Gracias amigo!. Thanks gentlemen.
I hope you like it.
Another day, a little more. See you soon.

[Chopperman]

Nice