The last three ribbons are foreign awards. You are correct- the first of the three is an Italian ribbon- the Italian Order of the Crown, Grand Cross. The second seems to be a plain ribbon, most likely Hungarian Merit Order.Cartaphilus wrote:Could anyone identify the last three ribbon of the lower bar? The first seems to be italian, but the other two...
The last ribbon totally eludes me.... Anyone have an idea what it could potentially be?
From looking at other period photos I believe it was added to his ribbon bar after he was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall and before he retired in 1942. I think a good way to ascertain what this might be is to look at what foreign powers he could have come in contact with when he was OB-West.