cross sectional illustrations show the manner in which wythe to wythe and side to side movement is limited by the close fitting relationship between the compressively reduced ribbon portion 162 and the driver aperture 155 the minor axis of the compressively reduced ribbon portion 162 is optimally between 30 to 75 of the diameter of the 0 172 to 0 312 inch wire formative and when reduced by one third has a tension and compression rating of at least 130 of the original wire formative material the wire formative once compressed is ribbon like in appearance however maintains substantially the same cross sectional area as the wire formative body alternative to the wire formative veneer tie shown in fig2 through 5 the insertion portion 174 of the veneer tie 144 as shown in fig7 and 8 is a wire formative formed from a wire having a diameter substantially equal to the predetermined height of the mortar joint upon compressible reduction in height the insertion portion 174 is mounted upon the exterior wythe positioned to receive mortar thereabout the insertion portion 174 retains the mass and substantially the tensile strength as prior to deformation the vertical height of the insertion portion 174 is reduced so that upon installation mortar of bed joint 130 flows around the insertion portion 174 the insertion portion 174 has an upper surface 193 and a lower surface 195 which are each optionally compressibly deformed and have a pattern of recessed areas 157 or corrugations impressed thereon for receiving mortar within the recessed areas 157 upon compression a.