A First War & Faithful Service Medal Bar Auction Archive Measuring 36 mm

Measuring 36 mm

1939-45 War Medal (these two unnamed as issued)

suffering a gun shot wound to his left leg on April 16

maker marked "ES" over "I" on the reverse

55 mm x 57

A First War & Faithful Service Medal Bar Auction Archive Measuring 36 mmA First War & Faithful Service Medal Bar Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, iron core, magnetic, 43 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (bronze gilt on iron, magnetic, maker marked "P. & C. L." on the reverse, 37. 5 mm); and Third Reich: Wehrmacht Faithful Service Decoration 2nd Class for Twenty Five Years' Service (silvered bronze with black enamels, 40. 7 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the