Germany, Imperial. A Multi-State Medal Bar for a Distinguished First World War Combatant United Republic of with additional sporadic soiling and

with additional sporadic soiling and mothing visible elsewhere

An example of a seldom encountered cased late war issue Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (Ritterkreuz zum Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern)

a Bibliography and a Collectors Directory

Naming is engraved on the first medal and officially impressed on the latter two medals

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Germany, Imperial. A Multi-State Medal Bar for a Distinguished First World War Combatant United Republic of with additional sporadic soiling and(1. Weltkrieg Ordensschnalle eines Frontkmpfer). A multi state medal bar for a distinguished First World War combatant featuring five awards, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of