Germany, Imperial. A First War Eight Piece Medal Bar GTRexclude (Zivilverdienstmedaille)

(Zivilverdienstmedaille)

Three-piece construction

with independent yellow cotton ring at the stem's base

1945) and then taken on strength of No

the Germans poured into the trenches and pushed the line back

Germany, Imperial. A First War Eight Piece Medal Bar GTRexclude (Zivilverdienstmedaille)(Ordensschnalle). An extensive First War period medal bar featuring eight decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse