Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Hessian Combatant of the First World War United Republic of as well as fading and

as well as fading and soiling consistent with wartime field use and possible postwar use as outdoor or hunting gear

silver frame with a blackened magnetic core

(SS Briefumschlag)

A First War Period

minor enamel contact and loss on 12 o’clock arm (both obverse and reverse)

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Hessian Combatant of the First World War United Republic of as well as fading and(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a First World War combatant featuring four decorations, 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the