Germany, Imperial. An Extensive First War Period Combatants Medal Bar Auction measuring 367 mm in length

measuring 367 mm in length

Knights Cross 2

GESCHÜTZT" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) on the reverse ricasso

Armband is approximately 13cm (or 5 inches) tall

the pinback on the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom marked "GRACO-GI"

Germany, Imperial. An Extensive First War Period Combatants Medal Bar Auction measuring 367 mm in length(Bandschnalle). This is an extensive First War period medal and order bar, featuring twelve decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Patte, constructed of a blackened magnetic iron core with a ribbed silver frame, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, obverse with central raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, with a Prussian royal crown on the upper arm and reinstitution date of 1914 on the lower