Germany, Imperial. A Four Piece Ek Medal Bar Auction they went down like grain

they went down like grain before a reaper

(Reich Forstdienst Kragenspiegel)

circumscribed by an inscription of “KGL

completely functional despite showing period use

all mounted onto a miniature boutonniere chain with a pin on the one end

Germany, Imperial. A Four Piece Ek Medal Bar Auction they went down like grainA four place medal bar, a 1914 Iron Cross II Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm