Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First War Combatant with Red Cross Service Hold Footnote: The medal was instituted

Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1911

small traces of solder at suspension

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the Indian Army and Colonial Forces

brass "2" overlaying a red wool patch in the centre

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First War Combatant with Red Cross Service Hold Footnote: The medal was institutedA First War medal bar comprising six decorations, measuring 156 mm (w), with a horizontal pinback on the reverse: 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