Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First World War Combatant Auction Archive Military Merit Medal "Signum Laudis"

Military Merit Medal "Signum Laudis" with Crossed Swords

plain with the exception of an illegible maker’s mark on the left

and unit attribution

The document is dated to Arnsberg on October 23

maker marked with the number 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lück

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First World War Combatant Auction Archive Military Merit Medal "Signum Laudis"(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a First World War combatant featuring five 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