G014560 TWO PLACE MEDAL BAR. (Groß Ordensschnalle) Two first war awards, suspended from their double-folded, "parade mounted" ribbons, to the reverse of which is a patch of orange cloth material with a horizontal pin-back device. The first award, an Iron Cross, second class, was re-instituted on August 5, 1914, by Wilhelm II. This 1 11/16" square, "cross Patté" features, to the obverse, a "W" (for Wilhelm) to its center, beneath a Prussian crown and above the date "1914." To the reverse is a spray of three oak leaves to the center, beneath a Prussian crown with "FW" (for Friedrich Wilhelm III - the originator of the Iron Cross) beneath it, and above the date "1813". The complete ring and medal loop are intact. It comes complete with its original, 1 1/8" wide, narrow black-white-wide black-white-narrow black ribbon. The second award, a 1914/18 Combatant’s Cross of Honor, was instituted in July 1934 by von Hindenburg (resulting in its erroneous designation as the "Hindenburg Cross") to recognize service in WWI. It ranked beneath bravery awards but above other service and campaign awards. A 1 1/2" square, stamped steel award with a bronze wash, it takes the form of a cross Patté with a circular laurel leaf wreath to its center encompassing the dates "1914" and "1918" and with swords emanating between the cross’s arms, indicating a combatant’s award. To its otherwise plain reverse is embossed "03" It is suspended from its original ribbon in narrow black-white-black-red-black-white-narrow black.

GRADE ***1/2                             PRICE $100.00

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