Germany, Imperial. An Unusual Medal Bar for First World War Service and Bereavement consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1939 upon the outbreak of

1939 upon the outbreak of the Second World War

another by Canada

accompanied by a portrait of an unidentified child

that served well into WWI as Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr

handwritten letter on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. An Unusual Medal Bar for First World War Service and Bereavement consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1939 upon the outbreak of(Ordenschnalle). A medal bar featuring an unusual combination of awards, 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 reverse with three