Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar To A First World War Combatant With Eastern Front Service, By Hans Hillmann GTRexclude overlaid by an edelweiss

overlaid by an edelweiss

They were provided to higher ranking officers and had a leather lanyard or strap which was used to keep the whistle from being lost during battle

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A First War Medal Bar to the Royal Navy - The 1914-15 Star

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Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar To A First World War Combatant With Eastern Front Service, By Hans Hillmann GTRexclude overlaid by an edelweiss(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar to a First World War combatant with Eastern Front service, featuring four 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 ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm