Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For A First World War Combatant Auction a Gau Essen badge

a Gau Essen badge

with both R's weakly struck on the KM

Composed of silver gilt

together with the designer Hessell Tiltman

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For A First World War Combatant Auction a Gau Essen badge(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a First World War combatant featuring three 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