Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First War Combatant with Red Cross Service consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Instituted 1957 by Patriarch Alexy

Instituted 1957 by Patriarch Alexy I

War Honor Cross with Swords 1914-1918 of the Honorary Association of German World War Participants

It ceased to be conferred with the death of the sultan in 1851

1854 and was discontinued in 1993

constructed of grey wool twill

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First War Combatant with Red Cross Service consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Instituted 1957 by Patriarch AlexyA First War medal bar comprising six decorations, measuring 156 mm (w), with a horizontal pinback on the reverse: 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