Germany, Imperial. A First War Hesse Medal Pair Auction Archive with a vertical needle style

with a vertical needle style pin and a barrel hinge and round wire catch

plus various eyewitness reports

56 mm x 83 mm)

50 officers

Germany, Imperial. A First War Hesse Medal Pair Auction Archive with a vertical needle style(Ordensschnalle). A First War period medal bar featuring two decorations, including 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