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 one just above the left

one just above the left pocket where a badge once existed

with a hand guard emanating from its mouth and connecting to the crossguard

Instituted 1957 by Patriarch Alexy I

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

1854 and was discontinued in 1993

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 one just above the leftA 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