United States. A Distinguished Service Medal Bar to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, Military Attache in Switzerland, c.1920 Archive topped by a layer of

topped by a layer of dark green wool

he became a member of the “Stahlhelm” Front Soldier League

with a number of “7456”

The thin brown leather blade washer remains fully intact and attached to the sword

Footnote: Hedwig Potthast was born in Cologne on 5 February 1912

United States. A Distinguished Service Medal Bar to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, Military Attache in Switzerland, c.1920 Archive topped by a layer ofThe Russian style medal bar of nine beautiful decorations, the reverse is reinforced by a dark blue felt, presenting a horizontal swing pin, with a small metal hook for each of the medals along the bottom, measures 215mm in length x 120 mm from the top of the bar to the 6 oclock arm of the Legion of Honor. The bar consists of: A Distinguished Service Medal, in bronze and enamel, numbered 1791 on the rim, attached to the medalbar via a twisted medal