Germany, Imperial. A Fine 1870 Medal Bar In Case, By Hugo Schaper United Republic of on One Wound Ribbon)

on One Wound Ribbon)

It shows an unidentified Feldwebel (Sergeant) of Signals capacity

The reverse features an eagle with broken shackles and a shield displaying a rounded swastika

Nicholas Antifaev

Two articles printed in the Toronto Star form the basis of the first version

Germany, Imperial. A Fine 1870 Medal Bar In Case, By Hugo Schaper United Republic of on One Wound Ribbon)(Ordensschnalle mit Etui). An extensive Imperial medal bar featuring seven decorations, an 1870 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with