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 and von Bernuth’s signature

and von Bernuth’s signature

1854 and was discontinued in 1993

Instituted 1957 by Patriarch Alexy I

overall an rare badge that stands in better than extremely fine condition

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

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 and von Bernuth’s signatureA 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