Germany, Imperial. An Unusual Medal Bar for First World War Service and Bereavement consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac holding a large ensign

holding a large ensign

1939 upon the outbreak of the Second World War

another by Canada

accompanied by a portrait of an unidentified child

A Second Class Iron Cross 1939

Germany, Imperial. An Unusual Medal Bar for First World War Service and Bereavement consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac holding a large ensign(Ordenschnalle). A medal bar featuring an unusual combination of awards, including: 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 crown, the reverse with three