Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For A First World War Combatant Auction a Gau Essen badge

a Gau Essen badge

with both R's weakly struck on the KM

together with the designer Hessell Tiltman

Composed of silver gilt

the text in both the centrepiece ring and ribbon banner in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For A First World War Combatant Auction a Gau Essen badge(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a First World War combatant featuring three decorations, 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