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 along with the Air Officer

along with the Air Officer Commanding RAF Middle East Command

handwritten letter on the reverse

that served well into WWI as Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr

the latter padded and exhibiting the impression of the breast star

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 along with the Air Officer(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