Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 Medal Bar GTRexclude 1870 issue with iron center

1870 issue with iron center (cracked above W) and silver frame

complete with original wide gold swivel-ring bar suspension

and current and former recipients of the Order

affixed to star by single rivet

circumscribed by a raised inscription of “DEM DEUTSCHEN MUTTER” (“TO THE GERMAN MOTHER”)

Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 Medal Bar GTRexclude 1870 issue with iron center(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring two decorations, including 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 central oak leaves,