Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War And Civil Service Hold a Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross

a Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross

the obverse with text from a speech by Metropolitan Germogen of the Croatian Orthodox Church

fasces style suspension

held in place by a row of machine stitching around the circumference

inscribed “TREU UND FEST” (German - Loyal and True)

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War And Civil Service Hold a Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for First World War and civil service featuring four 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 an reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the