Germany, Imperial. A Non-Combatant Ek & Red Eagle Medal Bar United Republic of Two Maltese cross patys

Two Maltese cross patys

(Histoire et Législation des Ordres de Chevalerie

Signature on Post War Photo: Hugo Schimmel

for the former firm of Alexander Coppel

28mm (w) x 38

Germany, Imperial. A Non-Combatant Ek & Red Eagle Medal Bar United Republic of Two Maltese cross patysA four place medal bar, a 1914 Iron Cross II Class for Non Combatants (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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,