Original Imperial German WWI Era Medal Bar with 1914 EKII, Bremen Hanseatic Cross, & Friedrich-August Cross - 3 Awards MG 42 Mounts MY FRIEND PAT'D DEC 26

MY FRIEND PAT'D DEC 26 1864

In fine overall condition the finish is now blue/grey but shows no pitting whatsoever

and France's maladroit response to such crises as the Ems Dispatch and the Hohenzollern Candidature led to the French declaration of war in 1870

and unlike most does not look to have been etched

28 period photographs covering General Speth's career as a young Lieutenant through the Weimar/pre-war period and many photographs of his service in WWII

Original Imperial German WWI Era Medal Bar with 1914 EKII, Bremen Hanseatic Cross, & Friedrich-August Cross - 3 Awards MG 42 Mounts MY FRIEND PAT'D DEC 26Original Item: One of a kind. This is a very nice genuine medal bar, owned by a German soldier who fought during WWI, and also may have served post war under the Weimar republic. They may have also served in WWII, but there are no medals from that era. The colors on the ribbons are a bit faded, and they do show staining, so this is a medal bar that was worn with pride during the post war era. One of the medals is specific to the Kingdom of Wrttemberg,