Germany, Wehrmacht. A First And Second World War Medal Bar Archive England but the government collected

England but the government collected them in September 1944

inscribed "HONI * SOIT * QUI * MAL * Y * PENSE *"

with golden matching inscription on the lid

depicting silver crescent moon and star symbols between the arms

enamel wear

Germany, Wehrmacht. A First And Second World War Medal Bar Archive England but the government collected(Bandschnalle). A combined First and Second World War period medal bar featuring four decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross, II Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse), a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse centre with a branch