A First War German Army Long Service Medal Bar Newly Listed but typical examples made by

but typical examples made by Overhoff and Cie

spots of verdigris across front of plaque

Footnote: On September 21

a ribbon banner inscribed "CANADA" flanked by clusters of maple leaves at the bottom

used to suspend a sword or pistol

A First War German Army Long Service Medal Bar Newly Listed but typical examples made byIron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, maker marked on the ring, 42. 5 mm); War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (gilt tombac, 48 mm); Brunswick War Merit Cross 1914 (bronze, 30 mm); Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, maker marked "ESL" in a circle (Ernst Schneider, Ldenscheid) on the reverse, 37. 2 mm); Armed Forces Long Service Cross 2nd Class for Eighteen Years' Service (silvered zinc,