Germany, Imperial. An Unusual Medal Bar for a First World War Non-Combatant certificate_of_authenticity with silver gilt laurel wreath

with silver gilt laurel wreath in each quadrant

Footnote: The Medal for Africa was instituted on September 8

the former bearing detailed oak leaf designs

62 mm (w) x 55

aluminum or other metals

Germany, Imperial. An Unusual Medal Bar for a First World War Non-Combatant certificate_of_authenticity with silver gilt laurel wreath(Ordensschnalle eines Nichtkmpfer im I. Weltkrieg). An interesting medal bar for a First World War non combatant featuring an unusual combination of awards, including: 1. A Merit Cross for War Aid, constructed of feinzink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central inscription of FR KRIEGSHILFSDIENST (FOR WAR AID) above oak leaves, the reverse bearing a central