Germany, Imperial. A Combatant’s Medal Bar for Bravery in Ottoman Service consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In bullion

In bullion

complete with paper and cloth backing

(Stern der Völkerfreundschaft

He was active for eighteen years with the 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment militia from June 1897 to November 1915

Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps

Germany, Imperial. A Combatant’s Medal Bar for Bravery in Ottoman Service consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In bullion(Ordensschnalle). A superb medal bar for a combatant who demonstrated bravery in the field while serving with German forces attached to their Ottoman allies during the First World War, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, 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