Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War And Civil Service, With Ribbon Bar Hold He called it the “proudest

He called it the “proudest and most humbling experience” of his life

First Pattern buckle displaying eagle with drop tail

his father having predeceased him by nineteen years

Marines in New York and Corporal Albert Klimenko

An Oldenburg War Merit Cross with Swords

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War And Civil Service, With Ribbon Bar Hold He called it the “proudest(Ordensschnalle und Bandschnalle). A medal bar for First World War and Civil Service featuring five decorations, including 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 oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a