Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Distinguished Combatant of the German Wars of Unification certificate_of_authenticity original ribbon with hook attachment

original ribbon with hook attachment

accompanied by a handwritten signature from Oberstleutnant and Knight’s Cross recipient Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte

The hardware is equally constructed of silver nickel with an ornate oak-leaf design on the hardware

stitched onto the bar backwards

Stalag VIII

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Distinguished Combatant of the German Wars of Unification certificate_of_authenticity original ribbon with hook attachment(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a distinguished combatant of the German Wars of Unification, featuring five decorations, including; 1. An 1870 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 1870, the twelve