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Set: Medal Bar + Pin + Postcard.
Set: Medal Bar + Pin + Postcard.
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Medal Bar: :

Consists of a 1914 EKII and a 1914-18 Cross of Honor w/swords. Complete with original pin-back device. The EKII is unmarked and the Honor Cross "GHO".

Iron Cross 2nd Class, 1914 (Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse).
On March 10th 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. The Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action.
The second class medal was for award to personnel who performed a single act of bravery in combat.
The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19th 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5th 1914 by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI.
1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. The reverse of the cross features an embossed, central, oak-leaf cluster, with the "FW" cypher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III, a King’s crown to the top arm and the original institution date, "1813", to the bottom arm.

Combatants Cross of Honor 1914/18 (Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges).
Instituted in July of 1934 by von Hindenburg (resulting in its erroneous designation as the "Hindenburg Cross") to recognize service in WWI.
It ranked beneath bravery awards but above other service and campaign awards.
Die struck, magnetic sheet metal award with a bronze wash. The award is in the form of a cross Patté with a central circular motif featuring an embossed laurel leaf wreath encompassing the embossed dates, "1914-1918", on a smooth background field. The cross has swords emanating upwards between its arms, indicating a combatant's award.
Signed with the manufacturer's abbreviation: "GHO" for G.H. Osang, Dresden.

Deutscher Reichskriegerbund Kyffhäuser membership badge 1. Form on needle.

Postcard with a stamp:Brief-stempel, FELD-REKRUTENDEPOT III. A.-K. 2. KOMPAGNIE (Letter stamp, FELD RECRUIT DEPOT III. A.-K. 2. COMPAGNY) from 1916.
Condition
Just like in the attached photos.
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Set: Medal Bar + Pin + Postcard.

Estimate $150 - $200
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