Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Decorated First World War Combatant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac dated September 8

dated September 8

two bound with dual rings

silvered steel hardware

Martin appears to have married sometime towards the end of the war and divorced in the early 1920s

with a slight weakening in the spine which has forced a separation between the lead page and the flanking page 1

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Decorated First World War Combatant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac dated September 8(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a First World War combatant decorated for bravery in the field, featuring four awards, 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 oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock