Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Decorations for First World War Combatants GTRexclude an ambitious attempt to bypass

an ambitious attempt to bypass the Siegfried Line by crossing the Lower Rhine River in the Netherlands

1938 and issued to veterans of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939

228 mm x 305 mm)

measuring 35 mm x 30 mm

the cuff title in blue wool with thick white embroidery reading “Afrika”

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Decorations for First World War Combatants GTRexclude an ambitious attempt to bypass(Auszeichnungen). A pair of decorations for First World War combatants, including: 1 A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a Third Reich period 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 royal crown, the reverse with three