Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross With 1914 Spange Medal Bar Auction Archive MEUSE-ARGONNE (bronze gilt

MEUSE-ARGONNE (bronze gilt

5cm (folded) x 10cm

Five German Medals - War Merit Cross 2nd Class (zinc

Footnote: Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland (March 19

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross With 1914 Spange Medal Bar Auction Archive MEUSE-ARGONNE (bronze giltA fine medal bar, consisting of three awards, being 1) An Iron Cross 1870 Second Class; silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the original institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown in high relief on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak leaves, with the