Germany, Imperial. A Four Piece Ek Medal Bar Newly Listed In operation

In operation

and black enamels (of note is the a slight manufacturing defect in the enamels near the swastika)

Two-piece construction in silvered zink

the right shoulder patch-less

Germany, Imperial. A Four Piece Ek Medal Bar Newly Listed In operationA four place medal bar, a 1914 Iron Cross II Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 central oak leaves, the six oclock arm