Germany, Imperial. A First War Hesse Medal Pair certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross

Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross was instituted on November 11

Order of Leopold with War Decoration - Knight’s Cross (with Second Award Bar)

followed by the mustering in of the troops on the 30th

with the name

that information and that for "Africaine" are not entirely consistent

Germany, Imperial. A First War Hesse Medal Pair certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross(Ordensschnalle). A First War period medal bar featuring two decorations, including 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 arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three