United States. A Distinguished Service Medal Bar to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, Military Attache in Switzerland, c.1920 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac "FÜR TAPFERKEIT" reverse

"FÜR TAPFERKEIT" reverse

constructed of a heavy wooden frame with a faux dark brown leather exterior liner

in silvered zinc with black painted borders

maker marked “EIM” on the reverse

although missing the central stone and lillies in the quadrants)

United States. A Distinguished Service Medal Bar to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, Military Attache in Switzerland, c.1920 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac "FÜR TAPFERKEIT" reverseThe Russian style medal bar of nine beautiful decorations, the reverse is reinforced by a dark blue felt, presenting a horizontal swing pin, with a small metal hook for each of the medals along the bottom, measures 215mm in length x 120 mm from the top of the bar to the 6 oclock arm of the Legion of Honor. The bar consists of: A Distinguished Service Medal, in bronze and enamel, numbered 1791 on the rim, attached to the medalbar via a twisted medal