Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Decorations for First World War Combatants Hold Arrangements were quickly made for

Arrangements were quickly made for a fatigue party among the married soldiers to get the baggage of the wives and children on board

A nicely intact blackened leather buffer pad is held in place between the blade and crossguard

with the quadrants joined together by stylized eagles

the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription indicating that the photo was taken at Bayreuth Airport

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Decorations for First World War Combatants Hold Arrangements were quickly made for(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