Germany, Imperial. A First War Hesse Medal Pair Auction Archive plus various eyewitness reports

plus various eyewitness reports

followed by a transfer to the 24th Infantry Training Battalion on February 16

000 women worked in Imperial Munitions Board factories manufacturing shells or other war supplies

and is supported by reverse hollow rivet

with MARINE - FLIEGER ABTEILUNG cap tally (seen in accompanying portrait)

Germany, Imperial. A First War Hesse Medal Pair Auction Archive plus various eyewitness reports(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