(Ordensschnalle und Gürtelschnalle). A pair of items for First World War service, including:
1. A medal bar featuring three decorations, including a Merit Cross for War Aid, constructed of zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of “FÜR KRIEGS-HILFSDIENST” (“FOR VOLUNTARY WAR AID”), unmarked, measuring 41.55 mm (w) x 41.29 mm (h), stitched onto the bar backwards, in extremely fine condition; a Prussian Landwehr Long Service Award, II Class for 12 Years, constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 25.02 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition, and; a Prussian Landwehr Long Service Award, II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 25.09 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition; all suspended from a 90 mm-long non-magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and grey wool reverse liner, unmarked, with minor mothing visible to the liner, in near extremely fine condition.
2. An Imperial Heer Enlisted buckle, constructed of grey-painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised crown, set within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD WITH US”) with laurel branches, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, the latter retaining an original brown leather stamp bearing the embossed and partially-legible maker’s mark of a Mühlhausen-based firm, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), demonstrating moderate loss of finish, in better than very fine condition.