(Ordensschalle). A medal bar for long and meritorious service, featuring three decorations, including:
1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of “1939”, without visible marks, measuring 47.37 mm (w) x 49.42 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.
2. A Wehrmacht 12-Year Long Service Decoration, constructed of gilded magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Heer/Kriegsmarine device, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT” (“FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT”), the reverse bearing a wreathed number “12”, unmarked, measuring 29.95 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.
3. A Wehrmacht 4-Year Long Service Decoration, constructed of gilded magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Heer/Kriegsmarine device, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT” (“FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT”), the reverse bearing a wreathed number “4”, unmarked, measuring 30.07 mm in diameter, with surface oxidation evident throughout, in very fine condition.
All suspended from a 90 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and black wool reverse liner, unmarked, with minor soiling visible to the ribbons, in near extremely fine condition.