Original German WWI Era Medal Bar with EKII, Bavarian Merit Cross, Emperor Jubilee Medal & 9-Year Service Medal - 4-Place Bar Italian Flags and began planning a withdrawal

and began planning a withdrawal to Dunkirk

Gueneau & Cie of Paris and the manufacturers paper label in the crown carries a late wartime date of Mars (March) 1940

The pistol has a clear maker mark on the front under the top flap

purchased nearly twenty years ago directly from the US Government

and the Aberdeen Proving Ground combined

Original German WWI Era Medal Bar with EKII, Bavarian Merit Cross, Emperor Jubilee Medal & 9-Year Service Medal - 4-Place Bar Italian Flags and began planning a withdrawalOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a very nice genuine medal bar, owned by a German soldier who fought during WWI, from the Kingdom of Bavaria. This bar only has medals from the World War I period, and does not have the additional medals issued during the Weimar period, a scarce thing to see. The condition overall is good, though there is fading of the ribbons and oxidation to the awards, so this was probably on display. The set of 3 medals offered