Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Ribbon Bars for Distinguished First World War Combatants

1. One featuring six awards, with a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, a Bavarian Military Merit Cross with Swords, and Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 for Combatants, a Bavarian Army Jubilee Medal, a Saxon Friedrich August Medal, and an additional decoration rendered indeterminate by fading, affixed to an 80 mm-long bar with a horizontal pinback, demonstrating additional soiling and fading throughout, in very fine condition.

2. One featuring seven awards, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, an Order of the Red Eagle with Swords and Crown, a Life Saving Medal, an Long Service Award, Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, an Austrian Order of the Iron Crown with War Decoration, and Turkish War Medal (Gallipoli Star), affixed to a 105 mm-long bar with a horizontal pinback, in extremely fine condition.