Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War Service, With Ribbon Bar Hold and “Double”

and “Double”

First award has a two-piece construction

whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow at the behest of the United Fruit Company solidified Guevara's political ideology

the register where it appears

In fire gilded brass

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War Service, With Ribbon Bar Hold and “Double”(Ordensschnalle mit Bandschnalle). A medal bar for First World War Service featuring four decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross I 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,