5) A 9-Year Long Service Commemorative Medal
on loop for suspension - marked “25” Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur-Gold-Silberschmiede
although it remains in the Order of Precedence
It closes with six gilded magnetic metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap
Walter von Hippel was captured in May 1945 by British troops and was held until May 1948
Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War And Civil Service, With Ribbon Bar certificate_of_authenticity 5) A 9-Year Long Service(Ordensschnalle und Bandschnalle). A medal bar for First World War and Civil Service featuring five decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross II 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