constructed of artificially darkened aluminum
presumably for participating in the fighting on the Eastern Front
with the handwritten signature of a SS-Sturmbannführer temporarily in command of the regiment
the same company his father worked for
marked "dunhill Service Lighter / MADE IN U
Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First World War Combatant Newly Listed constructed of artificially darkened aluminum(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a First World War combatant with postwar fire brigade service, featuring five awards, including: 1. A Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, constructed of coppered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription of