Original WWII Ribbon Bar For The WWI German Combat Cross Of Honor 1914-1918 Certified By The Gettysburg Museum Of History

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Original WWII Ribbon Bar For The WWI German Combat Cross Of Honor 1914-1918  Certified By The Gettysburg Museum Of History. Instituted in July of 1934 by von Hindenburg (resulting in its erroneous designation as the “Hindenburg Cross”) to recognize service in WWI. It ranked beneath bravery awards but above other service and campaign awards.  The wear of Awards, Medal Bars and Ribbon Bars were addressed in regulations of April 28TH 1937 and followed established directives that had been previously laid down. When an award was instituted the introductory orders would prescribe the proper form of wear with most of the awards being permitted to be grouped together on a medal or ribbon bar. The medal bars were intended for wear on the walking-out dress and formal uniforms, while the ribbon bars were intended for all other forms of dress. Strict regulations listed the required order in which ribbons awards were authorized to be worn on the ribbon bar. 1914/1918 Honor Cross w/swords cypher. Complete with pin back device. in good condition with minor storage wear . 100% Guaranteed to be authentic. Gettysburg Museum Certified (COA) provided. .  Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers.