Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Second World War and NSDAP Service Hold one bearing a handwritten inscription

one bearing a handwritten inscription on the reverse

with a flattened u-shaped finial

Engraved onto the bottom of is a maker’s mark of “JOH

cracked white enamels on the arms

Silver in September

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Second World War and NSDAP Service Hold one bearing a handwritten inscription(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring two decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 47. 26 mm (w) x 49. 17 mm