Saxony-Ernestine. A Three Piece Medal Bar With A House Order Knight’s Cross Newly Listed all of its original silvering

all of its original silvering intact with only minor contact marks to the black enamels

they often used Osage Orange for it's resistance to decay

the opposite end painted in white and finished with a loop

although they did accomplish a great deal

maker marked “Atelier Gurschner

Saxony-Ernestine. A Three Piece Medal Bar With A House Order Knight’s Cross Newly Listed all of its original silveringA first war period medal bar with three medals, awards, and decorations, consisting of 1) An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse); a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a