Germany, Weimar Republic. An Imperial Silver Merit Decoration Medal Bar Group Archive then it was "converted" into

then it was "converted" into "Commemorative " by means of cutting center field out (file marks clearly evident) and inserting the eagle

probably unmarked Godet

very fine condition with much of its original silvering remaining

and was commonly referred to as a "legionnaire division"

Germany, Weimar Republic. An Imperial Silver Merit Decoration Medal Bar Group Archive then it was "converted" intoAn Imperial German medal bar grouping of 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; with its period original ribbon; 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