Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Distinguished Bavarian First World War Combatant visually-hidden with RCAF Wings Pin Suspension

with RCAF Wings Pin Suspension

Although the Winnipeg Light Infantry formed part of the 10th Battalion CEF

maker marked obscured on the reverse

between the dragons is a vertical Manchurian inscription translating to “First Class Decoration of the Ta Chang Dynasty”

Footnote: Germain Courcy is on the Medal Roll for the Military General Service Medal with the Canadian Militia

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a Distinguished Bavarian First World War Combatant visually-hidden with RCAF Wings Pin Suspension(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a distinguished Bavarian First World War combatant, featuring two decorations, including: 1. A Bavarian Order of Military Merit, IV Class Cross with Swords, constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse overlaid by a central black enameled