Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Long Service Ribbon Bar Hold He was drafted under the

He was drafted under the Military Service Act of 1917

the upper with a large gilt bronze anchor bearing a gear (Engine Room)

While Sole was at H

3) A Baden Volunteer War Aid Cross (Badischer Landesverein vom Roten Kreuz)

When he retired in 1939

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Long Service Ribbon Bar Hold He was drafted under the(Bandschnalle). An extensive medal ribbon bar featuring ten decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross with a 1939 Clasp, a War Merit Cross with Swords, an Eastern Front Medal, a Military Merit Order of St. Michael, an Honour Cross of the World War 1914 1918, two Wehrmacht Long Service Awards, and an Anschluss Medal, set on a 135 mm long bronze bar with a horizontal pinback and field grey wool reverse liner, unmarked, in extremely fine condition.