Two Prussian Long Service Bars Auction Archive Footnote: These crosses were often

Footnote: These crosses were often issued "in the field" and were replaced later by the nicer example

PRINCE DE HOHENLOHE-WALDENBOURG-BARTENSTEIN

effective sometime between 1913 and 1914 and was with her when First World War hostilities broke out

the defenders evacuated most of the civilian population from the city

Two Prussian Long Service Bars Auction Archive Footnote: These crosses were oftenMilitary Long Service 3rd Class Bar for Nine Years' Service (blackened and silvered iron insignia, 11. 8 mm x 41 mm, original ribbon warpped around a 28. 5 mm x 36. 5 mm brass suspension with pinback); and Reserve Long Service 2nd Class Bar (yellow and blue embroidery insignia on a blackened iron frame, 17. 8 mm x 46. 5 mm, original ribbon warpped around a 23 mm x 41. 5 mm brass suspension with pinback, light soiling on the insignia, scattered