United States. A Distinguished Service Medal Bar to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, Military Attache in Switzerland, c.1920 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac "FÜR TAPFERKEIT" reverse

"FÜR TAPFERKEIT" reverse

was formed in 1899 and accepted as an affiliate in 1915

with a silver insignia centred at the mid-portion on both sides

Munchen 23" and marked "Alle Rechte vorbehalten" (All Rights Reserved)

in silvered zinc with black painted borders

United States. A Distinguished Service Medal Bar to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, Military Attache in Switzerland, c.1920 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac "FÜR TAPFERKEIT" reverseThe Russian style medal bar of nine beautiful decorations, the reverse is reinforced by a dark blue felt, presenting a horizontal swing pin, with a small metal hook for each of the medals along the bottom, measures 215mm in length x 120 mm from the top of the bar to the 6 oclock arm of the Legion of Honor. The bar consists of: A Distinguished Service Medal, in bronze and enamel, numbered 1791 on the rim, attached to the medalbar via a twisted medal