Between the straps is a rectangular ring fed through a loop on a small tab riveted and stitched to the body of the pouch
who were on active duty on that date
"For (the) Period of (the) German War and Six Months After if Required"
A Rare & Previously Published Mountain Guard Executive Badge - This specific example is featured in the comprehensive Detlev Niemann guide on page 440
A First War Prussian Iron Cross & Military Merit Medal Bar Buy Now Between the straps is aPrussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, maker marked "KO" (Knigliches Mnzamt Orden) on the ring, 43 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, maker marked "A. & S." (F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid) and marked with stylized Assmann "A" on the reverse, 37. 5 mm); and Prussia: Military Merit Medal, 2nd Class (silver, 39. 2 mm). Mounted to a traditional trapezoid suspension