RIBBON BAR 3 SET - IRON CROSS & MERIT CROSS SILVER & EAST WINTER CAMPAIGN - ORIGINAL

This is an original ribbon bars with three ribbons and a medal pin.  Sizes of each ribbon bar are 1.5 cm.  Very good condition. Comes with:

1.  WWII Iron Cross Second Class 
2.  War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Gold Swords
3.  East Winter Campain 1941-42 

Small ribbon bars where issued to military personnel as an award for military service just as the larger medals and ribbons would be.  They were to be worn in place of having to wear the actual larger ribbons.  Each ribbon bar is normally mounted in a row on a small metal bar for attachment to their jacket.  During war times soldiers also used scraps or uniform or insignia backing material.  Ribbon bars may aalso come with an attached miniature medal (pin) mounted to it's corresponding ribbon.