Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914-1918 Great War "OTAGES" "DE LA" "GRANDE GUERRE" (English: "Deported Civilian Prisoners and Hostages of the Great War") over two closed flowers and surrounded by the circular relief image of a chain along the medal's circumference. The medal hung by a ribbon passing through a ring itself passing through the medal's ball shaped suspension loop. The 32 mm wide red silk moiré ribbon had a 5 mm wide central blue stripe bordered on each side by 2 mm wide white stripes, 1 mm green stripes ran along the ribbon edges. Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914-1918 Great War The
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 the award as the only official service decoration of the First World War and further forbade the continued wearing of German Free Corps awards on any military or paramilitary uniform of a state or Nazi Party organization. The Honour Cross was awarded in three forms: The Honour Cross was modelled on the reverse side of the War Commemorative Medal of 1870/71 ("Preußen Kriegsdenkmünze 1870-1871"), and was designed by Eugene Godet . The medal awarded to combatants (the "Frontkämpferkreuz") displayed a laurel wreath encircling a medallion, with the dates "1914 1918". Crossed swords are between the arms. The reverse side was