I am going to write today about another Medal Bar with not common combination and made from medals from the Prussian, Brunswick and Bavarian States.
It contains the following decorations:
– Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (Königreich Preußen).
– Militär-Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern (Königreich Bayern) – This one was made by the Lauer with Swords from Deschler.(Thank you Andreas Jäger )
– Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Bewährungsabzeichen (Herzogtum Braunschweig).
– Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges.
As it normally happens with this type of pieces, it is quite complicated to know to whom it belonged, or even to try to make out, what he did during the war. In this case, there are a couple of indications about the person. The Bavarian Cross tell us, that he was an NCO during the war (Offizier-Stellvertreter, Unterzahlmeister, Musikmeister, etc.), possibly in the Bavarian Army.
Another important detail of this “Ordensspange” is the small badge with a horse inside in the Brunswick Cross, das “Bewährungsabzeichen”. This tells us, that the person was born in Braunschweig.
It is complicated to tell much more about the decorated person. He was originally from Braunschweig and then moved to Bavaria, and joined the Bavarian army, when the war started. As he does not have a medal for years of service, he may have joined the Army from the very bottom and raised in the ranks. The fact that he was awarded with the Bavarian Cross, may have automatically given the right to wear the Brunswick Cross.
Another common reason to receive the cross and the Bewährungsabzeichen could be, that at some point, he may have been in contact with the Brunswick Troops of the mighty Infantry Regiment 92 and fought just besides them. So at this point, it makes sense to talk about where the IR 92 was during the war.
The Braunschweigisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.92, known as the black horde because their distinctive black uniform, was formed in 1809 and saw action against the French in Germany, Peninsular Wars and also in Waterloo.
During the “Bruderkrieg” in 1866, they remained neutral and saw no action, even when at the end it sided the Prussians.
In the Franco-Prussian War, they took part in important battles like the Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte-St. Privat.
The Duke of Brunswick was already in 1867 under pressure to change their black uniforms to the standards of Prussia. But he refused it every time.
After the death of Duke Wilhelm in 1884, the regiment lost its black colour (from 1886), entering into the standardization of the Prussian blue Style. The W for Wilhelm will remain in their shoulder straps. The last time, this uniform was worn, was on the 2nd of May 1892.
At the start of the First World War, this regiment was part of the 20th Division, X. Army Corps, 2nd Army.
It fought bravely in Belgium and France during 1914 and 1915 (Charleroi, St, Quentin) and also was one of the Regiments sent to the east in 1915 to take part in the Gorlice-Tarnów offensive under the command of Generaloberst August von Mackensen. This division was not that far away from the 11th Bavarian Division, which also participated in the offensive. Who knows, maybe this was the time when the owner of the Medal Bar go his Bavarian/Brunswick medals.
It remained in the east until the end of 1916, when they were sent to France, to fight in the Alsace Area, as well as in Champagne and the Argonnen in 1917, before being sent back to the East.
But they will be back at the end of 1917 to France, and they saw hundreds of metal monster moving in their direction, there in Cambrai.
In 1918, the 20th Division also participated in the area of Cambrai during the Kaiserschlacht, the big German Offensive in spring. As any other brave Regiment, Division, they suffered huge casualties and at the beginning of April, they had to be taken out the fight.
During the rest of 1918, the Regiment was going to fight hard in defence in areas like Soissons, Arras or Cambrai.
I do not know, if the person, who earnt all of those decorations in the Medal Bar belonged to the IR 92, but for sure, he survived and fought hard in the First World War.
PS: The Playmobil is also part of my collection 
Sources:
Histories of the Two Hundred and Fifty One Divisions of the German Army.
The German Infantry from 1871 to 1914 (Ukrich Herr – Jens Nguyen)
Traditions of the Imperial German Infantry Regiments (Chris Dale).