The original owner of this medal bar was a Baden non-combatant veteran of the Herero Rebellion and the First World War. The Prussian Merit Cross for War Aid ("Kriegshilfsdienst Kreuz") was awarded for non-combatant assistance in the First World War. The Baden 1902 Jubilee Medal ("Jubiläums-Medaille") was awarded to Badeners in service who had distinguished themselves in military or public service to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Grand Duke Friedrich of Baden's reign. Note that although the kingdoms of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg awarded their own long service medals, the Grand Duchy of Baden did not. Their troops, like those of most smaller states, were awarded Prussian long service medals.