Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed 5 mm (w) x 158

5 mm (w) x 158 mm (h) x 39 mm (d)

measuring 94 m (w) x 66 mm (h)

Lord Strathcona's Horse - Royal Canadians (red embroidered wool lettering on green felt

He reported to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre at Epsom the following day and was taken on strength by the 3rd Battery

the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Josef

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed 5 mm (w) x 158(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a round