Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Integral Memorial Photo Auction on its soiled original ribbon

on its soiled original ribbon

with a scalloped front and with the shoulders topped by pebbled zink buttons for the accommodation of straps

painted field grey’ reverse marked “N & H 1942”

6 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

He arrived in Portsmouth in February 1915 with the 1st C

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Integral Memorial Photo Auction on its soiled original ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Foto). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a