Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, K.a.g. Archive when he signed his Attestation

when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (784921) with the 129th Infantry Battalion "Wentworth Battalion"

in the Battle of St

1320783 Sergeant C

reverse with privately constructed backplate affixed to cross via centrel screwpost

during which he was shot down or forced to crash-land 17 times

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, K.a.g. Archive when he signed his Attestation(1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse) Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Pate of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper