Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive Footnote: While the Second World

Footnote: While the Second World War was being fought

the obverse bearing a raised SS-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

and patches of rust-coloured soiling are evident to the exterior of the right arm and interior of the lower back (with slight bleeding through to the exterior) indicative of improper storage

profession)

He is buried in Mons Communal Cemetery

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive Footnote: While the Second World(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (1914 1918). 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,