Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case Buy Now disembarking in France on the

disembarking in France on the 6th

which may explain why he was initially given the service number 461161

silver letters "U S W V" placed on a silver horizontal bar

the First War medals with a conjoined pinback

with fold-down panels and rounded scallops to the front and forward sides

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case Buy Now disembarking in France on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a 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 three central oak leaves, the six