his wife being Maude Ely Gibbons
the reverse bearing a central depiction of a broken sword topped by an inscription of “DEUTSCHER NOT UND SCHMACH TALER” (“GERMAN DISTRESS AND DISGRACE TALER”)
Advance Base/Advance Sector (one in red
within a ribbed wreath borders bearing the inscription “Blut und Ehre” (Blood and Honour)
a Reichsbund der Deutschen Beamten (Reich Federation of German Civil Servants) badge
Germany, Imperial; Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Iron Crosses II Class certificate_of_authenticity his wife being Maude Ely(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A pair of Iron Crosses II Class, including: 1. A 1914 award, 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
