Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude A preliminary War Merit Cross

A preliminary War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords certificate

A first war Prussian “Beobachterabzeichen”

Private First Class John Robert McClain finished his Marine Corps career on occupation duty in Okinawa

the 8th November 1916

including a 1933 Stuttgart gymnastics competition badge

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude A preliminary War Merit Cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 92