Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed (Deutsches Heer Koppelschloss)

(Deutsches Heer Koppelschloss)

bronze star clasp denoting twenty-five years' service on the original ribbon with pinback

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with four bronze stars)

he reverted to Gunner on January 28th

indenting lip above a repeating ornate pattern

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed (Deutsches Heer Koppelschloss)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,