Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction but he is presumed to

but he is presumed to have been a recipient of the Eastern Front Medal and Wound Badge

with three Maltese-Cross shaped white enameled arms

/ Hülse Berlin" (official maker of this insignia)

By the fall of 1916

1957 Issue (in silvered and blackened fine zinc

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction but he is presumed to(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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,