Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Sy & Wagner Auction Archive After one month with H

After one month with H

oval shaped oak leaf wreath in copperwash feinzink

then invalided to England and sent to the Norfolk War Hospital

one that had existed before he joined the Army but the trenches and marching in France had made it intolerable

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Sy & Wagner Auction Archive After one month with H(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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, the pinback marked S W for maker