given out immediately and “on the spot”
arriving at the Canadian Base Depot in France on May 29
with the core nearly untouched
80 mm x 82
Waterloo Medal - (JOHN MENZIES
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Hold given out immediately and “on(Eiserne Kreuze). A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a damaged vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a thick round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 28 mm (w) x 42. 38 mm (h), weighing 16. 5