Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of He was a Private with

He was a Private with the 1277th Infantry Regiment

20th of July 1940 he was issued his work book (arbeitsbuch

constructed of a balsa wood frame with a black lacquered finish

Minor fatigue is visible to the visor near its stitching

the reverse of the badge marked “PREUSSISCHER LANDES KRIEGERVERBAND” and measuring 27 mm (w) x 34 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of He was a Private with(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 screw back apparatus, unmarked, measuring 42. 69 mm (w) x 42. 22 mm (h),