Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now 1978 confirming his award of

1978 confirming his award of the medal and his gazetting

British War Medal (778410 SPR

The latter is stamped with a partially-legible size mark of “54”

tiny hole along the top edge from a previous suspension

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now 1978 confirming his award of(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a