Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1936 certificate_of_authenticity The final picture was in

The final picture was in fact taken on the occasion of his 65th birthday in 1940

4th Class (silver with gilt swords

with Gothic lettering in black embroidery spelling HEERES-VERWALTUNG (ARMY ADMINISTRATION)

he suffered a penetrating gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his right thigh

on a 34 mm pin)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1936 certificate_of_authenticity The final picture was in(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the