Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now silver with red enamelled insignia

silver with red enamelled insignia

1978 confirming his award of the medal and his gazetting

tiny hole along the top edge from a previous suspension

First Lieutenant Hsu Tung Chow

Willis-O'Connor was stricken with a heart attack and died in hospital a few days later

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now silver with red enamelled insignia(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