Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1957 Version Clasp GTRexclude edge wear evident in the

edge wear evident in the corners

refusing to withdraw after being seriously wounded

named to Unfried as a Leutnant of 3rd Company

constructed of gilded neusilber

where he would recuperate for nine more days

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1957 Version Clasp GTRexclude edge wear evident in the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Wiederholungsspange 1939). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon pinned with a 1957 version of the 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross, 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