Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed when the United States declared

when the United States declared its entry into the First World War

was a noted cultural worker

He reported to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre at Epsom the following day and was taken on strength by the 3rd Battery

on guard duty

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed when the United States declared(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a vaulted 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 barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a round