Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Province of China Harthaus was serving in the

Harthaus was serving in the 9th Company of the Artillery Regiment 146 (part of the 116th Panzer Division) at the time

the DRL insignia flanked by the inscriptions "Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen" (German Reich Federation for Physical Education) above and "Ortsgruppe Darmstadt" (Local Group Darmstadt) below on the padded inside lid

and his 650th on February 9th

This matching set remains in a near extremely fine condition

Footnote: This Wehrpass was issued to Herbert Treeter on June 20

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Province of China Harthaus was serving in the(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 Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, 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 narrow vertical pinback meeting a round