Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by WE Archive and Iron Cross 1939 First

and Iron Cross 1939 First Class

800 silver standard mark of 1942

wreath gilded

one clasp Kandahar

and that his son is enjoying his new home

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by WE Archive and Iron Cross 1939 First(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,