Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Combat Awards Auction as Assistant to the Fleet

as Assistant to the Fleet Engineering Officer

Army Commendation Medal with First Award "V" Device (in bronze gilt

Only ten ‘grand commanders’ were created

he left his personal estate to his brother

trimmed with bordeaux red piping

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Combat Awards Auction as Assistant to the Fleet(Auszeichnungen). A pair of First World War combat awards, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked