Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude and Medal for Distinguished Service

and Medal for Distinguished Service in Construction

” with maker’s mark on reverse

Footnote: The Union Philanthropique des Oeuvres Françaises was founded in Paris in 1937

he served as Chairman on the Officers Survey and Clarification Board in Canada and England

600 mm (shoulder to cuff) and 532 mm (total length)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude and Medal for Distinguished Service(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 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round