Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Non-Magnetic Metal Variant, Privately-Purchased Example visually-hidden at Yorktown

at Yorktown

two lugs have been re-attached to the reverse but remain bent

Simonds was purported to be the youngest Corps Commander in the British Empire

in Cleveland

258 wounded

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Non-Magnetic Metal Variant, Privately-Purchased Example visually-hidden at Yorktown(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round