Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Screwback Version Auction Archive 80 mm (w) x 26

80 mm (w) x 26

the latter clasp converted to a hanger with pinback)

listing Moore as one of four Sergeants wounded

Stitched through the penultimate buttonhole is an Eastern Front Medal ribbon

The involvement of the Soviets split the Congolese government and led to an impasse between Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa-Vubu

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Screwback Version Auction Archive 80 mm (w) x 26(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). 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 central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and washer, unmarked,