Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold inducted papal protonotary (since 1927)

inducted papal protonotary (since 1927)

Our engineers blew a gap through the barbed wire and through we ran as fast as our legs could carry us… One machine -gun nest was giving us a bit of trouble so myself and two of my lads tracked him down and we captured 2 machine guns and 16 prisoners

The white linen is age stained with some black paint markings

The pendant measures 31

he became a Lieutenant and Captain by purchase on April 29

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold inducted papal protonotary (since 1927)(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 convex 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 a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a