Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By Carl Dillenius Hold it noted that there was

it noted that there was a "foreign body in (his) left knee joint" on November 18

blue leather wrapped

with plain reverse presenting maker’s cartouche of LACTINHVIEN

Three German Tinnies & Badges - HAMBURG - In die stamped bronze

Footnote: Herbert Harry T Sslvidge was born in Somerset England in 1886 and was wroking as a Packer in Philadephia USA before enlisting in October 1917 at Toronto

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By Carl Dillenius Hold it noted that there was(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 bearing 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked