Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 First Class, By The German Royal Mint GTRexclude British War and Victory Medals

British War and Victory Medals (PO

who was later to follow in his brother William's footsteps

with three Maltese-Cross shaped white enameled arms

2 August 1917: Unteroffizier in Field Artillery Regiment 223

/ Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd

Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 First Class, By The German Royal Mint GTRexclude British War and Victory Medals(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak leaves, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbers on the lower arm, a raised Prussian