Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive where he would serve with

where he would serve with the 8th Canadian Siege Battery

He received the Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross

Printed in black and red inks

1935 in Kiel

to become a farmer near Oakville

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive where he would serve with(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 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 wire catch,