Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by K.A.G. United Republic of and Lübeck

and Lübeck

and promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major…” His way home to Germany took him across southern France to England via the Isle of Wight

pinned with two gilded bronze rank pips

four Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

two upwards facing crossed swords lay between the arms

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by K.A.G. United Republic of and Lübeck(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 with an elongated block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a