Description
WWI Honor Cross with Swords
During the First World War he served on both the East and Western fronts
as he had no hope of returning to his country
both held firmly held in place with their original rivets and support plates on the underside
constructed of black machine embroidery on a white cotton blended background
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class By Sy-Wagner, Berlin Archive WWI Honor Cross with Swords(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). An Iron cross paty constructed of iron and silver, with a blackened magnetic iron core with ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclcok arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813,