Description
the Assistant Radio Operator
The scabbard retains 60% of the anodizing and remains free of any major dents
Private/Gunner Colin F
The battle was fought for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium in the spring of 1915
It measures 190 mm x 305 mm when closed and 285 mm x 305 mm when fully extended
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of the Assistant Radio Operator(1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted on 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Consisting of a Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, 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